Locum Consultant in Emergency Medicine
Posted 7 days 5 hours ago by NHS
This role is a new consultant post within the Emergency Department; the appointed candidate(s) will join an existing team of senior medical staff including Consultants & SAS doctors. On joining the department, you will become part of a well-established, friendly team and will help us continue to drive forward improvements in the service that we provide to our patients. This is a Locum Consultant post for 12 months.
As a senior member of the team, you will become a key part in the delivery of training and supervision to our junior colleagues.
We are a large District General Emergency department seeing a broad spectrum of patients and presentations. We have a collocated Urgent Treatment Centre for minor illness and injury management as well as an observation ward supported by 24-hour mental health liaison service. We have a large team of medical, nursing and allied health care professionals providing a high quality efficient service for our patients allowing us to have flexibility in avoiding admissions where possible.
We have a strong collaborative relationship with Acute Medicine, working together to improve quality and flow for patient care at the front door.
The successful candidate will provide general clinical ED sessions and senior input into patient care, ensuring appropriate discharge and hospital admission, along with management and leadership.
Main duties of the jobThe Duties outlined below are not definitive and may be changed in accordance with the needs of the service.Clinical Duties:
- Multidisciplinary team working is key component of the working within the Trust and involves regular MDT discussions with colleagues.
- Providing evidence-based care for patients in a multidisciplinary setting.
- Continuing responsibility for the care of patients in your charge, including all administrative duties associated with patient care (with secretarial support).
- Development of sub-specialty interests that fit in with Division needs and the strategic direction of the Trust.
- Responsibilities for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties are required, and for contributing to undergraduate and post-graduate and continuing medical education activity.
- Provision of cover for Consultant colleagues' periods of leave in accordance with arrangements agreed within Trust policy.
- Participation in clinical audit and in continuing medical education.
- Conducting suitable duties in cases of emergencies and unforeseen circumstances.
- The post holder will participate in an out of hours consultant rota, detailed within the job plan section.
- With other colleagues enable senior input into patients journey through the ED enhancing quality and Consultant 'sign off.
- Maintain the hours of availability of immediate Consultant opinion.
- Enhance the reputation of the department through multi-disciplinary education & training and research.
Our STAR values are at the heart of everything we do. You can expect to see them in the way we act and the way we treat each other. Our values make us who we are. We will expect your values and behaviours to reflect the STAR Values of the organisation:
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.
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, where the Cotswolds meet the West Country, enjoys enviable local support and excellent partnership working. It serves the local population of Swindon, Wiltshire and parts of Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and West Berkshire. The hospital is ideally located near junction 15 of the M4, London, Bristol and Oxford can all be reached within 1 hour by road or rail.
Job responsibilitiesManagement and Leadership Responsibilities: All staff in each Division are managerially accountable through their Lead Clinician to the Associate Medical Director, who has overall responsibility for the services within the Division. Consultants are key members of the Division and are accountable and responsible for leading changes to service that will improve the patient experience.
Person Specification Qualifications- Fully registered with the GMC.
- CCT (or equivalent for non-UK applicants of equivalent status), or be accredited (or equivalent), and be on the GMC Specialist Register in the specialty appropriate for this consultant post at the time of taking up the consultant appointment. Alternatively, candidates can hold or be within 6 months of their CCT at interview.
- FRCEM (UK) or equivalent.
- Clinical training/experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT.
- Expertise in full range of Emergency conditions.
- Ability to lead a multi-professional team and take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients.
- Sub-speciality interests will be supported.
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.
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Clinical Lead for the Emergency Department