Locum Consultant in Emergency Medicine

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust; Stevenage; Sur place; GBP 90 000 - 110 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust is seeking a Locum Consultant in Emergency Medicine to cover a 12-month fixed-term post at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage. The post comprises 10 programmed activities (PAs) plus 1.5 indicative APAs, including on-call commitment.

The successful candidate will provide a high-quality, patient-centered ED service, collaborate with colleagues in other specialties, contribute to teaching and governance, and support flexible working patterns where possible.

Responsabilités

• Maintenance of high-quality patient centered care
• Shared responsibility for the day-to-day management of the service and participation in strategic planning
• Teaching and training within the multidisciplinary service
• Active involvement in multidisciplinary team meetings and directorate clinical governance activity
• Active participation in continuing medical education

Description du poste

This is an excellent opportunity to join the Emergency Medicine department at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are looking to recruit to a 12-month fixed-term post to cover a career break. The successful candidate will join a service that prides itself in effective leadership, innovative thinking, and excellent teamwork. We strive to challenge our existing working practices and to constantly improve our service to deliver best practice guidance and to ensure that our patient outcomes are successful, and they feel valued during their visits to the Trust. The successful applicant willjoin our Emergency Department as a Locum Consultant. Based at Lister Hospital in Stevenage the post comprises of 10 programmed activities (PAs) plus 1.5 indicative additional programmed activities (APAs) including on-call commitment, which could be modified for a candidate preferring to work 10 PAs or less than full time. The main duties of the role are to provide a high-quality service to patients referred for treatment and care, liaising as necessary with clinical and associated colleagues in other specialties and disciplines.

• Maintenance of high-quality patient centered care
• Shared responsibility for the day-to-day management of the service and participation in strategic planning
• Teaching and training within the multidisciplinary service
• Active involvement in multidisciplinary team meetings and directorate clinical governance activity
• Active participation in continuing medical education
  At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda. We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.