Job summary
Working Full Time - 10 sessions per week
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Emergency Department is entering an exciting period of clinical workforce expansion which represents the most significant expansion of the ED Consultant team in recent years.
We are seeking applicants who will join in our commitment to providing high quality, consultant delivered emergency care. You will also make a major contribution to the training & development of our junior medical staff and wider team. We welcome applications from established consultants as well as those looking for their first substantive consultant post. Applications from candidates with a special interest or dual CCT are encouraged.
This ED is one of the major emergency departments for Cheshire, Merseyside and North Walesand currently handles around 80,000 cases per annum. The Department deals with the full range of surgical and medical emergencies and has full back up (Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Pathology and Critical Care), together with the normal range of in-patient specialties found within an acute hospital. The department's many attributes include regional accreditation as a Trauma Unit, delivery of stroke thrombolysis, established use of emergency ultrasound, in-situ simulation and being one of the best performers in the region against national indicators.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will be responsible for the care of all self referred patients and patients attending via Welsh and North-West Ambulance Services.
Clinical
The appointee will be responsible for the care of:
- All self-referred patients.
- Patients attending after 999 or 111 calls.
- Specialty patients referred by their General Practitioner may be assessed in the department but are under the care of the admitting speciality team unless the urgency of their condition dictates a need for input from the emergency department.
Non-clinical
- Taking part in teaching.
- Supervising Audit projects
- Development and promotion of evidence-based practice and guidelines
- Active contribution to the departmental Clinical Governance structure
- Multi-disciplinary team working including community services.
Weekday on-call (1600hrs to 2400hrs and on-call) commitment is on a fixed day basis (Mon to Thur) at a frequency of 1:12 (one shift every 3 weeks).
Weekend cover is provided at a frequency of 1:6, consisting of:
1600hrs to 2400hrs and on-call - Fri/Sat/Sun (1:12)
0800hrs to 1600hrs - Sat/Sun (1:12)
About us
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:
- The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds
- Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility
- Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.
The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.
The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £27.50(standard) or £55.50(enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £27.50(standard) or £55.50(enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application.
Person Specification
Registration
Essential
- GMC Registered with a licence to practice.
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- On Emergency Medicine Specialist Register of the General Medical Council or within 6 months of CCT on the date of interview.
- Higher degree, ALS, ATLS, APLS Instructor Status
Experience
Essential
- Wide clinical experience in Emergency Medicine
- Extensive experience and interest in teaching
- Relevant experience in undertaking and organisation of Audit and ability to present evidence.
- Experience of application of evidence-based medicine to current practice
Desirable
- Demonstrable motivation to develop a special interest
- Relevant recognised educational qualification
- Publications relevant to post, experience of qualitative and quantitative research
Person Specification
Registration
Essential
- GMC Registered with a licence to practice.
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- On Emergency Medicine Specialist Register of the General Medical Council or within 6 months of CCT on the date of interview.
- Higher degree, ALS, ATLS, APLS Instructor Status
Experience
Essential
- Wide clinical experience in Emergency Medicine
- Extensive experience and interest in teaching
- Relevant experience in undertaking and organisation of Audit and ability to present evidence.
- Experience of application of evidence-based medicine to current practice
Desirable
- Demonstrable motivation to develop a special interest
- Relevant recognised educational qualification
- Publications relevant to post, experience of qualitative and quantitative research
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
