Consultant in Emergency Medicine

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Consultant in Emergency Medicine to join their busy Emergency Department. The appointee will provide high-quality care and participate in governance, teaching, and management tasks. The role requires GMC registration and a thorough knowledge of Emergency Medicine.

Qualifications

• Medically qualified with GMC specialist registration.
• Experience as a provider in ALS, ATLS, APLS.
• Research experience with publication record.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality care to patients in Emergency Medicine.
• Engage in clinical governance activities and supervision.
• Participate in teaching and training of medical students.

Skills

Leadership

Organisational skills

Inter-personal skills

Education

Full GMC Registration license

CCT in Emergency Medicine

MBBS or equivalent

FCEM or equivalent

Job description

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Consultant in Emergency Medicine

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Job summary

We have exciting opportunities for a Consultant in Emergency Medicine to join our Emergency Department team at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. We are looking to appoint a Substantive Consultant in Emergency Medicine (10PAs).

The post holder will undertake fixed clinical and non-clinical sessions according to an agreed timetable with other members of the Consultant Team.

The current consultant work pattern provides hands on Consultant 'shop floor' presence from 08:00 to 22:30 Monday to Friday, 8am to 17:00 Saturday and Sunday to directly lead and guide the team to provide a high standard of clinical care for patients attending the Emergency Department. With an increase in the consultant numbers the shop floor hours covered by the consultant body as a whole may increase. On call is covered one weekday per week and currently one weekend in nine at 5% WTE remuneration. Annual and study leave is covered internally and flexibility in sessions will be required on occasions to provide this level of senior clinical supervision.

The Department is busy, seeing over 130,000 patients per year (30% paediatric) and we have achieved a high clinical standard of care across majors, resus, urgent care centre, and emergency observation unit.

**Please note the job description is pending Royal College approval**

Main duties of the job

• Provide High Quality Care to Patients in Medicine
• Research, Teaching and Training
• Performance Management
• Medical Staff Management and Accountability
• Governance
• Strategy and Business Planning
• Leadership and Team Working

About us

We provide services from two main hospitals, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, and a number of clinics across London and the South-East. We have over 6,000 members of staff that arePROUD to Carefor nearly one million people. Both hospitals provide full clinical services, including full maternity, emergency and children's, in addition to a range of community-based services across London, such as award-winning sexual health and HIV clinics.

We're one of the best preforming Trusts in the country. We're also one of the top trusts to work for - our staff say they're engaged, motivated, and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment.

Our Trust has been rated by the Care Quality Commission as 'Good' in all five of the main domains of safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led, giving an us overall rating of 'Good'. We've also been awarded an 'Outstanding' rating for 'use of resources' by an NHS Improvement inspection.

Our facilities are some of the best in the country. We have been investing around £10 million a year in our estate. We are currently spending £25 million on expanding our adult and neonatal critical care facilities at Chelsea and Westminster and redevelopment of our children's unit at West Middlesex - in partnership with our charity, CW+ and generous donors.

Job responsibilities

Duties of the post

Teaching duties will include medical students, sessions for the FY2s and middle grade teaching, including preparation for MRCEM and FRCEM.

The post holder will be required to participate in the Trust and Directorates Clinical Governance activities, with a commitment to audit, annual appraisal for themselves, revalidation and CPD, and regular appraisal and mentoring of other team members.

It is expected that the post holder will engage in specific management tasks and contribute to monthly departmental meetings (sub-directorate and Clinical Effectiveness) and hospital committees in agreement with the Service Lead and the Directorate Policy Board.

The post holder is expected to participate in the annual appraisal system in line with the Trusts appraisal guidelines. Individual appraisal interviews will be held annually and reports, (including updated job plans) submitted to the Medical Director or HR Director. The post holder is expected to inform themselves of the annual timetable appraisal and ensure that appropriate time is set aside to update their portfolio.

Provide High Quality Care to Patients in Medicine

• The post holder must be medically qualified and maintain GMC specialist registration and hold a CCT in Emergency Medicine (or be within 6 months of attaining).
• To develop and maintain the competencies required to carry out the duties required of the post.
• To ensure prompt attendance at agreed direct clinical care Programmed Activities.
• To ensure patients are involved in decisions about their care and to respond to their views.
• To adhere to the Trust Customer Service Commitment You are the Difference and adopt a professional approach to customer care at all times.

Please refer to our detailed job description for more information

Preliminary Visits

Candidates may discuss the post and arrange visits with Dr Shashank Patil, Service Director for Emergency Medicine, email: [e-mail]

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

• Full GMC Registration license to practice with specialist registration, or within 6 months of CCT in Emergency Medicine from the date of AAC
• FCEM or equivalent
• MBBS or equivalent
• MRCP/FRCP past record of academic achievement

Experience

• Provider in at least two of ALS, ATLS, APLS, MIMMS
• Instructor in at least one of ALS, ATLS, APLS
• Use of Ultrasound in EM
• Research experience with publication record
• Child Protection Awareness
• Sound knowledge of Emergency Medicine
• Organisational skills
• Good inter-personal and communications skills
• Computer skills and IT literacy
• Ability to apply managerial & professional theory
• Leadership and teaching
• Commitment to multidisciplinary team working
• Commitment to continuing medical education
• Ability to conduct teaching and research
• Ability to meet on call requirements
• Commitment to the goals of the Chelsea & Westminster Hospital
• Knowledge of NHS plan and priorities including the National Service Frameworks
• Awareness of the financial framework of the NHS

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.

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust