Consultant in Emergency Medicine

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board; Rhyl; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board in North Wales is recruiting a substantive Emergency Medicine consultant to lead the ED, oversee urgent care pathways, and provide senior clinical leadership across the Emergency Quadrant.

The post requires GMC Registration, FRCEM, and ongoing commitment to teaching, governance and patient safety, with a focus on high-quality, evidence-based urgent care in a large Welsh health system.

Qualifications

• Full GMC Specialist Registration in Emergency Medicine or will obtain within 6 months of interview.
• CESR applicants must have GMC Specialist Registration at point of application.
• FRCEM and valid ATLS/ETC/ALS/APLS or equivalent provider status.

Responsibilities

• Lead medical handovers and huddles in ED.
• Support NIC to manage ED risk and capacity/safety issues.
• Be a point of clinical contact for Senior Clinicians and Management.
• Coordinate ED workforce, address short-notice gaps, escalate concerns.
• Use Symphony to proactively run the ED.
• Focus on patient safety, review unwell patients, see patients as needed.
• Support streaming to MIUs, Specialities or SDEC where appropriate.
• Anticipate and intervene with unexpected issues, including health and safety risks.

Skills

ED leadership

Senior decision maker

Teaching capability

Clinical governance

Education

GMC Specialist Registration

FRCEM

ATLS/ETC/ALS/APLS status

Job description

Job Overview

The Emergency Department (ED) was purpose built in 2014 and offers state of-the-art facilities. This was part of a new development at YGC called the Emergency Quadrant (EQ) which brings all Emergency and Acute Services together. The EQ houses the ED, Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC), a 24 bed Acute Medical Unit, Surgical Assessment Unit, Radiology services.

The ED sees a full case mix of undifferentiated emergencies encompassing all specialties including Major Trauma, Stroke, Cardiac, Vascular, ENT, Ophthalmology, Max Fax and Paediatrics.

The Department has also been undergoing a process of implementation of modern models of Emergency Care including streaming, ambulatory majors, and rapid assessment.

Main duties of the job

• Leading medical handovers and huddles
• Support the Nurse in Charge (NIC) to manage Emergency Department (ED) risk escalating ED capacity and safety concerns
• Being a point of clinical contact in ED for Senior Clinicians and Management
• Support the coordination of workforce resources within ED, including responding to short-notice staffing gaps and escalating workforce concerns to maintain safe service provision
• Using Symphony to proactively run the ED
• Focusing on patient safety risks, reviewing unwell patients, and seeing patients as needed
• Supporting the streaming of patients to Minor Injury Units (MIUs), Specialities or Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) where appropriate
• Anticipating and intervening with unexpected issues, e.g., health and safety risks

Working for our organisation

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) is Wales’s largest health organisation, with a budget of over £2.4 billion and a workforce of over 20,000 staff.

BCUHB provides a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and specialist hospital services for the population of North Wales, across 3 acute hospitals and a network of community hospitals, health centres, clinics, and mental health units. It also co-ordinates or provides the work of GP practices and NHS services provided by dentists, opticians, and pharmacists across the region.

The Health Board is an integrated health system that strives for excellent, compassionate care delivered in partnership with the public sector and other statutory and third sector organisations.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Candidates are encouraged to refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information.

If you are ready to make a significant impact on the future of healthcare in North Wales and possess the skills and experience required for this role, we invite you to apply.

Informal conversations are encouraged prior to applying.

Person specification

Training And Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Full GMC Specialist Registration in Emergency Medicine or due to obtain CCT within 6 months of interview date. CESR applicants must have GMC Specialist Registration at the point of application
• FRCEM
• Valid ATLS/ETC, ALS, APLS or equivalent provider status

Desirable criteria

• Subspecialty training in Paediatrics or Prehospital EM
• Instructor Status in ALS, ATLS, APLS or equivalent
• Other relevant postgraduate qualifications e.g., DipIMC
• RCEM Level 1 accreditation in EM Ultrasound
• Evidence of shop floor supervision training e.g., RCEM ELSEs
• Training in leadership and human factors

Experience And Leadership

Essential criteria

• Substantive work in UK EM practice at senior decision maker level
• Able to provide ED shop floor leadership and supervision
• Able to provide senior EM clinical skills and leadership as described by the RCEM Curriculum
• Evidence of professional interests relevant to EM practice
• Experience, commitment, and enthusiasm for teaching at postgraduate and undergraduate level
• Willingness to teach all clinical staff including ACPs, paramedics, nurses, PAs, and ENPs.

Desirable criteria

• Postgraduate training in clinical education

Clinical Governance

Essential Criteria

• Experience of EM clinical governance activity
• Understanding of patient safety and risk management
• Experience of audit and quality improvement
• Ability to undertake EM relevant project work and liaise with specialties.

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of a service improvement activity
• Evidence of strategic work e.g., contribution to planning and policy development

Professional Development and Research

Essential Criteria

• CPD portfolio relevant to UK EM practice
• Ability to undertake critical appraisal and support any departmental research activity

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of role in delivering CPD
• Evidence of research activity and EM relevant publications

Additional Requirements

Essential criteria

• A shared ethos values of the Health Board
• Flexibility, personal integrity, and willingness to work cohesively in the ED team.
• Commitment to the importance of respect and dignity for all individuals
• High standards of verbal and written English

Desirable criteria

• Able to attend hospital within 30 mins for on-call duties
• Welsh Speaker or willingness to learn Welsh