Consultant - Paediatric Emergency Medicine

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 78,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust seeks a Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine to lead and drive links between Paediatrics and the Emergency Department. The post collaborates with an existing PEM consultant to deliver high-quality care to the Children's ED, which sees about 17,000 patients per year.

The role requires PEM qualification, with JD pending college approval, and emphasizes strong clinical leadership and efficient patient flow across the department.

Qualifications

• Must be PEM qualified.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate strong clinical leadership when working across a busy department.
• Lead and drive links between Paediatrics and Emergency Department.
• Support the shift leader in patient flow and activity management.

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our busy and dynamic Children's Emergency department as a Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM). This is a post to lead and drive links between Paediatrics and ED. This post will work alongside an existing PEM consultant to provide high quality care to our Children's Emergency Department (ED). The Children's ED receives approximately 17,000 patients per year and receives both GP & self referrals from across Buckinghamshire. We currently have 1 WTE PEM Consultants in post and work closely with our Adult ED colleagues. In April 2023 we opened our new Children's ED which has been purposed built and provides care to the children and young people of Buckinghamshire. The unit contains 2 Paediatric Resus bays, individual rooms and a Children's Observation Unit. Must be PEM qualified. Please note - JD is pending college approval. Demonstrate strong clinical leadership when working clinically across the many areas of the department delivering excellent and high quality patient care and supporting the shift leader in the management of patient flow and activity through the department.

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