Consultant - Emergency Medicine

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust; Camberley; On-site; GBP 114,000 - 151,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working patterns

Training and development opportunities

Gold for Armed Forces Employment Recog

Cross-site working opportunities

Job summary

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust seeks a Consultant in Emergency Medicine on a 10 PA contract based at Frimley Park, with cross-site opportunities at Wexham Park Hospital. The role emphasizes leadership, teaching, research and improving patient care.

Responsibilities include governance, quality improvement, resuscitation leadership, and active involvement in education and audits. Applicants should be on the UK Specialist Register or within 6 months of entry.

Qualifications

• FRCEM or equivalent qualification and entry to UK specialist register.
• ALS/ ATLS/ APLS provider status required; instructor status preferable.
• Dual accreditation or sub-specialty interest welcomed.
• 10 PA contract with potential cross-site working.

Responsibilities

• Governance and quality improvement including incident reporting and CPD.
• Lead resuscitation teams and ED handover board-rounds.
• Active involvement in ED research programmes and regional studies.
• Contribute to departmental teaching for consultants and junior doctors.
• Engage in educational supervision and audits.

Skills

Leadership

Teaching

Research

Communication skills

Emergency Medicine expertise

Audit and quality improvement

Education

FRCEM or equivalent

UK specialist register for Emergency Medicine (within 6 months)

ALS/ ATLS/ APLS provider status

ALS/ATLS/APLS Instructor status

Dual accreditation/ registered sub speciality interest

Job description

We see over 125,000 patients per annum, 25% of whom are managed in our integrated Paediatric ED. As a regional PCI, vascular and stroke centre as well as busy trauma unit you will be guaranteed a rich and varied caseload of acute presentations. A Trust-wide fully integrated EPR, Epic launched in June 2022.

We provide opportunities and training for staff to develop within their chosen fields. We believe in investing in our staff and understand that staff satisfaction is inextricably linked to patient satisfaction. We also believe that it's important that we recruit staff who subscribe to our values as they at the heart of everything we do. These are committed to excellence, working together and facing the future. The values reflect the commitment we make to the people who use our services and to each other.

Applicants for the position should be on the Specialist Register for Emergency Medicine or within 6 months (from the interview date) of award of their CCT / CESR in Emergency Medicine. A subspecialty qualification would be welcome, but not mandatory. Instructor status in ALS/ATLS/APLS is preferable and in date provider status is essential.

Interview to be held on 22nd January 2027 and held face to face.

Main duties of the job

The job plan will normally be based on a 10 PA contract which will divide into 8 DCC and 2 SPA. The appointee will be based at the Frimley Park site with opportunities for cross-site working at our other ED in Wexham Park Hospital. The appointee will be expected to join the annualised rota which allows greater flexibility to pursue other interests and help maintain a good work life balance. The DCC will be annualised at a quarterly rota meeting to provide ED shop floor cover from 0800-midnight 7 days a week. The weekend frequency is 1 in 6 weekends working either a day (08-17.30) or late (17.30-00.00 with on-call from home). There are aspirations with additional ED Consultant numbers towards expanding the evening and weekend shift pattern in accordance with the RCEM workforce document. EM Consultant duties include leadership, supervision, education, mentoring, leading resuscitation teams, and leading ED handover board-rounds.

About us

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Job responsibilities

Governance and quality improvement

Each consultant is expected to take an active role in clinical governance including quality improvement (QI), incident reporting (both adverse and positive), complaints review, CPD and Evidence-Based Medicine. The department has separate Clinical Governance and QI leads.

Research

There is an active research programme within the ED, with involvement in national portfolio projects and regional studies.

Teaching

The appointee will be expected to contribute to the departmental teaching programme for consultant, middle tier and junior tier ED doctors. The ED hosts medical students from Southampton and St Georges and there is opportunity to be involved in their educational programme in ED. The PGEC co-ordinates simulation, life-support courses (off-site) and other educational opportunities for ED staff.

Other Duties

The appointee may wish to take on other roles in conjunction with their clinical role. Any positions offered from outside of the Trust must be discussed with the Chief of Service prior to the position being accepted, so that the impact of this can be fully considered and any job plan amendments undertaken if any additional role is to be accepted.

Qualifications

• FRCEM or equivalent
• On (or within 6 months of entry to) the UK specialist register for Emergency Medicine (via CCT or CESR)
• ALS/ ATLS/ APLS (or equivalent) provider status
• ALS/ATLS/APLS Instructor status
• Dual accreditation/ registered sub speciality interest

Experience

• Broad experience of Emergency Medicine in the UK
• Evidence of personal experience in all areas of RCEM curriculum
• Evidence of personal participation in audit projects that have brought about change
• Evidence of participation in postgraduate and undergraduate teaching programmes
• Evidence of Level 1 EM US competencies
• RSI Trained
• Training in educational supervision
• Training in appraisal
• Participation in research projects
• Published research

Skills & Knowledge

• Able to evaluate own clinical practice
• Able to demonstrate innovative thinking
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Ability to organise and develop service provision

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.

£113,565 to £150,569 a yearPer annum dependant on experience