Specialty Doctor in Emergency Medicine

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust; Boston; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust invites applications for a Speciality Doctor in Emergency Medicine at Pilgrim Hospital, Boston. The role covers a 24-hour rota with a weekend on-call commitment and supports consultants in patient care and teaching.

The successful candidate will act as EPIC when required, lead shifts, and contribute to audit, training and service improvement while progressing their career within the department.

Qualifications

• Senior-level clinical leadership in Emergency Medicine.
• Teaching and training at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

Responsibilities

• See patients in ED, make primary diagnoses and initiate emergency treatment.
• Provide clinical leadership and lead shop floor shifts in absence of a consultant.
• Maintain four-hour target for emergency access and ensure appropriate referrals.
• Liaise with GPs and other hospital teams; participate in audit and quality assurance.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Teaching & training

Audit & quality assurance

Education

ACLS / ALS

EPALS / PALS

MRCEM

GMC registration

Job description

Are you an experienced Emergency Medicine clinician ready to lead a dynamic team on the front line? United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking dedicated senior decision-makers to join the Emergency Department at Pilgrim Hospital, Boston.

As a Speciality Doctor, you will provide high-quality, senior-level clinical care and expertise across a 24-hour rota.

There will be a weekend on-call commitment of no more than 13 weekends as per 2021 contract.

It is expected that the post holder will assist the Consultants with audit and quality assurance as well as postgraduate training of junior staff. The Speciality Doctor should be able to liaise confidently with general medical practitioners as well as members of other hospital specialist teams.

Please note that candidates who interviewed unsuccessfully for this position within the last six months are currently ineligible to reapply.

Main duties of the job

This post is based in the Emergency Department at Pilgrim Hospital Boston and is designed for candidates who are working at the level of senior decision maker in Emergency Medicine, or who are ready to take this responsibility and wish to advance their career.

Staff will be expected to work at a senior level with a minimum entrustment level of 3 in all areas of the RCEM curriculum. They will be expected to be able to act as EPIC (Emergency Physician in Charge) and lead the shop floor shift in the absence of a consultant (Usually between midnight and 8am).

The purpose of this post is to provide broad and detailed knowledge, skills and expertise to the Department of Emergency Medicine at a senior level throughout a 24-hour period as well as to maintain the postholders' own personal and professional development, and to assist the trainee doctors, ACP's and nurses in the team.

About us

You can expect a warm welcome at our United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. We appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including a fantastic benefit package with competitive pay rates with annual increases, annual leave of 27 days increasing to 29 days after 5 years and 33 after 10 years, access to the NHS Pension Scheme to which you and the Trust contribute. Alongside this there are extensive training development opportunities. We promote a healthy work life balance, provide an Occupational Health Service to support you at work and have a number of NHS discounts available either directly through ourselves or online through NHS Discounts. As part of our recruitment process we can tell you more about our benefits package and you will see that we offer everything you would expect and more!

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please note this is not a full list of duties:

• To see patients attending the Emergency Department, making primary diagnosis and initiating emergency treatment. This will be at middle-grade level (Senior Decision-Maker) within the department.
• Clinical leadership in the delivery of high-quality emergency care.
• Assessment, care and treatment of patients presenting to the ED.
• A role in maintaining the four-hour target for emergency access.
• Ensuring the appropriate referral of patients to inpatient specialties or tertiary centres.
• Liaison with clinicians and managers within and outside of the ED to address issues arising that affect the service.
• Teaching and training at undergraduate and postgraduate level, including assessments.
• Audit, research and quality assurance processes.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Do you have full registration with the General Medical Council Council practise with the General Medical Council
• Do you have ACLS / ALS
• Do you have EPALS / PALS
• Do you have MRCEM (Membership of Royal College of

Experience

Essential

• Completed a minimum of 4 years post qualification with at least 2 years in emergency medicine
• Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on range of problems both emergency and elective within specialty
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients ake full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
• Able to lead a resuscitation or Trauma Team
• Knowledge in subspecialties eg. Trauma & Orthopaedics

Desirable

• Ideally at least 1-year clinical experience in the UK/ NHS

Teaching Experience

Essential

• Ability to teach clinical skills to medical, nursing staff and other disciplines
• Experience of teaching clinical skills to undergraduates and postgraduates