JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title: FY2 LAS Doctor in Emergency Medicine

Special Interest

Number of Full time

hours:

Location: Eastbourne District General Hospital/ Conquest Hospital,

Hastings
Professionally Medical Director
accountable to:

Responsible to: Chief of Medicine

Responsible Medical Director

Officer:

1. Job Purpose:

This post is to support developments within the Emergency Departments,

East Sussex Healthcare Trust.
The post holders will assist in the provision of a high quality emergency
service as part of the development of a multi-disciplinary team approach to
care within the speciality.

The appointees will be based either at the Conquest Hospital, Hastings or

Eastbourne District General Hospital. The appointees will be expected to
provide cover at either hospital if the need arises.

2. KEY SPECIALTY INFORMATION:

 EXISTING MEDICAL STAFF

FY2 – Department staffed by 2 substantive Consultants, 2 full time locum

consultants, 8 substantive middle grades providing 24 hour clinical
supervision, 12 FY2 SHO doctors/trainees, as well as a full complement of
nursing staff, including Emergency Nurse Practitioners.

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3. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE POST

Minor injuries, major admissions. Management of resus patients under

supervision, suturing, manipulation of orthopaedic injuries, plastering and
removal of foreign bodies. Use of a slit lamp. Exposure to paediatric patients,
and mental health issues. Exposure also to patients needing a
multidisciplinary team approach, with physiotherapy, occupational therapy and
adult social care involvement to plan discharge.

The overall educational objectives of the F2 year are:

Take a history and examine a patient
Identify and synthesise problems
Prescribe safely
Keep an accurate and relevant medical record
Manage time and clinical priorities effectively
Communicate effectively with patients, relatives and colleagues
Use evidence, guidelines and audit to benefit patient care
Act in a professional manner at all times
Cope with ethical and legal issues which occur during the management of
patients with general medical problems
Educate patients effectively
Become life-long learners and teachers
The post-holder will be expected to cross-cover essential services when
his/her colleagues are on leave.

Typical working pattern in this placement (e.g. ward rounds, clinics,

theatre sessions)
Typical working pattern in this post e.g. ward rounds, clinics, theatre sessions
Daily/weekly/monthly (if applicable)
Mon: Working 2 weekends on, 1 off.
Tues: Shift pattern rota circulating into
Wed: nights. Similar job on all days.
Thurs: Seeing mostly majors and minors
Fri: patients. Teaching on a Thursday
Sat: every week for 2 hours. 1-2 days
Sun: zero hours per week.
Educational opportunities other than shop floor teaching:
Monday: Grand Round 12.30 – 14.00
Wednesday: 13.00-14.00 FY2 Teaching, with frequent all afternoon teaching
sessions.
Thursday: 09.00 – 11.00 Departmental teaching
On call requirements: A&E shift rota,
Frequently out of hours shifts.

4. MAIN CONDITIONS OF SERVICE

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 a) These will be in accordance with those approved by the Trust, as
detailed in the Medical and Dental Terms and Conditions.

b) Any candidate who is unable, for personal reasons, to work full-

time will be eligible to be considered for this post. If such a person
is appointed, modification of the job plan will be discussed on a
personal basis in consultation with consultant colleagues.

c) The appointment is subject to a satisfactory medical report from the

Trust’s Occupational Health Consultant.

d) You will be paid in accordance with the Terms and Conditions for
medical staff, and assimilated to the salary scale taking account of
all relevant service.

e) Annual Leave must be applied for at least 6 weeks in advance and

approved by the Speciality Lead.

All medical staff under contract to East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust will
be expected to comply with local policies and procedures, copies of which
are available on the Trusts Internet site, from the Human Resources
Department or from the Divisional General Manager, and will be expected
to attend Mandatory training sessions.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF TRUST AND SERVICES

We are proud to provide ‘Outstanding’ care and be a great place to work

At East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust (ESHT) we provide safe,

compassionate and high quality hospital and community care to the half a
million people living in East Sussex or visiting our local area.

