CONSULTANT IN - EMERGENCY MEDICINE

Job responsibilities

Clinical

The Emergency Department operates from two sites: the John Radcliffe Hospital Oxford (JRH) and the Horton Hospital Banbury (HH).

The JRH is a designated Major Trauma Centre with the full range of secondary and tertiary specialties and annual ED attendances of over 110,000, serving a secondary care population of ~400,000. The Major Trauma response is enhanced by the presence of a 24-7 resident Trauma consultant and team. There is a resident Stroke thrombolysis team

The HH is a designated Local A&E, open 24-7, with annual attendances of almost 55,000, serving a population of ~200,000. There is close functional integration with the JRH, and very close working relationships with the range of downstream acute specialties on site including Acute Medicine, Paediatrics, Orthopaedics and Gynaecology. The department prides itself on being a close knit, friendly and progressive department which is well resourced offering a high level of training to junior staff. The department has recently undergone a series of works to provide additional majors cubicles and a dedicated Paediatric area.

The Department works to deliver high quality care as locally as possible. Some pathways (eg for hyper-acute stroke, acute myocardial infarction, major trauma and surgery) reflect the enhanced capabilities of the JRH - patients presenting to the HH with those conditions undergo emergency assessment, stabilisation and transfer if appropriate. At the JRH, resident specialist teams deliver stroke thrombolysis and coronary angioplasty. The development of a World Class Trauma network for the region with the JRH at its hub is well advanced. We have just completed estate works which has provided us with a new Ambulatory and Trolley Assessment Area, an expanded Paediatric department and a brand new state of the art 9 bedded Resuscitation Area, with adjacent CT scanning facility, shock suite, dedicated paediatric room and isolation facilities.

We are seeking the highest quality senior medical staff at both sites: leaders in clinical care, teaching, research and service development who can contribute enthusiastically to meeting the local challenges.

We encourage applicants who have a preference for working predominantly on either the JRH or on the HH site. Where such a site focus is agreed, we would expect sessions (up to 50

%) to be delivered at the partner hospital as an aid to effective integration, service development and professional development.

We encourage applicants to tell us where their professional interests lie and where possible we will reflect them in job planning. Such interests might be in teaching, training, service development or in a clinical area such as Trauma care or Paediatrics. Applicants with a deeper experience of such areas (possibly including dual accreditation) are very much encouraged, as are those with a high level of generic capability. Applicants with a particular interest in Paediatric Emergency Medicine are encouraged.

Professional Qualifications

Essential

• Full GMC Registration and Licence to Practice
• CCT in Emergency Medicine, OR within six months of achieving CCT at time of interview
• Fellowship of College Emergency Medicine or equivalence
• ALS / ATLS / PALS or APLS provider

Desirable

• Relevant Higher Degree (research, teaching or management)
• Accredited and Qualified instructor in ALS, APLS, EPLS, ATLS or equivalent

Clinical experience

Essential

• Wide experience in all aspects of Emergency Medicine
• Experience of NHS
• Knowledge and Participation in CPD
• Examination of children under child protection procedures
• Safe and effective written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to make decisions at consultant level
• Comprehension of core philosophy and building blocks of clinical governance
• Knowledge of risk management
• Experience of organising teaching programmes
• Experience of teaching undergraduates, medical students and junior doctors
• Willingness to teach medical undergraduates and postgraduates
• Experience of participation in clinical audit
• Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit and of role of audit in improving medical practice
• Experience and knowledge of critical appraisal of evidence

Desirable

• Wider experience, research and training
• Experience in Acute Medicine
• Interest in any of: Paediatric Medicine Acute medicine Critical Care Medicine Trauma Complex/geriatric medicine Pre-Hospital care
• "Training the Trainers" or similar experience
• Evidence of initiating, progressing and concluding research projects with publication
• Research degree

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Excellent interpersonal and team working skills
• Ability to work as a member of a multi-disciplinary and multiagency team
• Able to cope with stressful situations and to undertake responsibility
• Able to work flexibly in response to the changing needs of Emergency services
• Familiarity with information technology and general computer skills
• Evidence of leadership attributes
• Motivational skills
• All applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues.

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

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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).