Consultant in Emergency Medicine

The Methodist Church in Britain; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust seeks a Consultant in Emergency Medicine to deliver high-quality front-line care, provide clinical leadership, and supervise junior staff. The role includes departmental management, involvement in planning the new Emergency Centre, and development of treatment protocols.

The post covers 7.5 direct clinical PA and 2.5 SPAs for CPD, audit, teaching and research on a full-time basis, with opportunities for part-time arrangements and rotation to suit service

Qualifications

• MBBS, MBChB or equivalent medical qualification.
• FRCEM or equivalent.
• ALS or equivalent certification.
• ATLS or equivalent certification.
• APLS certification.
• Level 3 Safeguarding Children training within the last 3 years.

Responsibilities

• Provide first-class emergency medicine care within a multi-professional team, seeing patients personally.
• Give clinical leadership and supervise and teach junior medical and nursing staff.
• Take on a share of departmental management and administration.
• Take part in planning and developing the emergency medicine service.
• Contribute expertise to the design of a new Emergency Centre.
• Develop service treatment protocols and guidelines.
• Take part in the out-of-hours on-call rota on an equal basis with consultant colleagues.
• Develop clinical skills, especially in assessing and managing acutely ill patients.
• Deliver agreed national and local clinical and quality targets with clinical teams and commissioners.
• Follow patients through their clinical pathways.
• Work to an annual job plan of 7.5 PAs direct clinical care and 2.5 SPAs for CPD, audit, teaching and research on a full-time basis.

Skills

Emergency medicine

Clinical leadership

Teaching

On-call rota

Quality targets

Education

MBBS/MBChB

FRCEM

ALS

ATLS

APLS

Safeguarding Children Level 3

Job description

This consultant post sits in the emergency department of the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, a designated trauma unit. The work centres on front-line care, seeing patients personally, clinical leadership and supervising junior staff, with a share of departmental management and on-call. It stands out for input into a new Emergency Centre and for a service covering Shropshire and Mid Wales, on a 10 PA contract. Candidates need entry on the GMC Specialist Register, via CCT or CESR.

What the job involves

• Provide first-class emergency medicine care within a multi-professional team, seeing patients personally
• Give clinical leadership and supervise and teach junior medical and nursing staff
• Take on a share of departmental management and administration
• Take part in planning and developing the emergency medicine service
• Contribute expertise to the design of a new Emergency Centre
• Develop service treatment protocols and guidelines
• Take part in the out-of-hours on-call rota on an equal basis with consultant colleagues
• Develop clinical skills, especially in assessing and managing acutely ill patients
• Deliver agreed national and local clinical and quality targets with clinical teams and commissioners
• Follow patients through their clinical pathways
• Work to an annual job plan of 7.5 PAs direct clinical care and 2.5 SPAs for CPD, audit, teaching and research on a full-time basis

What’s required

Qualifications

• MBBS, MBChB or equivalent medical qualification
• FRCEM or equivalent
• ALS or equivalent certification
• ATLS or equivalent certification
• APLS certification
• Level 3 Safeguarding Children training within the last 3 years

Registration & licences

• Full GMC registration and licence to practise
• Entry on the GMC Specialist Register via CCT (proposed date within 6 months of interview) or CESR

Experience

• Broad clinical experience within emergency medicine

Skills & knowledge

• Ability to teach clinical skills and lecture on the specialty
• Recognised ability to work within and lead a multidisciplinary team
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies
• Commitment to clinical risk and understanding of clinical governance

Nice to have

• Higher degree (MD/PhD)
• Additional teaching qualification
• Additional leadership qualification
• Ability to supervise, appraise, coach and mentor trainee and other doctors
• Experience in clinical undergraduate or postgraduate teaching
• Experience in NHS management

What’s offered

• Additional PAs available with agreement, renewable yearly
• Support to develop specialist interests within emergency medicine
• Annual job plan review with personal objectives linked to service priorities
• Consideration of part-time working for personal reasons, with job content adjusted by discussion