Job Description

Rotational Post (FY2 Equivalent)

In
General Medicine, General Surgery, A&E, Paediatrics, Obs & Gynae

Location This post is based at Bedford Hospital, which is part of Bedfordshire

Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The post-holder may be required to
work in other outreach clinics and establishments used in the course of
Trust business (if necessary for the role).

Post Full Shift 48 hour rota

Clinical Director

General Manager

Clinical Lead

Service Manager

OUR VALUES:

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 Contents:

1. Job Outline

2. Duties & Responsibilities

3. On Call duties

4. Staffing in department

5. Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

6. General Information

7. Person Specification

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1. Job Outline
We are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic Medicine Doctor to work at the Bedford
Hospital Site . You must be dedicated to providing high quality emergency care,
maintaining clinical standards, and continually looking to drive positive change by
developing the service.
This is a Trust Doctor post and therefore does not have recognised training approval.
However, every effort will be made to provide teaching and training according to the post-
holder’s needs. Study leave and budget will be made available in line with trust
regulations. The successful candidates will be able to discuss their career aims and
progression with the clinical supervisor and ES. They will be encouraged to keep a record
of their competencies and training and encouraged to apply for entry to formal Core or
Specialty Training Program (as appropriate).

The successful candidate will work as part of a multidisciplinary team comprising of both
senior and junior medical staff, nurses and other allied health professionals. Duties will
normally be comparable to those undertaken by a core surgical trainee (CT1/2). However,
in exceptional cases you may be required to vary these at the direction of the Supervising
Consultant.

Your job will include a combination of direct clinical care, clinical education and personal
development activities designed to support your career progression alongside delivery of
the department’s service objectives.

2. Duties and Responsibilities

Routine and emergency patients must be seen and admitted expeditiously.

Ward rounds and visits to individual patients as well as discussion with their relatives may
be necessary.
Keeping medical records as per GMC Good Medical practice is utmost; these must be
dated and initialed, together with any other related administrative duties including
discharge and clinic letters.
The patient’s discharge summary paperwork is to be completed prior to the patients
discharge. Clinic letters are dictated within clinic and typed by the secretaries.
Supervision of the Foundation Year 1 doctors when performing clinical duties.
Duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances at the request of the
appropriate Consultant(s), in consultation where possible with colleagues both senior and
junior. Additional commitments arising under this paragraph are exceptional. In particular,
the doctor will not be required to undertake work of this kind for prolonged periods or on a
regular basis.
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Agree to read and follow any protocols laid down (either in writing or verbally) for the firm
in which you are working.
In case of any difficulties ensure that advice is sought from a senior colleague.

3. On Call Duties

This post will include oncalls including Long days, Nights and weekends.

4. Department of:

Medicine
The Department of Medicine has approximately 80 beds and there is a 9-bedded Coronary
Care Unit. Patients requiring intensive therapy, artificial respiration, or dialysis are normally
admitted to the ITU remaining under the care of their Consultant and his team, although
routine care is the responsibility of the ITU team.
The Medical Department operates an age related admission policy, the Physicians for the
Elderly admitting all patients over 75 years of age. Most acute admissions are directly
admitted into a 26-bed medical admissions unit.

The Medical Directorate consists of nine General Physicians, two in each, of Diabetes and
Endocrinology, Gastroenterology and Respiratory Medicine with three cardiologists. There
are four Care of the Elderly Consultants. There are four Integrated Medical Teams, each
consisting of 2 General Physician Consultants and 1 Care of the Elderly Consultant.
Middle-Grade services are provided by 8 Medical SpRs, 2 Care of the Elderly SpRs and 4
Staff Grade Posts. There are 16 ST/FY2’s and 5 HO’s in the Integrated Medical
Department. The SpR on call rota has recently expanded to ten with split weeks of nights

Patients under the care of the Neurologist, Haematologist, or Oncologists, who require in-
patient treatment are admitted under the care of the physicians and he and his team
undertake the care of the patient whilst in hospital, in consultation with the relevant specialist.
This provides good training in these specialties and gives good opportunity for establishing a
firm basis for a subsequent career in general medicine.

