Locally Employed Doctor / Trust Grade Registrar LED - Acute Medicine
| Posting date: | 23 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £61,825.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £61825.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 June 2025 |
| Location: | Torquay, TQ2 7AA |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9388-25-0802 |
Summary
Responsibilities in Acute Medicine include: Taking telephone referrals for medical admissions: Providing clinical advice over the phone Suggesting alternatives to admission where appropriate Directing caller to specialist teams if available Deciding appropriate admission destination (ED/AMU) Identifying and reviewing patients from the take that could be rapidly discharged Daily review of admitted patients who have already been seen by a consultant (post-PTWR) Opportunistic bedside teaching and assessments for junior clinicians/medical students Supporting nursing staff on the unit with clinical or management queries Assisting with procedures as required e.g lumbar punctures Manage flow through the unit by monitoring the O drive and admissions board Ensuring effective handover between medical and nursing teams and evening clerking doctors Supporting junior clinicians in ensuring effective communication with colleagues in primary care Working alongside consultant colleagues as senior decision makers and to oversee the running of the unit. The rota is a fixed cycle incorporating blocks of nights (4 maximum), on call long days, weekends and Specialty Days. The weekend commitment is approximately 3 weekends in every 12 weeks. On-call shifts are 12.5 hours long either day shifts or night shifts. As the on-call registrar, you are expected to manage the medical take, which consists of around 60 medical referrals over a 24-hour period. You will have a junior team of medical trainees working with you (F1 to CT2 grade), and you will be supported by a consultant in Acute or General Medicine between 8am and 8.30pm. In the later evening and overnight, the consultant will be on call from home.