Job summary
This post is designed to augment the 24/7 consultant led Emergency service offered by Bart's Health at the Royal London Hospital. The Hospital is a London teaching hospital, a Major Trauma Centre, a Hyper Acute Stroke Unit and is the District General Hospital for Tower Hamlets. The combined Urgent Care and Emergency service sees in excess of 210,000 new patients per annum. The emergency department is part of the Barts Health Emergency Medicine Network.
The Emergency Medicine Service sits in the Division of Emergency Care and Trauma. The team is committed to a high level of consultant input to the front line care of patients, providing senior decision maker input throughout the patient journey for minor and moderate cases and direct consultant led care for the most critically unwell patients.
Main duties of the job
The job has been structured to ensure a variety of clinical duties are available. The department hosts doctors in training, clinical practitioners, nurses in development and students from across, medicine, nursing and physician associate studies. All consultants take part in the training and development of all groups. The department is dedicated to providing high quality and innovative training and development opportunities.
This is a 10 PA job plan ED Locum Consultant post for 9 months to cover Maternity Leave.
About us
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate, and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.
Barts Health supports The Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the job description and person specification for the main responsibilities of this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the job description and person specification for the main responsibilities of this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- MB ChB or equivalent
- FCEM or Equivalent ('equivalence' must be confirmed by GMC by the date of the Advisory Appointments Committee)
- Completion of Specialist training in Emergency Medicine or within 6 months of CCT or equivalent
- ALS, ATLS, APLS and MIMMS provider or equivalent
Desirable
- BSc/MSc
- MRCP or equivalent additional higher qualification
- Instructor status in more than one course
- Evidence of appropriate Faculty Development towards Educational Supervision
Experience
Essential
- Appropriate for level of experience
- Ability to manage on-going medical and surgical critical care in the resuscitation room.
Desirable
- Experience in leading POCUS and ECHO training programs in emergency care
- Experience of leading undergraduate clinical training programs
- Experience of leading Postgraduate teaching and training programs
- PEM accreditation
- General desirable criteria in this category; Formal Medical Education Qualification
- Experience in Ambulatory / Frailty Medicine
- Experience in Community Emergency Medicine
- Experience in Emergency Medicine Research
Knowledge
Essential
- Appropriate experience of clinical audit
- Quality Improvement Project leadership and attainment
Desirable
- Evidence of previous participation in Clinical Governance activities
Skills
Essential
- Ability to participate fully in departmental research
- Evidence of involvement in research projects
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- MB ChB or equivalent
- FCEM or Equivalent ('equivalence' must be confirmed by GMC by the date of the Advisory Appointments Committee)
- Completion of Specialist training in Emergency Medicine or within 6 months of CCT or equivalent
- ALS, ATLS, APLS and MIMMS provider or equivalent
Desirable
- BSc/MSc
- MRCP or equivalent additional higher qualification
- Instructor status in more than one course
- Evidence of appropriate Faculty Development towards Educational Supervision
Experience
Essential
- Appropriate for level of experience
- Ability to manage on-going medical and surgical critical care in the resuscitation room.
Desirable
- Experience in leading POCUS and ECHO training programs in emergency care
- Experience of leading undergraduate clinical training programs
- Experience of leading Postgraduate teaching and training programs
- PEM accreditation
- General desirable criteria in this category; Formal Medical Education Qualification
- Experience in Ambulatory / Frailty Medicine
- Experience in Community Emergency Medicine
- Experience in Emergency Medicine Research
Knowledge
Essential
- Appropriate experience of clinical audit
- Quality Improvement Project leadership and attainment
Desirable
- Evidence of previous participation in Clinical Governance activities
Skills
Essential
- Ability to participate fully in departmental research
- Evidence of involvement in research projects
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.
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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
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. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
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. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