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

The Department has 36 obstetrics and 16 gynaecology beds plus 6 beds in the day care
ward and in addition there are 14 special care cots in use in the Neonatal Unit. There are
over 2,700 deliveries a year. Fetal monitoring and diagnostic ultra-sound scanning are in
everyday use and epidural analgesia for labour is available around the clock. The busy
Gynaecology Department carries out about 450 major and 2,300 minor operations a year.
Designated outpatient clinics are run for colposcopy and large loop diathermy,
hysteroscopy, urodynamics, infertility, high risk obstetrics and diabetes in pregnancy.
Minimal Access surgery, including hysterectomy and endometrial ablation are also
performed. It is expected that Specialist Registrars will become competent at all standard
gynaecological surgery.

Paediatrics
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Bedford Hospital Department of Paediatrics has undergone a significant and exciting service
redesign and is providing a consultant delivered model of service to the children of Bedford.

A team of 8 consultants provide a minimum of 14 hrs per day of consultant delivered care.
Bedford Hospital Trust and its partners are developing an innovative and thoroughly modern
approach to delivering acute paediatrics. The unit has one of the shortest inpatient stay for
children

Children’s Assessment unit is currently situated within Riverbank day unit and receives
emergency GP referral’s, A and E referrals and children with open access to the CAU (those
just discharged and some children with long term conditions.

Paediatric Ambulatory Care

The development of a robust paediatric Ambulatory Care system helps provide planned
attendance for children with long term conditions for reviews, phlebotomy service and some
procedures preventing an admission. It also provides the Hospital at Home Nursing Team.
Neonatal Services
There are 12 cots in the level 1 neonatal unit with highly skilled and dedicated staff lead by a
consultant with an interest in neonatology. The modern unit is very well equipped and has 1
Drager and 2 SLE’s ventilators, head ultrasound facilities together with blood gas and
bilirubinometer equipment. There is a team of community nurses to assist early discharge of
babies from the neonatal unit.
The Neonatal unit worked as at level 2 unit until the network re-designation as level 1. It
continues to have a potential to work at level 2.

Dedicated Paediatric Out Patient Department

This is an excellent facility. Few other DGHs have separate outpatient facilities specifically for
children. It is also used to provide specialty clinics in collaboration with teams from tertiary
care centres including cardiology, cystic fibrosis, genetics and cleft lip & palate services.

ENT
The Department has variable number of beds on the specialist surgery ward. Beds are
also available on the children’s ward and day case unit. There are about 1200 ENT
admissions each year, the majority of which are elective, but a significant amount of
inpatient and outpatient work comes from the busy Accident and Emergency department.
A full cross section of ENT disease is seen and treated, backed up by a full pathology and
imaging service which includes a CT Scanner and MRI Scanner. The three consultants
have interests in otology, head and neck surgery and endoscopic surgery of the sinuses,
and the clinical fellow will receive training in all fields. The department has regular audit
meetings and the juniors are assigned projects which they are expected to present. The
clinical fellow will be involved in both formal and informal teaching of nurses and FY2/STr.

Emergency Medicine
The Department is busy, seeing approximately 67,000 patients per annum

The Department is a designated Trauma Unit and operates a Trauma team 24/7. The
postholder will be expected to lead the Trauma team with other middle grade/senior staff.

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There is an active teaching programme for Senior House Officers and visiting Medical
Students. The Consultants are involved in training Paramedics. The Department has its
own Seminar Room with up to date education and audio visual aids.

General Surgery
The department of general surgery is busy and dynamic with strong emphasis on training
along with providing a first class service to our patients. Eleven consultant surgeons work
on firms with specialist interests in Vascular, Breast, Endocrine, Upper gastrointestinal and
Colorectal Surgery. In addition all surgeons undertake a range of general surgical
procedures including laparoscopic repair of incisional and inguinal hernias (TEPP and
TAPP) and laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Laparoscopic colorectal resection for the
treatment of benign and malignant disease of the colon, is now well established within the
colorectal department.
Vascular surgery is one of the core services provided by Bedford Hospital. Six vascular
surgeons provide round the clock cover to the population of Bedfordshire (Bedford, Milton
Keynes Luton and Dunstable). We offer experience in the full range of vascular
procedures including Endovascular Aneurysm Repair (EVAR) and endovenous treatment
for varicose veins (radiofrequency ablation and ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy).
We have a full time Clinical Vascular Scientist providing a non-invasive diagnostic service.

