We want to attract and retain the best doctors and trainee doctors and offer rewarding and varied career paths. Some of the benefits of working at the Trust and developing your career here include:
- An open culture of listening and responding
- Well attended Local Negotiating Committees and Medical Advisory Committees
- Quarterly professional meetings for all senior Trust doctors – GPs, consultants and Specialty and Associate Specialist (SAS) doctors – chaired by the medical director
- We’re signed up to the SAS charter
- Guardian of safe working reports regularly to the board
- Flexible training champion
- High rate of trainees seeking substantive consultant posts with us
- Job planning has been reviewed and is in line with best practice and supports SPA time within Royal College guidelines
- Mentoring scheme
- A developmental framework for substantively employed doctors – opportunities to develop as a senior doctor up to clinical director – in medical education, research, clinical expertise
- Designated rota group that reviews medical rotas and advises on any changes
- Regular medical listening events, including forums for Medical Advisory Committee chairs and leads
- Support for appraisal and revalidation, which is evaluated every year and receives excellent feedback
- Highly regarded department of medical education, which provides well supported local academic programs and regular trainee/trainer meetings.