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Locally Employed Doctor - Newton Abbot Hospital
| Posting date: | 02 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | £49,909.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £49909.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 May 2025 |
| Location: | Newton Abbot, TQ12 2TS |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9388-25-0602 |
Summary
The working day will start from 9.00 and finish at approximately 5pm. You would start by identifying the nurse in charge and attending the daily safety brief, which will highlight any Patients who need an urgent review, are new admissions to the ward or need any medical intervention prior to discharge that day. You will have full access to all relevant clinical systems to be able to request and review any tests. There are on site x-ray and ultrasound facilities within the hospital from 9-5 which you can refer patients to. There is currently a courier service three times per day (0800, 1300 and 1530 and ) that will take blood samples back for analysis at Torbay hospital. There is no phlebotomoy service on the wards so on occasion you may have to take blood samples yourself. There is a daily SAFER meeting at 1300hrs that you will be required to attend where each patients EDD and goals for discharge will be discussed and agreed. TTAs should be requested 48hrs prior to discharge where possible to avoid any delays and Discharge summaries completed prior to discharge. There will be at lease one GP or SAS grade Doctor on site daily and a weekly Ward round speciality consultant.