Approximately 50% of admissions to the unit are emergencies and this enables the trainee
to gain experience of management of the acute abdomen. The proximity to major roads
means that we receive a fair share of patients following road traffic accidents allowing
experience in the management of patients who have sustained multiple trauma.

The Surgical department has a compliment of 85 beds.

An audit facilitator is seconded to the Surgical Unit from the Hospital's audit department
and trainees are encouraged to take part in audit projects and to develop clinical research
interests.

Out Patient Clinics are conducted in parallel with the Consultant and under his
supervision. Clinics are divided into General Surgery and special interest clinics according
to the firm on which the trainee is working.
Endoscopy - There is a separate dedicated endoscopy unit for both upper and lower GI
endoscopy.
Day Surgery - There is a dedicated day ward within the hospital and the trainee will be
introduced to the special needs and techniques involved in dealing with day patients. At
present some twenty five per cent of elective surgery within the General Surgery
directorate is carried out on a day case basis.
Operating Theatres - The trainee will work in theatre assisting and being directly
supervised by the Consultant with whom he is working.
Wards - Each surgical team operates from its own ward, for both cold and emergency
admissions.

5. Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Management Structure

The Trust’s Clinical Services are managed by Clinical Service Lines and Care Units which
are led by a Clinical Director, General Manager and Head of Nursing.

Trust Executive Management:

 David Carter, Chief Executive

 Cathy Jones, Deputy Chief Executive
 Mr Paul Tisi, Medical Director
 Liz Lees, Chief Nurse
 Matt Gibbons, Director of Finance
 Angela Doak, Director of Human Resources
 Catherine Thorne, Director of Quality and Safety Governance

The Trust Board has seven non-executive directors and is chaired by Richard Sumray.

The Trust

It is an exciting time to be joining Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust which

resulted from the merger of Luton and Dunstable University Hospital and Bedford Hospital
NHS Trusts in April 2020. Both hospitals have retained their identity with individual hospital
names and key services remaining on both sites and be managed as single teams across
the whole Bedfordshire catchment area.

A merger was the logical next step in collaborative working after the two hospitals worked
closely together for a number of years in various clinical services such as:
 Neonatal Intensive Care
 Vascular surgery
 Oral and Maxillofacial (OMF)
 Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) and
 Stroke services
 Pathology services since June 2020.

Our Trust has a strong portfolio of complementary specialist services: bariatric surgery,
vascular, head and neck, OMFS, NICU, HASU

In 2022, the Trust was rated GOOD by CQC.

A year at our hospitals:

• We employ 9,000 staff
• We have 1,057 General and Acute beds
• We provide care for a diverse population of approximately 657,000
• 700,000 patients attend the Outpatients and A&E departments
• We treat approx. 153,000 inpatients
• We deliver 711,000 outpatient appointments

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• 8,100 babies are born

Innovation and technology:

We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The
Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical
knowledge and technology available.

We have embraced the latest in Robotic Assisted Surgery with the arrival of two da Vinci
Xi robots, one at Bedford Hospital and one at Luton & Dunstable University Hospital
(L&D), which will bring considerable benefits for both patients and staff.

Unlike in many other hospitals in the UK, the two robots will be used across a range of
different specialties, treating patients with conditions ranging from bowel and renal cancer
to endometriosis, gynaecology, bariatric and biliary surgery, and complex head and neck
conditions.

Redevelopment projects:
Both sites have been undergoing a range of redevelopment projects.

Bedford:
We have completed one of our major redevelopment projects at Bedford hospital, to
expand our Outpatients facilities within Cauldwell Centre. The expansion included an
additional 34 rooms, which increased the overall number of Outpatients rooms from 19 to
53.

Within the Emergency Department work has been carried out to deliver nine additional
beds, two extra paediatric cubicles, a two-storey extension, two larger adult waiting areas
and new reception. The previous space was converted to provide an isolation room,
treatment rooms, mental health room and dedicated secure paediatric ED.

In addition, a brand new state of the art CT scanner has been installed within the
Emergency Department to allow for rapid diagnostics and improvement to patient
experience and care.

