NCHD HSE Doctor SHO / Senior House Officer Surgery- Trauma & Orthopaedics in the Leinster Region Republic of Ireland via Workplace Doctors on a fixed term / permanent basis.

*** Role: NCHD Doctor SHO / Senior House Officer / Medical Officer (3 years + clinical experience minimum)
***Speciality: Surgery- Trauma & Orthopaedics / Surgeon
*** IMC Registration Required (Irish Medical Council) before an offer of employment can be made or in process of obtaining.
*** Location: Republic of Ireland - Leinster Region (Louth, Meath, Longford, Westmeath, Offaly, Laois, Carlow,   Kilkenny, Wexford, Dublin, Wicklow, Kildare)
***Start date: ASAP
***Duration: 6 to 12 months with extension (Visa & Work Permit Offered)
***Pay rate: £NEGOTIABLE (dependent on experience 40,000 to 60,000 euro’s per annum)
***Note: Exact location details provided on application

A fantastic new opportunity has arisen for an SHO / Senior House Officer / Medical Officer to join a prestigious hospital in the Republic of Ireland. As everyone knows Irish Teaching Hospitals and Medical Universities receive great international acclaim & recognition throughout the world- doctors with experience and training in Ireland typically enjoy great success in terms of professional career development & job satisfaction.

Overview

The hospital offers an excellent salary with pay enhancements for any overtime, shift and out of hours work that you do- average 39 hours per week plus overtime opportunities as and when required.

As a SHO (Senior House Officer) you will be working closely with other junior doctors and a team of registrar’s doctors and Consultants within your department. You must maintain liaison with colleagues who are on duty immediately before and after you to ensure adequate communication and continuity of patient care.  You will instruct the nursing staff in the care of patients, also the professional technical staffs in the investigations Etc.; that is necessary for patient care and take care that other departments are fully acquainted with all necessary information.

You will be responsible to the Consultant (s) and Registrar(s) for ensuring that the Department is adequately covered by the juniors in the unavoidable absence from duty of your colleagues or junior colleagues.  The Senior House Officer must be dedicated to developing their career as the Consultants provide an excellent training programme as they are devoted to career progression within their medical staffing team as per your speciality.

Standard Duties and Responsibilities

a) The NCHD’s standard duties and responsibilities include, as directed by the Consultant / Clinical Director / Employer to, inter alia:

i) participate as a member of a multi-disciplinary team in the provision of medical care to patients;

ii) diagnose and treat patients;

iii) ensure that duties and functions are undertaken in a manner that prioritises the safety and well being of patients;

iv) assess patients on admission and/or discharge as required and write detailed reports in the case notes;

v) order and interpret diagnostic tests;

vi) initiate and monitor treatment;

vii) communicate effectively with patients and clients;

viii) further progress knowledge of diagnosis and management; ix) participate in multidisciplinary clinical audit and proactive risk management and facilitate production of all data/information for same; x) co-operate with such arrangements as are put into place to verify the delivery of all contractual commitments;

xi) co-operate with such measures as are necessary to ensure compliance with the requirements of the European Working Time Directive and related Irish legislation;

xii) co-operate with investigations, enquiries or audit relating to the provision of health services; xiii) comply with statutory and regulatory requirements, agreed training principles3 where appropriate, corporate policies and procedures and human resource policies and procedures (e.g. Dignity at Work, Trust in Care, Flexible Working Scheme etc.);

xiv) attend at NCHD Induction. Induction training before the commencement of the employment relationship is not paid, while induction training during the currency of the employment relationship is paid;

xv) perform other duties as required by the supervising Consultant / Clinical Director / Employer.

b) Additional duties and responsibilities related to this post may be set out in the job description as issued by the Employer.

c) The NCHD is entitled during his/her employment to regular review of his/her performance - including MET/Research performance – by and together with the designated supervisory Consultant/ Clinical Director / Head of Academic Department.

d) When carrying out these duties, the NCHD shall abide by the Irish Medical Council ‘Guide to Ethical Conduct and Behaviour’ (copy available directly from the Medical Council or at medicalcouncil.ie)

Clinical Skills

Trauma & Orthopaedic NCHD Doctor (SHO Level) to help support and manage the elective, inpatient, and emergency workload. Post holder will be part of an SHO/ CMT team and working in a firm based structure with a named consultant and speciality doctor (registrar). Post holder will also contribute towards a 1:10 on-call rota weekday/weekends.

