To work with the consultant medical team to provide senior clinical, managerial, and teaching cover for the Emergency Medicine department. To train, supervise and take professional accountability for non-consultant medical staff in the Emergency Medicine department. To work flexibly with colleagues with the primary aim of increasing direct senior clinical input in patient care. It is expected that consultants will combine seeing new patients with the supervision of other staff and operational management of the department. The department is working to minimise any commitments to clinics of Emergency Medicine Consultants to maximise commitments to new patients seen in the department. Our vision is to EXCEL at patient care. The successful candidate will contribute to the day to day and strategic management of the department. Consultants will be expected to work with the Trust in achieving internal and external targets and to develop a patient focussed approach on this work. The post-holder will have special responsibility with medical and nursing colleagues for developing referral protocols for medical and nursing staff within the directorate, that promote high quality medical care, delivered in a timely fashion, without duplication by different teams and/or grades of staff. The successful candidate will support the clinical governance agenda of the Directorate and work to promote high standards of clinical practice. For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.