Doctors:

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FMS has a team of established doctors who work in the challenging environment of a tent in a field with poor light and limited facilities in order to provide a voluntary service at public events where there otherwise would be none.

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The skills required are those for frontline medicine and from General Practice though to emergency medicine. Others with general experience will be considered but sub-specialists really struggle to work in essentially a frontline environment seeing a diverse array of conditions.

 

In summary we need:

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• ED Consultants

• ED ST4 and above

• Qualified GPs

• Psychiatrists ST5 and above

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The cover required at festivals varies from a couple of doctors along with a nurse and paramedic to a full medical centre service. The larger events are supported by radiology and ultrasound services and on-call advice by a variety of specialists.

 

Our primary mission is to avoid the local health service being overloaded, although the skills of doctors mean that some procedures can be performed on-site. Doctors are not expected to either work outside their competence nor expect to offer a hospital service.

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The Mental Health Team work alongside the physical health service with 2-3 qualified mental health nurses and a psychiatrist for each shift. A major part of the work is dealing with the complications of over exuberance but given the numbers attending festivals, there is also a need to deal with other unrelated mental health presentations.

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We are happy to receive emails to ask if qualifications and specialities are appropriate. For more information please contact: alan.lomax@festival-medical.org or apply on-line. 

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