To allow the Trust to further develop and improve the Bedford site, we have also upgraded
our electrical infrastructure to provide additional capacity and resilience across the site.

L&D:
Work to create an acute services block and new ward block is currently underway to house
maternity, neonatology, theatres and critical care services. This work is planned to
complete towards the end of 2024, with services moving in the following year.

Within the Emergency Department work has been carried out to deliver a brand new
entrance and waiting area, a dedicated paediatric area and 15 new major cubicles. The
final phase of works will see the expansion of the department where there will be a further
increase in capacity, including assessment and triage rooms and sensitively designed
mental health care rooms.

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In addition, a brand new state of the art CT scanner has been installed within the
Emergency Department to allow for rapid diagnostics and improvement to patient
experience and care.

An Energy Centre has also been built on site to deliver a substantial reduction in energy
consumption, supporting the Trust’s drive to Net Zero Carbon, and will increase resilience
across the site.

This will support with the further expansion of works and developments for the future.

About Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire is the perfect mix between city living and stunning countryside views. Our
towns and villages have a lively mix of traditional pubs, bars, restaurants, modern
nightclubs, shops, culture, heritage and first-class sports facilities.

Bedford is a market town and unparished area in Bedfordshire. Bedford is 46 miles north-
northwest of London, 65 miles southeast of Birmingham, 25 miles west of Cambridge and
19 miles east-southeast of Northampton.

Luton is a town situated 28 miles north of London and 39 miles southwest of Cambridge.
Dunstable is a market town and civil parish located west of Luton.

Bedfordshire has three major airports within close proximity, including London Luton
Airport. There are also regular trains to and from London with train stations located in both
Bedford and Luton; Thameslink also provides services to London Gatwick Airport.

6. General Information

Medical Education

Medical education is led by the Directors of Medical Education, Dr Tejal Shah, Director for
the Bedford site and Professor Ritwik Banerjee, Director for the Luton site. They are
supported by a cross site Medical Education Manager and a site-specific team of
administrators.

Medical Education centres are based at both Luton & Dunstable and Bedford Hospital
sites and offer a comprehensive range of education and training events for
undergraduates, postgraduate professionals and support staff to help drive forward and
encourage life-long learning in the NHS. Both sites offer good library and study facilities,
including PC/internet support for staff and students, as well as classrooms, lecture
theatres and high tech simulation facilities.

The Danielle Freedman Library at the Luton site and The Bevan Library at the Bedford site
offer access to a range of printed and electronic materials, including books, articles,
journals, and research publications. The Library staff can help you with evidence searching

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to support your decision making and offer training to help you develop your own searching
skills.

We are committed to developing our teaching and academic activities across the Trust and
encourage all our staff to participate in teaching and training at both undergraduate and
postgraduate levels. We welcome discussion with you regarding opportunities to progress
your interest in teaching and training roles at the Trust.

On commencement of the post, the job plan is clinical only and includes just teaching and
training on the wards and in outpatients, referred to as on the Job teaching and training.

Revalidation – Annual Appraisal review

The Responsible Officer (RO) for medical revalidation is Mr Paul Tisi, Medical Director who is
fully supported by two Associate Medical Directors for Revalidation and Appraisal (Dr Penny
McNamara and Miss Neela Mukhopadhaya), a team of appraisers (including three Senior
Appraisers) and a Revalidation Support Officer, with systems in place to ensure and support
annual appraisal and 3600 MSF in line with GMC and NHS-England requirements. The RO
and Chair are required to confirm to NHS-England annually that Medical Appraisal and
Revalidation are adequately supported.

References

We will require 3 references; one must be relating to your present or most recent
appointment.

Terms and Conditions

The post will be subject to the Terms and Conditions – Junior Doctors (England) 2002.

If the consultant appointed chooses to contract on a whole-time basis and wishes to

undertake private practice, this private work must be carried out in accordance with the
Code of Conduct for Private Practice.

All Consultants have a continuing responsibility for the care of patients in their charge and
for the proper functioning of their department, and are required to undertake the
administrative duties associated with that responsibility.

Pension

Employees will automatically be enrolled within the NHS pension scheme and will be
required to opt out on appointment if they do not wish to pay into this scheme.

