Job Summary
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint a Consultant in Emergency Medicine to work at our Specialist Emergency Care Hospital at Cramlington. This is the first purpose-built hospital of its kind in the country, providing 24/7 EM Consultant presence, as well as Specialty Consultant presence 12 hours each day, 7 days a week.
We are one of the country's top performing NHS Foundation Trusts, looking after the wellbeing of around half a million people across Northumberland and North Tyneside - one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in England. Recent CQC inspection rated Northumbria Health Care Trust as outstanding overall.
Main Duties of the Job
The post holder will be joining a team of 24 whole time equivalent EM Consultants who provide a 24 hour presence in the ED, 7 days a week. Our Consultant led service means we have the opportunity to work closely together, and the majority of shifts are worked alongside other EM Consultant colleagues. In addition, we have 24 hour SAS/SpR cover. The role is suitable for anyone who is keen to provide a highly visible and hands-on approach to EM.
The rota is annualised at 11 PAs allowing flexibility over the year for the post holder to follow any external interests, and we are able to offer posts on a full-time or part-time basis.
About Us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.
Date Posted: 18 December 2024
Pay Scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Consultant
Salary: £105,504 to £139,882 a year per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working Pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
Reference Number: 319-6857145SL
Job Responsibilities
We are seeking an excellent Clinician who thrives in the busy environment of a modern Emergency Department. Dedicated attending Emergency Physician sessions will be integral to the postholder's job plan. These will involve managing patient flow along with Senior Nursing staff, supervising Junior Medical staff, being part of an initial assessment team, signing off their patients and leading in all resuscitation room cases. The senior team believes very much in a hands-on approach to consultants' clinical activity, and any new appointment would be expected to act similarly.
For a PEM Consultant, we would be offering a shared role of up to 50% between paediatric and adult EM.
During these sessions, the postholder will wear scrubs and will always be available to staff needing assistance. The establishment of this role has been a vital step to improve the clinical safety and efficiency of the department. The trust has developed a Front of House approach to emergency care since 2004. This involves very close working relationships between EM and acute medicine, and the emergency departments act as the single portal of entry for most non-elective patients to ensure consistency of assessment and most appropriate use of in-patient capacity. The ethos is to promote senior involvement in a patient's care as soon as possible, allowing early decision-making. You will need to be willing to think about a patient's requirements beyond the first 4 hours of care in a way in which you would not be expected to in many other departments.
Same Day Emergency Care
A new Ambulatory Care Unit at NSECH provides SDEC 7 days per week as part of acute medicine, surgery, and gynaecology. It also houses the Trust virtual fracture clinic. This area is run by senior clinicians who will liaise directly with the Emergency Department team to ensure patients who can be treated through Ambulatory Care are streamlined from the Emergency Department into there and an admission avoided.
During the recent pandemic, we have developed a front door streaming process run by the senior ED team to direct patients to the most appropriate place.
It is recognised that new consultants will have variable knowledge of management issues and techniques. The post-holder will be introduced to this aspect of the post according to their experience and abilities. Attendance at strategic, planning and operational meetings will be expected from the outset. The post holder will also be required to actively participate in strategic and operational projects.
More difficult roles such as appraisal, recruitment of staff and personnel management roles will be introduced gradually and participation in trust and regional courses in these areas will be very much encouraged.
Overall responsibility for Clinical Care in the Emergency Departments of the Trust lies with the Head of Service, currently Dr Jo Hughes (Emergency Physician).
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
* Fully registered on the UK General Medical Council's Specialist Register or Specialist Registrars may apply if within 6 months of CCT at date of application
* FCEM or equivalent.
* Full GMC Registration
Desirable
* Educational Qualification
Experience & Knowledge Essential
* Clinical training and experience in the relevant specialty, equivalent to that required to gain entry to the UK Certificate of Completed Training (CCT) in Emergency Medicine
* Clinical Governance
* ATLS, APLS, ALS at some point in training (or equivalent)
* Experience of, and commitment to teaching undergraduate and postgraduate medical staff.
* Experience of, and commitment to, medical audit and quality improvement
Desirable
* Current ATLS, APLS, ALS, MIMMS
* Experience of audit management
* Experience of teaching basic clinical skills to undergraduates
* Experience of supervising SpRs
* Teaching of non-medical health professionals.
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
Employer Details
Employer Name: Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address: The Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, Northumbria Way, Cramlington, NE23 6NZ
Employer's Website: https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/
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