Consultant In Emergency Medicine

Job description

Job responsibilities

Other Responsibilities

Subject to the provisions of the Terms and Conditions of Service to observe the Trusts agreed policies and procedures drawn up in consultation with the profession on clinical matters and to follow the standing orders and financial instructions of the Trust.

To observe local and national employment and personnel policies and procedures, and to comply with Regional and Trust Health and Safety policies.

To assume responsibility for and facilitate contact from members of staff with delegated duties for personally accountable patient care.

Job Plan

A formal job plan will be agreed between the appointee and their Divisional Director, on behalf of the Medical Director, three months after the commencement date of the appointee. This will be signed by the Chief Executive and will be effective from the date signed by the Divisional Director. For the first three months the job plan will be based on the provisional timetable.

The job plan will then be reviewed annually, following an Appraisal meeting. The document will be a prospective agreement that sets out a consultants duties, responsibilities and objectives for the coming year. It will cover all aspects of a consultants professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education and managerial responsibilities. It will provide a clear schedule of commitments, both internal and external. In addition, it will include personal objectives, including details of their link to wider service objectives and details of the support required by the consultant to fulfil the job plan and the objectives.

Provisional assessment of programmed activities in Job Plan

Clinical related activity 7.5 PAs on average pw

Includes clinical activity, clinically related activity, predictable and unpredictable emergency work.

Supporting Professional Activities 2.5 PAs on average pw

Includes Medical school teaching and familiarisation with the Trust policies, guidelines and procedure and also includes CPD, audit, other teaching activity and research.

This is for a 10 PA contract. The allocation of PAs is reviewed and may be subject to adjustment when a further diary exercise is undertaken or if the service demands a review of the Job Plan. We are very open to applications from colleagues seeking either fewer or more PAs, up toa maximum of 12 PA. The teaching component may vary. Research interests would be accommodated if possible within the job plan.

Timetable

The timetable is only indicative and is based on a 10 PA contract under our existing 1 in 10 rota. There is 0.8 DCC PA allowance for unpredictable on-call work (in addition to the standard consultant on-call supplement). 0.5 SPAs can be carried out at any time of the consultants choosing. As this is a new post, we will need to redesign the rota (with input from the new appointees) to reflect the new number of consultants. The definitive timetable will be agreed by the Trust and the appointee and subject to regular review. We aim to be as flexible as possible in developing an individualised job plan that works for you and are happy to accommodate fixed days off if desired.

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

8-12

DCC

OFF

SPA

OFF

SPA

12-16

DCC

OFF

DCC

OFF

DCC

Evening/ On-call

DCC

16.00

OFF

OFF

OFF

22.00h

OFF

(plus on call

until 8am alternate weeks)

On Call Availability

The department currently operates a 1:10 on call. At present the majority of consultants have a set late shift each week and do a weekday overnight on-call every other week. The successful candidate will be expected to participate in this. Currently weekend working is on a 1:8 basis, with the consultant working from 8.00h to 16.00h on the shop floor both Saturday and Sunday, and usually on-call thereafter. As our numbers increase we will look towards having 2 consultants on each weekend (0800-1600 and 1600-2200), and the frequency of the overnight on-call at weekend will reduce in line with the number of consultants.

Our Departmental policy, in keeping with RCEM guidance, is that the on-call ED Consultant is available for Major Trauma, telephone advice, and will attend the department at the request of ED Specialty trainee or Specialty Doctor or sister if Consultant presence is genuinely required from a patient safety perspective. We have a locally agreed system for additional reimbursement if the on-call ED Consultant comes in purely to assist with avoiding breaches of the 4hr performance target.

Please see attached Job Description for further information

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• Basic Medical Degree
• FCEM or equivalent
• Hold a certificate or being within 6 months of completion of training or being able to on or eligible for the UK Specialist Regsitrer at the date of interview
• Full GMC Registration
• ALS
• ATLS
• APLS

Desirable

• Life Support Course Instructor

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

• Wide experience in Emergency Medicine
• Experience conducting clinical audit

Desirable

• Interest and/or training in a sub-specialty complimentary to other consultants
• able to plan and develop innovation in the service delivered
• Experience in Ultrasound

Academic Acheievments

Desirable

• Involvement in research projects and published papers

Key Skills

Essential

• Capable of organising and prioritising work effectively
• Motivation and ability to plan and develop service
• Leadership qualities
• Energy and enthusiasm and ability to work under pressure
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Experience in teaching medical students

Desirable

• Formal Teaching training

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

James Paget Hospital

Lowestoft Road

Gorleston

NR31 6LA

Employer's website

https://www.jpaget.nhs.uk/work-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)