Job summary
We are pleased to invite applications for this exciting
role to complement and expand the existing consultant
cohort within the charity. We aim to increase the
provision of senior clinical leadership and supervision of
the medical teams in accordance with local and national
training standards.
This is a 12-month fixed term on an annually renewable basis.
The proposed job plan is 3 PAs equivalent (annualised) working across both airbases and across three shift patterns - early, day and night.
It is equivalent to approximately 30 clinical shifts per year plus 10 non-clinical days.
Main duties of the job
Successful applicants will deliver dynamic consultant level, service-wide leadership, training, service
development and governance alongside excellent pre-hospital medical and trauma care.
About us
Our aim is to save lives, reduce or prevent
disability, or suffering from critical illness and
injury, by delivering a first class pre-hospital
emergency medical service to the people of
Essex, Hertfordshire and surrounding areas.
Our highly skilled and specially trained prehospital
care doctors and critical care paramedics work
alongside our regional partners using helicopters
and rapid response vehicles fitted with state-of-the art life-saving equipment. Our critical care teams
are dispatched by the East of England Ambulance
Service NHS Trust.
We are here to assist everyone who lives, works,
or is travelling through the region. The service is
provided by the charity free of charge to patients
of all ages, from every background and faith, who
require the most advanced clinical care.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Deliver excellent pre-hospital critical care
to unwell and injured patients of all ages,
alongside ambulance and allied emergency
service partners and local healthcare
stakeholders.
- Provide high-quality supervision, training,
assessment, mentorship and support to all
non-consultant doctors and paramedics
within the service.
- Provide consultant presence, leadership
and participation in the clinical governance
activities of the service including, but not
limited to, clinical governance meetings,
team inset days and the Consultant of the
Week (CoW) rota and responsibilities. As
the service evolves, an on-call function may
be incorporated (with appropriate job planning).
- Participate in regular case-review meetings.
- Participate in continuing professional
development in pre-hospital medicine and
related topics to demonstrate currency and
commitment to the specialty and ensure
that EHAAT clinicians are nationally and
internationally recognised as experts in pre-hospital emergency critical care.
- Participate in a service-specific annual
appraisal as part of wider appraisal
processes maintaining registration and
revalidation with the General Medical
Council.
- Act in accordance with relevant national
standards, local and regional protocols
and provide medical care consistent with
the guidelines of Good Medical Practice as
defined by the General Medical Council.
- Support and contribute to the audit and
research activity of the organisation.
- Lead and contribute to a portfolio of clinical
and non-clinical administration and service
development which would be annually
reviewed and agreed as part of the service-specific appraisal and personal development
plan.
- Demonstrate and be an ambassador for the
EHAAT values.
- Contribute to the charitable activities of the
organisation including, but not limited to,
income generation /media /PR /marketing
activity.
- Collaborate with and support the EHAAT
Centre for Excellence (C4X) workstreams
and educational activities, working
alongside the multidisciplinary team to
innovate, educate and research.
- Actively monitor and protect the reputation
of the organisation as a safe and effective
health care provider and contribute to
processes that support and ensure our
Outstanding status with the Care Quality
Commission (CQC).
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Deliver excellent pre-hospital critical care
to unwell and injured patients of all ages,
alongside ambulance and allied emergency
service partners and local healthcare
stakeholders.
- Provide high-quality supervision, training,
assessment, mentorship and support to all
non-consultant doctors and paramedics
within the service.
- Provide consultant presence, leadership
and participation in the clinical governance
activities of the service including, but not
limited to, clinical governance meetings,
team inset days and the Consultant of the
Week (CoW) rota and responsibilities. As
the service evolves, an on-call function may
be incorporated (with appropriate job planning).
- Participate in regular case-review meetings.
- Participate in continuing professional
development in pre-hospital medicine and
related topics to demonstrate currency and
commitment to the specialty and ensure
that EHAAT clinicians are nationally and
internationally recognised as experts in pre-hospital emergency critical care.
- Participate in a service-specific annual
appraisal as part of wider appraisal
processes maintaining registration and
revalidation with the General Medical
Council.
- Act in accordance with relevant national
standards, local and regional protocols
and provide medical care consistent with
the guidelines of Good Medical Practice as
defined by the General Medical Council.
- Support and contribute to the audit and
research activity of the organisation.
- Lead and contribute to a portfolio of clinical
and non-clinical administration and service
development which would be annually
reviewed and agreed as part of the service-specific appraisal and personal development
plan.
- Demonstrate and be an ambassador for the
EHAAT values.
- Contribute to the charitable activities of the
organisation including, but not limited to,
income generation /media /PR /marketing
activity.
- Collaborate with and support the EHAAT
Centre for Excellence (C4X) workstreams
and educational activities, working
alongside the multidisciplinary team to
innovate, educate and research.
- Actively monitor and protect the reputation
of the organisation as a safe and effective
health care provider and contribute to
processes that support and ensure our
Outstanding status with the Care Quality
Commission (CQC).
Person Specification
Personal qualities
Essential
- High personal standards.
- Compassionate and patient-oriented.
- Self-motivation.
- Conflict management skills.
- Problem-solving abilities.
- Inquisitive.
