Consultant Emergency Medicine

New Cross; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton is seeking Consultants to join its Emergency Department. The department handles major trauma and acute medicine with a 24-hour paediatric service and cross-disciplinary collaboration.

We offer a dynamic, forward-thinking NHS trust with opportunities for research, education, simulation, and joint roles across specialties. The post supports flexible working patterns and leadership development.

Qualifications

• GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of CCT from the date of interview / Completion of CESR or completion within 6 months
• Completed recognised training in Emergency Medicine or equivalent experience/ Training ALS/ATLS/APLS or equivalent
• Higher Medical Degree

Responsibilities

• The department itself sees around 470 patients per day across Majors, Minors, Resus and paediatrics.
• Paediatric area of the department offers a 24 hour service and is run by our Paediatric Emergency Medicine Consultants between 0800 and 2400.
• We will support joint roles such as research, education and simulation, intensive care, pre-hospital emergency medicine, paediatric emergency medicine, sports and exercise medicine, frailty, and acute medicine.
• There is range of differing responsibilities including roles such as Divisional Medical Director and dual trained consultants; many roles are negotiable on appointment.

Skills

GMC Specialist Register

CESR within 6 months

Emergency Medicine Training

Education

Higher Medical Degree

Job description

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Person Specification

• GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of CCT from the date of interview / Completion of CESR or completion within 6 months
• Completed recognised training in Emergency Medicine or equivalent experience/ Training ALS/ATLS/APLS or equivalent
• Higher Medical Degree

Desirable

• Higher Medical Degree

We are offering an exciting opportunity for Consultants to join our forward thinking and ambitious trust and department. Our department was opened in 2014 as part of the Urgent and Emergency Care Centre at New Cross Hospital. It boasts its own CT/MRI/USS services purpose built to facilitate the department and a co-located SDEC and AMU. We are also collocated to an Urgent Care Centre.

New cross hospital is a Trauma unit offering Cardiothoracic and PCI services. We link in with all specialties across the hospital and have successfully embedded an innovative way of working with our Acute Medicine colleagues. We have Acute Medicine Consultants working within the Emergency Department until 10pm seven days a week and boast one of the lowest admission rates in the region.

Main duties of the job

The department itself sees around 470 patients per day across Majors, Minors, Resus and paediatrics. Our dedicated Paediatric area of the department offers a 24 hour service and is run by our Paediatric Emergency Medicine Consultants between the hours of 0800 and 2400. We also have specific ACP's for paediatrics. We will support joint roles such as research, education and simulation, intensive care, pre-hospital emergency medicine, paediatric emergency medicine, sports and exercise medicine, frailty, and acute medicine. Many of our consultants have dual roles and this is something that can be negotiated on successful appointment into post. There is a range of differing responsibilities including one of our consultants being the Divisional Medical Director, splitting his time between ED and wider management, another consultant who is paramount to the pre-hospital care team bringing a wealth of knowledge and experience to the department, and a dual trained Consultant who works within Adult Emergency Care and Paediatric Emergency Care. On top of this we have Clinical Educator roles supported by RCEM and HEE which offers specific time supernumerary to the department to teach and support all members of the MDT. We are happy to consider applicants who are within 6 months of completion of CCT or CESR.

About us

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients. We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.