We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex with an annual

turnover of £476 million. Our extensive health services are provided by over
7000 dedicated members of staff working from two acute hospitals in Hasting
and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over
100 community sites across East Sussex and in people’s own homes.

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 In 2020 the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the health and care
regulator, rated us as ‘Good’ overall, and ‘Outstanding’ for being caring
and effective. Our acute hospital at Hastings and our Community Services
are also rated ‘Outstanding’. Our acute hospital at Eastbourne is rated
‘Good’.

Our two acute hospitals have Emergency Departments and provide care
24 hours a day, offering a comprehensive range of surgical, medical,
outpatient and maternity services, supported by a full range of diagnostic
and therapy services. At Eastbourne hospital we provide a centre for
urology and stroke services, while at Hastings we provide a centre for
trauma services and cardiology is provided across both sites.

We have around 800 beds and over 112,000 inpatient spells each year.
During 2019/20, we saw 136,000 attendances at our Emergency
Departments and there were over 400,000 outpatient attendances.

At Bexhill Hospital and Rye, Winchelsea and District Memorial Hospital we

offer a range of outpatients, day surgery, rehabilitation and intermediate
care services. At Uckfield Hospital we provide day surgery and outpatient
care. We also provide rehabilitation services jointly with East Sussex
County Council Adult Social Care from Firwood House in Eastbourne and
Bexhill Health Centre.

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 In the community we deliver services that focus on people with long term
conditions living well outside hospital, through our Integrated Locality
Teams working with district and community nursing teams. Community
members of staff also provide care to patients in their homes and from a
number of clinics, health centres and GP surgeries.

To provide many of these services we work in partnership with East

Sussex County Council, commissioners and other providers across
Sussex, as part of a locally focused and integrated health and social care
system.

We aspire to provide locally-based and accessible services that are

Outstanding and Always Improving and our values shape our everyday
work. Working together we drive improvements to care, services and the
experience of local people and members of staff.

The Trust is keen to develop its staff, postgraduate medical and nurse
training takes place on both the main sites. Modern, up to date learning
resource centres are available on both hospital sites along with many other
training opportunities. Both hospitals already have educational links for
undergraduate medical students with London Medical Schools.

Our Values

Our Values with the involvement of many people from across the organisation
are:

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Executive Team Structure

Our Year in Numbers

136,000 times our Emergency Departments were used, an increase of

5% on last year
3,029 children born in our hospitals, including 319 children born at the
Eastbourne Midwifery Unit
54,000 people had planned surgery; 89% of these were day cases
22,500 cancer referrals were made to us, an increase of 6% on last
year
400,000 outpatient appointments were made; nearly 290,000 of these
were consultant-led
43,000 referrals to community nursing
288,000 X-ray and scans were carried out
7 million pathology tests were performed

For further information visit the Trust website, www.esht.nhs.uk

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PERSON SPECIFICATION

ATTRIBTUES ESSENTIAL DESIRABLE

Qualification MB BS or equivalent MD or equivalent

Higher Qualifications

Full Registration with GMC with

Registration a licence to practice

Training and Experience in all aspects of Experience in other

experience Emergency Medicine relevant medical
specialities

Audit Thorough understanding of Completion and/or

principles of medical audit Publication of audit
projects
Research and Understanding of the role of
Publications research Experience of clinical
research culminating in
presentation and
publication of original
studies, review articles,
etc, relevant to speciality

Ability to lead clinical

research project
Personal skills Effective communicator, able to Good presentation skills
work in a multi-disciplinary team

Personal attributes Leadership qualities Demonstration of initiated

projects
Familiarity with information
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 technology and general Specific attributes for post
computer skills.

Ability to work with colleagues in

other specialities to develop
local services.

Professional attitude towards

work
Good record of attendance

Teaching Enthusiasm for teaching medical Educational qualification

students, nursing staff and other
professional groups

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