Locum Consultant in Emergency Medicine

Job summary

We are looking for a motivated and committed individual to join a forward-thinking organisation, which is committed to providing healthier communities and outstanding care for all. Providing outstanding care, promoting health and wellbeing whilst continuously learning and improving are just some of our strategic objectives in our five-year plan, with these in mind if you are looking for an exciting opportunity to join our friendly and supportive Emergency Department then look no further.

If successful you will be one of thirteen Emergency Department Consultants providing clinical services to the Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and surrounding areas in Nottinghamshire from two trust sites, King's Mill Hospital and Newark Hospital.

You will be fully supported in post working within a team where we have a full complement of substantive nursing staff and support services, with advanced clinical practitioners and emergency nurse practitioners. We fully support our doctors in training with a fully established junior medical workforce and have implemented a CESR programme for middle grades to grow our own workforce, which is almost at full establishment.

Main duties of the job

You would join a multi award winning team (HSJ Winner for Emergency Care in 2017, 1stplace in the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, Improvement Project 2018, HSJ Patient Safety shortlist for Best Partnership Solution for improving patient safety in 2019), who were graded 'Outstanding for Leadership' by the CQC in 2018. We are proud to have been featured in several NHSI and ECIST information videos for best practice and excellence.

The Emergency Department performs well against the 4 hour wait target and consistently performs in the top 20 Trusts nationally.

We are a level 2 trauma unit and actively contribute to the regional trauma network. We run a single front door model where we have a 24/7 co-located primary care service, where circa 20% of attendances stream from ED to primary care. We have a fully integrated frailty and discharge service at our front door, including therapy and social care and a 7 day a week Ambulatory Emergency Care Unit. We introduced a High Intensity Service User programme staffed by senior nurses with consultant input to work with patients who frequently attend ED.

With plenty of teaching opportunities, we have regular cohorts of medical students requiring training for critical illness and musculoskeletal modules. There are opportunities to teach ACP, ENP, MG, SpR, ACCS and junior trainees and we run in-house ALS/ATLS/EPLS and Ultrasound courses attracting attendees from across the region.

About us

Sherwood Forest Hospitals is situated close to the Derbyshire Peak District and Sherwood Forest. We are within easy reach of Sheffield, Derby and Nottingham being only 7 miles from the M1. A mainline rail service operates from Newark to London taking 1 hour 10 minutes.

Our Medical Director and Trust Board are dedicated to achieving an engaged medical workforce that is empowered to drive the Trust forward and deliver outstanding care to our patients.

The Trust is engaged in proactively monitoring the flow of patients across our hospital sites to ensure the Emergency Department is able to meet the four hour wait target and to ensure the quality of patient care.

The Trust has developed and implemented, in partnership with Primary Care providers, a single front door system which includes a co-located primary care 24/7 which has reduced ED attendance by 20%. We have many services at the front door including a discharge support team, therapy services and frailty team. We have recently developed an ambulatory care service which has reduced the Trust admission rate by 18%.