Specialty Doctor in Emergency Medicine | Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Swindon

Applicants are invited to apply for a Specialty Doctor in Emergency Medicine post. The post will be Emergency Medicine clinical care allowing an opportunity for doctors wanting to gain experience and responsibility in not just managing patients but managing a busy department (at Registrar level). As a Trust, we place high importance on staff wellbeing, you will be offered a wide variety of support to help you maintain your wellbeing and to help colleagues maintain theirs. The Trust's Health and Wellbeing team has won a National Award during 2020 for the work they have done locally.

Vision and Key Goals

• The Trust’s overriding vision is to provide the highest quality services to our local population and so to be the hospital of choice.
• This vision is linked to key goals:
• Improve satisfaction and confidence in our services.
• Continue to be the local healthcare provider of choice.
• To provide clinically appropriate and safe outreach services in the community which meet commissioners and patients.
• To maximise the value of being a Foundation Trust by ensuring our services are embedded in and valued by our community.

Duties

• Take a history and examine a patient.
• Identify and synthesize problems.
• Prescribe safely.
• Keep an accurate and relevant medical record (electronic notes).
• Manage time and clinical priorities effectively.
• Communicate effectively with patients, relatives and colleagues.
• Use evidence, guidelines and audit to benefit patient care.

We are proud to be part of BSW Hospitals Group – a formal partnership between Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. With a combined workforce of over 17,600 colleagues, and a budget of £1.6 billion, the Group is united by a common purpose to deliver the best possible care to over 1 million people. We are creating a health and care system that works with the people we care for, reducing the differences people currently face in access, experience and outcomes, improving the experience of our colleagues and tackling shared challenges like sustainability and finances. Every improvement we make across our Group will be guided by what creates the greatest benefit for our colleagues, our patients, our communities and our partners.

Values

• Service - We will put our patients first.
• Teamwork - We will work together.
• Ambition - We will aspire to provide the best service.
• Respect - We will act with integrity.

We are a busy DGH Emergency Department that sees a wide variety of presentations (in both adult and paediatric). We deal with medical, surgical, orthopaedic, paediatric and trauma patients. These patients can present and be assessed in resus, majors, minors or paediatric ED. 40% of the time will be spent undertaking departmental innovation/quality improvement projects. The ideal candidate will be a doctor who wishes to take time to do more leadership, education and innovation. You may wish to discover your leadership, management and influencing skills. You may have a passion to enhance your medico–associated skills such as development of new pathways, finding solutions to problems or systems design. You will be dynamic, self-driven and able to manage your time.

This advert closes on Monday 31 Aug 2026.

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