Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

The post holder will be expected to maintain an eportfolio. They will be supported in this by regular meetings with their educational supervisor. They will be expected to supervise junior members of medical and clinical practitioner staff, support the nursing team and work with medical students. They will be supported by a team of PEM consultants, adult consultants, paediatric consultants and ENPs.

They will have exposure to a wide range of ED presentations including both major and minor trauma and illness. We treat patients up to their 18th birthday which provides the opportunity to manage adolescent mental health, recreational drug use and early pregnancy presentations also.

We operate a full shift rota incorporating middle grades, junior doctors and ACPs. Shifts are Early (0800-1730), Late (1300-2230), Twilight (1600-0200) and Night shifts (2200-0830).  Weekend working is 1 in 3. Handover time is included in all shifts. Night shifts may be move to Twilight shifts to match patient attendances in the paediatric ED. The rota is reviewed regularly and may be subject to change to balance workload and reflect current recruitment.

Within the rota will be pre-allocated development time to reflect the SPA commitments you will experience as a consultant. As such your time will reflect an 8:2 split i.e. 20% of your time will be educational development time to accommodate your non-clinical workload within the department and support further learning.

Middle grades will be expected to be involved in managing governance aspects of the department; including monitoring of results and keeping the electronic emergency department screen up to date. They will be expected to monitor their own results and results of cases they have reviewed with junior staff. As you progress through the placement you will be given the opportunity to run the shop floor overseeing the management and flow of all paediatric ED patients.

Trainees will participate in clinical governance activities, including audit or quality improvement projects. There are opportunities to develop local and regional guidelines in co-ordination with the guideline lead, or to participate in the data collection, presentation and discussion at our monthly joint paediatric M&M meeting.

Trainees will have the opportunity to take leadership management roles within the department, gaining experience with complaint management, education, and governance opportunities to further develop their portfolio.

Job Description

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.