- Improvement mentality.
- Effective leadership.
- Flexibility.
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrate in-depth and advanced specialist knowledge of the clinical and operational practice of Pre-hospital Emergency Medical Care.
- Demonstrate expertise, competence and experience in contemporary resuscitation techniques and pre-hospital critical care management relating to acute traumatic and medical illness in adult and paediatric populations at a level consistent with expert practice.
- Demonstrate the principles of team resource management as pertaining to pre-hospital medical practice and patient safety.
- Major Incident Knowledge and awareness, including the recommendations from Inquiries and inquests.
- Evidence of the use of ultrasound in current practice.
- Working fluency with the vocabulary of Human Factors as related to patient safety.
- Minimum of 2 years experience in prehospital emergency medical care (HEMS), to include a minimum of 1 year whole time.
Desirable
- Major Incident management qualification (HMIMMS, MIMMS, DipMIM).
- Ultrasound qualification(s).
- Experience of endovascular and extracorporeal resuscitation techniques.
- Attendance at Human Factors educational event(s) and courses.
- Experience of working in more than one pre-hospital / HEMS service.
- Demonstrable experience of the training and supervision of doctors within a pre-hospital service / setting.
- Experience of Educational Supervision in prehospital medicine / base specialty.
- Experience of working within a retrieval service.
- Hold a substantive consultant appointment in base specialty and the ability to successfully accommodate the demands of two consultant positions.
Research, audit & QIP
Essential
- Demonstrate recent commitment to meaningful quality improvement project(s).
- Experience of and commitment to clinical audit.
- Experience in leadership and delivery of service development projects.
Desirable
- Experience in service development / quality improvement within a prehospital medical service.
- Significant contribution to prehospital research project(s).
- Significant experience in clinical risk management / Patient Safety role.
Registration
Essential
- Full GMC registration with licence to practise.
- Inclusion on GMC specialist register (or be within 3-months of specialist registration) in relevant speciality (e.g. anaesthesia, emergency medicine, intensive care medicine, surgery).
Desirable
Qualifications
Essential
- MBBS or equivalent
- FRCEM, FRCA, FFICM or equivalent qualification
Desirable
- Higher degree (PhD, MD) BSc in relevant field
- BSc / MSc, in Pre-hospital Medicine, Resuscitation Medicine, Trauma science, or similar related field
- FIMC, DipIMC, DipRTM or equivalent
- Higher diploma / degree in Medical Education / Medical Simulation / Healthcare Management & Leadership or similar
Person Specification
Personal qualities
Essential
- High personal standards.
- Compassionate and patient-oriented.
- Self-motivation.
- Conflict management skills.
- Problem-solving abilities.
- Inquisitive.
- Improvement mentality.
- Effective leadership.
- Flexibility.
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrate in-depth and advanced specialist knowledge of the clinical and operational practice of Pre-hospital Emergency Medical Care.
- Demonstrate expertise, competence and experience in contemporary resuscitation techniques and pre-hospital critical care management relating to acute traumatic and medical illness in adult and paediatric populations at a level consistent with expert practice.
- Demonstrate the principles of team resource management as pertaining to pre-hospital medical practice and patient safety.
- Major Incident Knowledge and awareness, including the recommendations from Inquiries and inquests.
- Evidence of the use of ultrasound in current practice.
- Working fluency with the vocabulary of Human Factors as related to patient safety.
- Minimum of 2 years experience in prehospital emergency medical care (HEMS), to include a minimum of 1 year whole time.
Desirable
- Major Incident management qualification (HMIMMS, MIMMS, DipMIM).
- Ultrasound qualification(s).
- Experience of endovascular and extracorporeal resuscitation techniques.
- Attendance at Human Factors educational event(s) and courses.
- Experience of working in more than one pre-hospital / HEMS service.
- Demonstrable experience of the training and supervision of doctors within a pre-hospital service / setting.
- Experience of Educational Supervision in prehospital medicine / base specialty.
- Experience of working within a retrieval service.
- Hold a substantive consultant appointment in base specialty and the ability to successfully accommodate the demands of two consultant positions.
Research, audit & QIP
Essential
- Demonstrate recent commitment to meaningful quality improvement project(s).
- Experience of and commitment to clinical audit.
- Experience in leadership and delivery of service development projects.
Desirable
- Experience in service development / quality improvement within a prehospital medical service.
- Significant contribution to prehospital research project(s).
- Significant experience in clinical risk management / Patient Safety role.
Registration
Essential
- Full GMC registration with licence to practise.
- Inclusion on GMC specialist register (or be within 3-months of specialist registration) in relevant speciality (e.g. anaesthesia, emergency medicine, intensive care medicine, surgery).
Desirable
Qualifications
Essential
- MBBS or equivalent
- FRCEM, FRCA, FFICM or equivalent qualification
Desirable
- Higher degree (PhD, MD) BSc in relevant field
- BSc / MSc, in Pre-hospital Medicine, Resuscitation Medicine, Trauma science, or similar related field
- FIMC, DipIMC, DipRTM or equivalent
- Higher diploma / degree in Medical Education / Medical Simulation / Healthcare Management & Leadership or similar
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
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
