Job summary
Ashford and St Peter's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust have an exciting opportunity for a new Consultant to join our team. We have had significant investment in our ED service in 2024 which has lead to an expansion to 18 Consultants. Our aim is clear - we want the best clinicians to join our fantastic team! Surrey is a wonderful place to live and work and the job pack describes why this could be an attractive option for you.
We offer RCEM enhanced rates for evening and out of hours work on weekdays and weekends, with a job plan split of 7 DCC, 3 SPA. If our excellent terms and conditions have attracted your interest and you would like to focus on a particular aspect of your career it may, depending upon your preference, be possible for us to facilitate this.
The ED is supported by some new outstanding facilities in the on-site Urgent Treatment Centre, SDEC, Clinical Assessment Unit and Older Person's Assessment Unit. We are also focusing on developing and improving our acute medicine services, in part to enhance the support that we can offer to the ED and UTC.
If you match what we are looking for and are interested in learning more about this role, please contact Dr Balen Ahmed, EM Clinical Lead on balen.ahmed@nhs.net or Dr Charles Johnson, Divisional Director on charles.johnson4@nhs.net.
Main duties of the job
To work with Consultant colleagues and the wider multidisciplinary team to ensure that the team and department delivers a high quality, well led service for Emergency patients attending Ashford and St Peters.
We are looking for an exceptional individual who has the ability, skills and vision to support and lead our excellent team of resident doctors, nurses, allied health professionals and administrative staff to improve our services to the benefit of patients and colleagues working within the Emergency department.
About us
Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.
Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey. The ED is at St Peter's Hospital.
We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.
Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at Ashford & St Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust with our strong commitment to staff health and wellbeing. We are committed to providing continuous professional development, staff benefits and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.
Please see the supporting links which you can find on the right-hand side of this job advert. There is guidance on how to make an application on NHS Jobs as well as more information about joining the ASPH Team
Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so applicants are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To work with the Consultant/Specialist and management team to:
-Deliver the highest professional standard at Consultant level to the department
-Provide a high quality well-led service for patients of Ashford and St Peters, including the assessment, diagnosis, investigations, treatment and management of patients, in accordance with Trust policies and practices.
-Deliver direct clinical care to patients, through all parts of the department, assisting clinical decision making and sharing equally in the workload/flows through the department.
-Review all potential admissions and development rapid assessment and triage strategies to ensure early investigations and disposition of patients is achieved.
-Have a continuing responsibility for the care of patients in your charge, ensuring safe handover.
-Engage fully with the care of patients outside the department and provide a prompt opinion on request.
-Engage with medical, nursing and management teams and all relevant co-workers in the delivery of department objectives: to provide clinical leadership, improve patient experience and ensure the highest quality clinical care.
-Actively participate in and support other staff with education, research, audit, and clinical governance activities involving a multidisciplinary workforce across the department.
-Participate in the professional training, recruitment and development of staff in the department and contribute as required to teaching and educational supervision
-To support recruitment, appraisal, development and mentoring activities to an MDT team
- To undertake any other duties appropriate for a Consultant.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To work with the Consultant/Specialist and management team to:
-Deliver the highest professional standard at Consultant level to the department
-Provide a high quality well-led service for patients of Ashford and St Peters, including the assessment, diagnosis, investigations, treatment and management of patients, in accordance with Trust policies and practices.
-Deliver direct clinical care to patients, through all parts of the department, assisting clinical decision making and sharing equally in the workload/flows through the department.
-Review all potential admissions and development rapid assessment and triage strategies to ensure early investigations and disposition of patients is achieved.
-Have a continuing responsibility for the care of patients in your charge, ensuring safe handover.
-Engage fully with the care of patients outside the department and provide a prompt opinion on request.
-Engage with medical, nursing and management teams and all relevant co-workers in the delivery of department objectives: to provide clinical leadership, improve patient experience and ensure the highest quality clinical care.
-Actively participate in and support other staff with education, research, audit, and clinical governance activities involving a multidisciplinary workforce across the department.
-Participate in the professional training, recruitment and development of staff in the department and contribute as required to teaching and educational supervision
-To support recruitment, appraisal, development and mentoring activities to an MDT team
- To undertake any other duties appropriate for a Consultant.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- CCT by the time of taking up the posts or be accredited for inclusion on the GMC Specialist Register
- Fully registered with the GMC
Experience
Essential
- Providing direct clinical care
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- CCT by the time of taking up the posts or be accredited for inclusion on the GMC Specialist Register
- Fully registered with the GMC
Experience
Essential
- Providing direct clinical care
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
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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).
