Consultant in Emergency Medicine North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust

North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in healthcare is seeking a dedicated Emergency Medicine Consultant to join their dynamic team. This role involves providing clinical leadership in one of London's busiest emergency departments, ensuring high-quality patient care, and actively participating in teaching and clinical governance. With a commitment to professional development, the successful candidate will have opportunities to enhance their skills and contribute to innovative clinical services. If you are passionate about emergency medicine and ready to make a significant impact in a vibrant healthcare environment, this position offers an exciting pathway for your career advancement.

Qualifications

• Must hold or be within 6 months of obtaining CCT in Emergency Medicine.
• Experience in clinical leadership and emergency patient care is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior clinician services in the Emergency Department as per job plan.
• Lead on service design and development for pre-operative patient assessment.
• Participate in teaching and training of medical trainees and staff.

Skills

Clinical Leadership

Emergency Medicine

Patient Care

Teaching and Training

Clinical Governance

Education

CCT in Emergency Medicine

Job description

Direct Clinical Care (DCCs):

Shop floor presence – This job plan provides a physical consultant presence out in the clinical arena of the Emergency Department. Each consultant will ensure clinical leadership and support to the department and other specialty staff as well as taking on their own patient workload. They will maintain and improve quality of care delivered to patients and guarantee the efficiency of the department.

There will be a consultant present on the shop floor from 0800 hours until 00:00 hours seven days a week. Sessions are allocated to clinical administration and shop floor back up – each consultant requires clinical time to undertake clinical administration and to ensure a quality clinical service in times of need. Overall weekend frequency equals 1 in 7 therefore attracts 5% on call allowance; however, this could be changed by an individual as we are running a self-rostering rota. Doctors are able to have a greater input of the number and type of shift that they are able to work.

Core Shop Floor DCC Roles:

1. Medical Controller
2. Resuscitation Room supervision – to include oversight of the paediatric area
3. Assessment Hub Medical Lead – to ensure early senior medical input for ambulance

Emergency Medicine Consultant

North Middlesex University Hospital is one of London’s busiest acute hospitals, serving more than 350,000 people living in Enfield and Haringey and the surrounding areas, including Barnet and Waltham Forest.

We work within a multi-ethnic population with a high index of deprivation. This is both a challenging and a fascinating hospital to work in. These are exciting times with excellent opportunities to develop and enhance our clinical services with a clinical partnership with the Royal Free Hospital.

Applications are invited for a locum consultant position in Emergency Medicine at North Middlesex University Hospital. Applicants must hold, or be within 6 months of obtaining their CCT in Emergency Medicine.

The Emergency Department at NMUH is one of the busiest in London, with an average of 550 patient attendances a day, and 100 ambulance conveyances. There is potential to support and develop individual interests and to support suitable candidates wishing to take their career to the next level.

Candidates will be fully supported to develop their clinical, leadership and improvement skills and there are a range of opportunities to be involved in pathway development and redesign of educational structures and programmes.

General Responsibilities as Consultant in Emergency Medicine:

The following is not an exhaustive or exclusive list of the duties of a consultant. The appointee is expected to:

1. Provide senior clinician services to the Emergency Department as per job plan or as agreed within the Trust, and as required when on call.
2. Provide clinical leadership to the department when undertaking clinical care, taking lead clinical responsibility as rostered on a day-to-day basis. Facilitate safe and effective clinical care.
3. Lead on service design and development to help with establishing pre-operative patient assessment.
4. Work with consultant colleagues and nursing staff to ensure efficient use of Trust’s resources and contribute actively to clinical governance in the department and to development of quality enhancement projects in the unit.
5. Show flexibility and undertake different appropriate clinical tasks within allocated DCC sessions after discussion with the clinical manager, as the need arises.
6. Actively participate in the Unit’s Teaching Programme and undertake supervision, teaching and training of medical trainees and other multi-professional staff, in line with guidance from the relevant Royal Colleges or specialty bodies.
7. Actively participate in clinical guidelines development, audit and CPD.

Indicative Job Plan/Timetable:

An indicative job plan/timetable for this post with indicative Programmed Activities (PAs) is provided below, but this will normally be re-assessed after 3 months of appointment to ensure it meets the needs of the service.

For a whole-time 10 PA contract: the normal split is:

1. Direct Clinical Care: 8 PAs on average per week (Clinical activity, clinically related activity, predictable & unpredictable emergency work)
2. Supporting Professional Activities: 2 PAs on average per week (CPD, audit, teaching & research)

An additional 0.5 SPA is available to all Consultant Staff subject to review and agreement by job plan which must be approved prospectively by the Clinical Director. After this review the substantive doctor will be on a 7.5 DCCs /2.5 SpAs. Additional (APA) clinical PAs may be offered to consultants up to 1.5 extra DCCs that if agreed can be taken by the individual.

Job plans are reviewed annually, and applicants are encouraged to study the provisions of the Consultant Contract for England 2003 under which this post is offered.

On Call and Internal Cover:

Each consultant will be expected to provide an on-call commitment to the department. Whilst on call the consultant must remain contactable at all times and be prepared to give advice on clinical and managerial issues as required by the hospital staff. The consultants must always be prepared to return to the department whilst on call for pressing clinical issues in accordance with escalation policy. The request for a consultant to return to the department should only be made for clinical reasons and is in line with the College of Emergency Medicine recommendations. There will be continuous on call cover from 0000 hours to 0800 hours Monday to Sunday. Prospective cover is included in the self-rostering rota for weekend shifts, evening shifts, on-call shifts.

The department must always be able to access the services of one of the emergency consultants. Each successful applicant will share an office with fellow consultants and be supported by the secretarial pool based in the department.

Other Roles and Responsibilities:

The post holder will work with colleagues and the Clinical Audit and Effectiveness department to ensure that relevant clinical audit is carried out. Consultants have continuing responsibility for the care of patients in their charge and for the proper functioning of their department. They are expected to undertake administrative duties associated with the care of their patients and the running of their clinical departments. The appointee will be expected to take responsibility for maintaining their continuing medical education to the standard set by the relevant Royal College.

All consultants are expected to participate in the management of their own department and the hospital as a whole and will be encouraged to develop their management and leadership skills. Therefore, it is expected the post holder will make efforts to attend their specialties management meetings where possible.

This advert closes on Wednesday 1 Jan 2025.