Smoke Free

The Trust implements a Smoke Free policy that applies to all staff. Staff are not allowed to
smoke while wearing a recognisable Trust uniform or visible trust identification badge, and
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not allowed to smoke anywhere on hospital grounds. Staff are not allowed to take
additional breaks in order to smoke. They may smoke during designated breaks but only
out of uniform and off site. Staff contravening this policy may be subject to disciplinary
procedures.

Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults

All employees and volunteers working within the Trust have a responsibility for
safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults.

Information Governance

(This includes Patient Confidentiality, IT Security, Data Protection and Freedom of

Information)

You are required to respect the confidentiality of all patients, carers and staff, by not
sharing any information (including data) obtained during the course of your duties. You
have an obligation to report any non-compliance through the Trusts Incident Reporting
process.

All staff must comply with the legal obligations and statutory requirements of the General
Data Protection Act 2018, the Trusts IT Security and Information Governance Policies,
Codes of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines which are available on the staff Intranet
site.

Data quality

The information that you record as part of your duties at the Trust must be ‘fit for purpose’,
reliable and easily accessed by appropriate/authorised personnel. To achieve this
standard the information must be: accurate, legible (if hand written), recorded in a timely
manner, kept up-to-date, appropriately filed.

All staff must monitor and take responsibility for data quality throughout the areas of the
system used locally, all users maintain timely input, and ensuring that data is checked with
the patient, and staff (in relation to their staff record), whenever possible, and to support
initiatives to improve data quality.

Recorded information includes: patient information entered in case notes and entered on
any computerised care records system, financial information, health and safety information
e.g. incident reporting and investigation, personnel information recorded in personnel files
etc.

Failure to adhere to these principles will be regarded as a performance issue and will
result in disciplinary action.

Privacy Statement

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The Trust is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal information.
Information about you will be kept by the Trust for purposes relating to your employment.
In accordance with the Trust’s Privacy Notice for employees, the Trust will hold computer
records and personnel files relating to you which contain personal and special category
data.

The Trust will comply with its obligations under the General Data Protection Regulations
and all other data protection legislation. The data the Trust holds will include employment
application details, references, bank details, performance appraisals, holiday and sickness
records, salary reviews and remuneration details and other records; which may, where
necessary include special category data relating to your health, identity, data held for
equality monitoring purposes, criminal offence data and data regarding DBS checks. The
Trust requires such data for personnel administration and management purposes for the
performance of your contract of employment and to comply with its legal obligations. The
majority of information that you provide us with is mandatory to enable us to perform the
contract of employment; where information is requested from you on voluntary basis, you
will be advised of this and will be properly advised of your rights in respect of consent and
the withdrawal of that consent.

The Trust will take all reasonable steps to ensure that the personal information held about
you is complete, accurate, up-to-date and not held for longer than necessary for the
purposes for which it was collected. However, you are responsible for informing us
promptly of any changes to your personal information either in writing or by updating your
information on MyESR.

The Trust’s Privacy Notice sets out the legal basis for processing your personal data and
your rights to access this data are prescribed by law.

The Trust requires you to familiarise yourself with the Trust’s Information Governance
(data protection) Policy which set out its obligations under the General Data Protection
Regulation and all other data protection legislation. You must comply with the Trust’s Data
Protection Policy at all times and you agree that you will only access the systems,
databases or networks to which you have been given authorisation. The Trust will
consider a breach of its Data Protection Policy by you to be a disciplinary matter which
may lead to disciplinary action, up to and including dismissal. You should also be aware
that you could be criminally liable if you disclose personal data outside the Trust’s Policies
and Procedures. If you have any queries about your responsibilities in respect of data
protection, you should contact the Trust’s Data Protection Officer.

A copy of the full Privacy Notice for Employees can be downloaded from the Trust’s
Intranet.

Promoting Equality

The Trust is committed to promoting an environment that values diversity. All staff are
responsible for ensuring that all patients and their carers are treated equally and fairly and
not discriminated against on the grounds of race, sex, disability, religion, age, sexual
orientation or any other unjustifiable reason in the application of this policy and recognising
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the need to work in partnership with and seek guidance from other agencies and services
to ensure that special needs are met.