The NCHD Doctors will be involved with looking after trauma admissions and orthopaedic admissions. Trauma admissions will only come in when they are on call, the orthopaedic admissions will come through as and when booked into operating sessions. There is a regular Monday evening orthopaedic teaching session from 5.30 - 7pm run by the orthopaedic surgeons and each morning from Monday through to Friday at 8am there is a trauma teaching session run by the on-take orthopaedic consultant.

All junior staffs are encouraged to initiate and take part in clinical research activities within the Department and to write up or present small studies and case reports. NCHD Doctors are encouraged to come to theatre and for the routine elective orthopaedic lists but their main priority is to the wards. There will be adequate opportunity for additional activities built within the rota. When in theatre the NCHD Doctors will be taught to do simple orthopaedic manipulations and simple orthopaedic operations. The NCHD Doctors are encouraged to come and sit in the various orthopaedic and fracture clinics that are run through the week but they have no formal commitment to attend these.

The Junior Doctor accepts that he/she will also perform duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances at the request of the appropriate Consultant, in consultation, where practical, with their colleagues both senior and junior.

Discharge Summaries

NCHD Doctors will be responsible for completing discharge summaries on their patients.

1. At the time of the patient's discharge from the ward the discharge/prescription letter should be completed to ensure that this is received by the G.P. within 48 hours of the patient's discharge.
2. At the time of the patient's discharge from the ward the discharge summary should also be completed to ensure the G.P. receives a full printed summary within 10 days of the patient's discharge.

This ensures that the Orthopaedic Department complies with the Patients Charter standards and facilitates good communication with the G.P. In addition, the Orthopaedic Department derives its income from the coding of the discharge summaries. Failure to complete a discharge summary or a delay in its completion will result in lost income to the Unit.

Monitoring of discharge summaries takes place on a regular basis.

Medical Education and Training

a) For the purposes of NCHD education, training and the maintenance of NCHDs professional competence, the employer shall, in line with the requirements of the Medical Practitioners Act 2007, facilitate as appropriate the training / competence assurance requirements of NCHD posts.

b) For the purposes of education, training and the maintenance of professional competence, the NCHD shall, in line with the requirements of the Medical Practitioners Act 2007:

i) participate in and satisfy the requirements of any programme of Intern training (s)he is registered on as defined by the Medical Council of Ireland; or

ii) participate in and satisfy the requirements of any programme of specialist training (s)he is registered on as defined by the relevant postgraduate medical training body recognised by the Medical Council of Ireland; or

iii) participate in and satisfy the requirements of any competence assurance programme (s)he is registered on as defined and delivered by the Medical Council of Ireland and/or a postgraduate medical training body recognised by the Medical Council of Ireland for that purpose.

c) The NCHD may, subject to the agreement of the Employer, make an explicit structured and scheduled commitment to educational activities in line with the educational and training requirements described at b) above. This will include paid non-clinical training days (or part of as appropriate)4 as required by the relevant programme of specialist training / competence assurance. Such structured and scheduled commitment and responsibility and accountability for same will be agreed in advance by the Employer with the relevant Training Body or University, will be consistent with the agreed training principles for postgraduate medical education and training5 and shall be incorporated into rosters

Workplace Doctors are looking for medical professionals with UK & Overseas experience: that possess the following qualities:

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS:

*** Ability to cope with a varying work load
*** IMC Registration Essential (Irish Medical Council) - We can provide guidance if needed just email us OR follow link below
*** IELTS (English Language, overall score 7.0 OR OET Exam overall Grade B
*** Ability to act as part of a team

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