Locum Consultant in Emergency Medicine

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Education and developmentopportunities

Job summary

Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham invites applications for a 12-month locum consultant post in Emergency Medicine. The role provides visible senior leadership on the shop floor, oversees clinical risk and patient flow, and supervises trainees and advanced practitioners while leading the trauma team.

The post requires full GMC registration, Specialist Register in Emergency Medicine, or within six months of CCT, and participation in weekend on-call duties; RCEM guidance underpins practice.

Qualifications

• Medical degree MBBS or equivalent.
• FRCEM or equivalent required.
• Full GMC registration.
• Specialist Register entry in Emergency Medicine, or within six months of CCT.
• Experience in trauma leadership and governance.

Responsibilities

• Provide visible senior clinical leadership on the shop floor.
• Manage clinical risk, patient flow and operational pressure in the department.
• Deliver consultant-led care supporting safe, timely, high-quality patient care in line with RCEM guidance.
• Supervise trainees and advanced practitioners.
• Lead the trauma team.
• Teach resident doctors and nurses.
• Contribute to ongoing development of Emergency Medicine services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
• Contribute to service development, pathway redesign and quality improvement.
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team including doctors in training, locally employed doctors, medical students and Emergency and Advanced Care Practitioners.
• Fulfil agreed on-call commitments.

Skills

Risk stratification

Change management

Clinical governance

Teaching residents

Trauma team leadership

Multidisciplinary collaboration

On-call management

Education

MBBS or equivalent

FRCEM or equivalent

Job description

This 12-month locum consultant post sits in the Emergency Department at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, a major tertiary centre with Major Trauma Centre responsibilities. The consultant gives visible senior leadership on the shop floor, managing clinical risk and patient flow while supervising trainees and advanced practitioners. The post runs on a 10 PA job plan with weekend work of 1 in 6 and welcomes a special interest in paediatrics. Applicants need full GMC registration and Specialist Register entry for Emergency Medicine, or to be within six months of CCT.

What the job involves

• Provide visible senior clinical leadership on the shop floor
• Manage clinical risk, patient flow and operational pressure in the department
• Deliver consultant-led care supporting safe, timely, high-quality patient care in line with RCEM guidance
• Supervise trainees and advanced practitioners
• Lead the trauma team
• Teach resident doctors and nurses
• Contribute to ongoing development of Emergency Medicine services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital
• Contribute to service development, pathway redesign and quality improvement
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team including doctors in training, locally employed doctors, medical students and Emergency and Advanced Care Practitioners
• Fulfil agreed on-call commitments

Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent
• FRCEM or equivalent

Registration & licences

• Full GMC registration
• Entry on the GMC Specialist Register for Emergency Medicine, or within six months of CCT

Experience

• Clinical training and experience equivalent to UK CCT in Emergency Medicine
• Working as an independent operator in relevant procedures
• Trauma team leadership
• Understanding of clinical governance, plus experience and knowledge of the audit process
• Experience of teaching resident doctors and nurses

Skills & knowledge

• Ability to stratify and mitigate risk
• Ability to manage and implement change
• Ability to respond to complaints
• Working knowledge of researching evidence-based practice and critically appraising research
• Standard IT skills, including Excel, Word, literature searching and social media

Checks & eligibility

• Occupational Health clearance

Other

• Ability to fulfil agreed on-call commitments

Nice to have

• Higher degree (MD or PhD)
• RCEM ultrasound accreditation or equivalent, with skills to teach ultrasound
• Experience in a Major Trauma Centre or tertiary referral ED
• Publications relevant to Emergency Medicine
• Ability to supervise junior staff undertaking research projects
• Living within 15 miles or 30 minutes of the site, unless the Medical Director grants an exemption
• Training in teaching skills or an educational qualification
• Good knowledge of wider health debate and NHS structures

What’s offered

• Education and development opportunities