Infection Control

You are required to comply with the Trust’s strategy regarding infection control and be
aware of, and comply with, all Trust infection and prevention and control policies, to
include hand hygiene, personal hygiene, environmental and food hygiene. Effective
prevention and control of healthcare associated infections has to be embedded into every
day practice and applied consistently by everyone. Failure to do so may result in
disciplinary actions.

Disclosure Requirements

A risk assessment has indicated that a DBS disclosure is both proportionate and relevant
to this position. Any person who is conditionally offered this post will be required to
undertake a DBS check in this respect.

The Trust guarantees that this information will only be seen by those who need to see it as
part of the recruitment process.

The Trust ensures that an open and measured discussion will take place on the subject of
any offences or other matter that might be relevant to the position sought could lead to a
withdrawal of an offer of employment.

We undertake to discuss any matter revealed in a Disclosure with the subject of that
Disclosure before withdrawing a conditional offer of employment. Having a criminal record
will not necessarily bar you from working with us. This will depend on the nature of the
position or circumstances and background of your offence. Please be aware that the Trust
has a Policy containing a more detailed Code of Practice that meets the standards
specified by the Disclosure and Barring Service relating to the fair use of criminal record
information and the appointment of persons having a criminal record.

Note: Failure by an applicant to provide accurate and truthful information is considered to

be a serious matter. Where it is found that a person has recklessly provided inaccurate
information or withheld information relevant to their position, this may disqualify them from
appointment. It may also result in dismissal or disciplinary action and referral to the
appropriate professional registration body.

If you would like to discuss what effect any criminal record or fitness to practise proceeding
might have on your application, you may telephone the Recruitment Manager at the Trust,
in confidence, for advice.

Health & Safety

It is the general duty of every employee to take reasonable care for the health and safety
of themselves and others who may be affected by their acts or omissions at work,
including the use of necessary safety devices and protective clothing and co-operate with
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management in meeting its responsibilities under the Health and Safety at Work etc., Act
1974. Any failure to take such care or any contravention of safety policy or managerial
instructions may result in disciplinary action being taken.

All employees are required to participate in the Trust’s accident/incident reporting system
and to comply with the Trust’s procedures and techniques for managing risks.

Confidentiality

All matters relating to patients’ health and personal affairs and matters of commercial
interest to the Trust are strictly confidential. You must not divulge or act on a way that is
likely to cause to be divulged to be divulged to any unauthorized person.

If in doubt, please refer to your manager for guidance. Disciplinary action including
dismissal will be taken against any employee contravening this regulation. All staff are
obliged to respect the requirements under the Data Protection Act 1998 and observe the
Trust’s policies on IM&T security.

Other Useful Information

The Trust has a number of Human Resources Policies and Procedures, which have been
discussed and agreed with the Local Negotiating Committee (Joint Medical & Dental
Negotiating Committee). They are available on the Trust Intranet.

The duties and responsibilities of the post will be undertaken in accordance with the
policies, procedures and practices of The Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
may amend from time to time.

Payment of Salary

Salary is paid direct into your Bank or Building Society on the 26 th (Bedford) and 27th
(Luton) of each month.

Variation

This job description will be subject to review from time to time. Any amendments will be
made in consultation with the post holder.

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 Bedfordshire Hospitals Foundation NHS Trust
Person Specification

Essential Desirable

Qualification  Medical Degree  Additional relevant clinical

experience
 Relevant postgraduate qualification MRCP,
MRCS etc*

Registration  Full GMC Registration with a licence to

practice

Clinical  Excellent all round experience of DGH work

Experience
 Minimum of 1 years’ experience in General
Medicine, General Surgery, Paediatrics or
Obs & Gynae
 Ability to work independently, but aware of
own limitations and know when to seek
advice from senior colleagues

Clinical  Understand the principles of audits  Understanding CPD

Effectiveness
 Experience of audits

Teaching  Interest in and ability to contribute to teaching  Publications and presentations

and learning of more junior doctors and
medical students

Personnel Skills  Ability to co-operate in a democratic team

environment
 Flexible attitude, team player with good
management skills

Clinical  Able to demonstrate an understanding of the

Governance principles and elements of clinical
governance.

Personnel  Fit to undertake the role with satisfactory

Circumstances Occupational Health clearance
 Satisfactory DBS clearance

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