Consultant - Emergency Care

Job description

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 postholders 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 be always 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 patients care as soon as possible, allowing early decision-making. You will need to be willing to think about a patients 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 and 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

• Fellow member of the College of Emergency Medicine
• Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required to gain entry to UK CCST
• To be eligible for consideration for a Consultant appointment by an Appointments Committee, candidates must be fully registered on the UK General Medical Council's Specialist Register. Specialist Registrars may apply if within 6 months of CCT at date of application. The appointee will be required to maintain full GMC registration and revalidation and should follow the GMC Code of Good Medical Practice
• Advanced Life Support, Advanced Trauma Life Support, Advanced Paediatric Life Support or equivalent

Desirable

• MIMMS
• Extended skills, e.g. Teaching or educational qualification, paediatric subspecialisation
• Ultrasound training
• Experience of Audit Management
• Experience of teaching basic clinical skills to undergraduates
• Experience of Supervising SpRs
• Formal training in Clinical Supervision/train the trainers

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. 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).

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/ (Opens in a new tab)