Job Summary

Our health service is developing. Be part of the journey. Start the next chapter of your life and influence the next chapter of our Island’s health care.

We’re currently recruiting medical consultants across all areas to our progressive health service with brand new facilities.

Jersey is a unique place to live and work and being a consultant in Jersey is a different experience in health care. As a crown dependency, we are an Island nation which includes our own Health Care Service and a more favourable financial position:

-Maximum personal tax rate of 20%

-Government of Jersey Pension with no annual tax cap

-Opportunity to carry out private practice

Our health service is on the move with construction of a brand-new hospital starting in April 2025. Our patients and healthcare professionals are at the centre of all we do, as a consultant you will have the power to influence positive change.

The level of care that you can give here is far more extensive. With further investment into modern healthcare facilities, we work to ensure that our consultants can provide the best patient care possible. Our consultants have the time to make a difference to our patients, providing end-to-end patient care throughout their pathway giving consideration to their medical requirements in its entirety.

And as with many aspects of Island life, our Healthcare system is familiar enough for comfort but offers variances that mean our Consultants and patients have a different experience. A small Island community, we have one main hospital that acts as a hub with a small number of offsite facilities and the geography of our Island means there is a shorter commute for you.

We have attached a suite of documents that we hope will give you a flavour of Island life, our Health Care system, being an Island Medical Consultant and the support we will give to you should you decide to join us.

We have a number of opportunities across clinical areas. If you would like to learn more please contact us now to arrange an informal conversation via MedicalRecruitment@health.gov.je

Main Duties of the Job

Working in partnership with colleagues, the successful candidate will provide a comprehensive Consultant-led service for inpatient and outpatient services.

Clinical Duties

-Further develop a service of excellence which ensures a seamless integration between primary & secondary care aligned to the New Healthcare Facilities Programme.

-Provide full continuing clinical responsibility for patients.

-Provision of advice and assistance to consultants in other specialties, and the proper delegation to and training of junior medical staff.

-The appointee will contribute to clinical management and both internal and external MDT’s as required.

-The post-holder will participate in consultant meetings, ward rounds and team meetings.

-The appointee will be expected to contribute to establishing policies, procedures, audit and clinical research activities.

-The appointee will be supported to practise privately through provision of a dedicated ring-fenced ward for inpatients, plus access to theatres, day surgery, outpatients, imaging and other departments and resources across the organisation.

-To deliver personalised, evidence informed medical care plans to all patients that are appropriately documented and regularly evaluated.

-To provide advice and timely medical reviews and interventions as part of the interdisciplinary model of care.

-To ensure appropriate documentation and coding is used to provide consistent audit and monitoring of the service.

Leadership and Management

-Take part in management and audit activities to support the Care Group Leadership team & Public Health in planning for services and ensuring the service meets key performance indications including excellent patient care.

-The post holder will be expected to take part in management and audit activities and represent the service at Hospital meetings, as agreed with colleagues.

-The post holder will be expected to be fully involved in a ‘Risk Management” program and support the Governance agenda.

-Represent the service at Hospital meetings, as agreed with colleagues.

Teaching and Research

Health and Care Jersey is recognised for junior doctors and active teaching is encouraged in this role. It is expected that the post holder is participating in the training of medical staff and that the candidate will ensure that the training and learning needs are identified and facilitated. This includes educational support for the clinical fellows recruited directly to Health & Care Jersey.

Opportunities for participating in research are supported when appropriate. The Health & Care Jersey has an advantageous policy for professional leave and is supportive of external duties for the good of the wider profession.

HCJ Research Ethics Committee

We welcome multi centre research clinical trials if approved from a body such as NHS.

About Us

Health care professionals in Jersey enjoy more autonomy and the opportunity to shape the public health service in a small island on a development journey.

Jersey is a unique place to live and work and being a Doctor in Jersey is different. As a crown dependency, we are an Island nation which includes our own Health Care Service. And it is a service on the move with the new Enid Quenault health care facility opened in 2023 and commitment to improve and invest in further healthcare facilities including a brand-new acute hospital. Our patients and health professionals are at the centre of all we do, as a doctor you have more time to care and we give more time to you, for your development and wellbeing as well as the opportunity to carry out private patient work.

Essential

Primary Medical Degree.

Full Registration and specialist registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) with a current License to practice (for overseas candidates it is mandatory that a license is obtained prior to appointment).

Higher Specialty qualification: MRCP & FRCPath or equivalent Qualifications for Specialist Registration.

Applicants that are UK trained, must ALSO be a holder of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), or be within six months of award of CCT by date of interview.

Applicants that are non-UK trained, will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT.

Inclusion on the GMC Specialist Register/Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or equivalent in the relevant Specialty (or be within 6 months of obtaining this at the date of the interview - documentary evidence of this must be provided to support your application) or equivalent.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see Overseas health professionals | Health Careers

Address

Jersey General Hospital

Gloucester Street

St Helier

Jersey

JE1 3QS