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SalaryOur trust has around 10,000 staff serving 1.6 million patients. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Our acute services are predominantly delivered from our three major sites at the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead, London, Barnet General Hospital in Barnet and Chase Farm Hospital based in Enfield. All are served by excellent public transport links and have onsite parking or nearby off site free parking.
**If you have lived or worked abroad for 6 months or more in the last 5 years you will need to obtain an overseas police clearance. Further information can be found on the additional information links at the bottom of the advert**
Please read the guidance for applicants and completing the application form documents prior to completing your application form (documents are located to the right).
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race or religion. The Trust is a Disability Confident employer and as such, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview providing they meet the minimum criteria for the post (outlined in the Person Specification). In order to facilitate applications from all members of the community the Trust is able to offer services including Braille Applications and Interpreting Services.
The Trust may close any advertised post before the stated closing date. We recommend that you apply as soon as possible.
If you have not heard from us within 3 weeks of the advert closing date, regretfully you should assume that your application has been unsuccessful.
Person specification
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
Eligibilty
Essential criteria
- Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment
- As applicable to grade, evidence of achievement of Foundation competencies by time of appointment in line with GMC standards/Good Medical Practice including: • Good clinical care • Maintaining good medical practice • Good relationships and communication with patients • Good working relationships with colleagues • Good teaching and training • Professional behaviour and probity • Delivery of good acute clinical care
- Eligibility to work in the UK
- Good clinical care
- Maintaining good medical practice
- Good relationships and communication with patients
- Good working relationships with colleagues
- Good teaching and training
- Professional behaviour and probity
- Delivery of good acute clinical care
Fitness to Practice
Essential criteria
- Is up to date and fit to practice safely
Skills
Essential criteria
- All applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English that are adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues which could be demonstrated by one of the following: a) that applicants have undertaken undergraduate medical training in English; or b) have the following scores in the academic international English Language Testing System (IELTS) – Overall 8
- Capacity to apply sound clinical knowledge & judgement & prioritise clinical need.
- Demonstrates appropriate technical competence with potential for developing strong/complex clinical/diagnostic skills e.g. CPR, infection control, physical examination, history- taking
- Demonstrates understanding of the principles of audit, research and evidence-based practice, with potential to contribute to research
- Capacity to monitor and anticipate situations that may change rapidly
- Capacity to communicate effectively & sensitively with others, able to discuss treatment options with patients in a way they can understand.
- Capacity to work effectively in a multi-disciplinary team & demonstrate leadership when appropriate.
- Capacity to establish good working relations with others
- Capacity to think beyond the obvious, with analytical and flexible mind.
- Capacity to bring a range of approaches to problem solving
- Capacity to operate effectively under pressure & remain objective in highly emotive/pressurised situations.
- Awareness of own limitations & when to ask for help.
- Capacity to manage time and prioritise workload, balance urgent & important demands, follow instructions.
- Understands importance & impact of information systems
Desirable criteria
- Shows aptitude for practical skills, e.g. hand-eye coordination, dexterity visuospatial awareness
- Attendance at relevant courses, e.g. ALS, ALERTS or equivalent
- Evidence of relevant academic & research achievements , e.g. degrees, prizes, awards, distinctions, publications, presentations, other achievements
- Evidence of active participation in audit
- Teaching: • Evidence of contributing to teaching & learning of others • Evidence of participation in risk management and/or clinical/laboratory research
Commitment to Speciality
Essential criteria
- Realistic insight into specialty.
- Demonstrates self- awareness and commitment to personal & professional development.
- Shows critical and enquiring approach to knowledge acquisition, commitment to self-directed learning & reflective/analytical approach to practice.
Probity
Essential criteria
- Takes responsibility for own actions, demonstrates respect for the rights of all. Demonstrates awareness of ethical principles, safety, children’s rights, confidentiality & consent.
- Awareness of importance of being the patients’ advocate, clinical governance & responsibilities of an NHS employee
Covid-19 Vaccination
Getting vaccinated, and getting a booster, remains the best defence against COVID-19.
We encourage and support staff to get COVID-19 vaccine and a booster dose as and when they are eligible.- AT* - Apprenticeship Training. Where AT* is entered next to the job title indicates that this vacancy is for an apprenticeship role.
- By applying for this role, you accept if successful, that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which aims at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers. Therefore we require you to complete your stat and Man e-learning modules prior to joining our organisation.
- If you are an EU/EEA citizen who does not have EU Settlement or Pre-Settled status, you will require a visa to work in the UK.
- Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Before submitting your application and to avoid disappointment please check that you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.
- If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks your identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a “selfie” using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit www.trustid.co.uk
- The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.
- The Trust will request a DBS (CRB) if post involves regulated activities. The Trust is compliant with the Disclosure and Barring Service Codes of practice and the Rehabilitation of offenders act.
- By applying for this post you are agreeing to Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
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