Job summary
The Emergency Medical Retrieval and Transfer Service (Cymru) is Wales's exciting and innovative aeromedical/ car-based Pre-Hospital and transfer service.
The Wales Air Ambulance Charity provide helicopters and fast response road vehicles. EMRTS also collaborates with Wales' two HM Coastguard helicopters when necessary.
EMRTS delivers several levels of response which includes consultants, critical care practitioners and helicopter transfer practitioners and is committed to providing high quality clinical care in both the pre-hospital / and inter hospital transfer environments.
We are now recruiting for additional Consultants to join our teams across our four Welsh bases which include Caernarfon, Dafen, Welshpool and Cardiff*. The service operates across the whole 24-hour period, night cover is provided from Cardiff.
To qualify for this exciting role, you must be a substantive Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Anaesthesia or Intensive Care Medicine who is fully registered with the GMC and who has significant demonstrable experience in the pre-hospital/transfer care setting. This will include completion of a Pre-hospital Emergency Medicine training programme or equivalent. It is essential that you are ambitious, highly motivated and able to remain calm under pressure.
Selection for these posts are provisionally scheduled to take place on22nd /23rd April at the Dafen Airbase.
Main duties of the job
There are two main service activities, both delivered by teams consisting of a Consultant and Critical Care Practitioner:
- Pre-hospital Critical Care. EMRTS attends the scene of seriously injured or ill patients requiring specialist care together with senior decision making skills. The aim of EMRTS is to bring the resuscitation room to the patient, providing rapid access to critical care interventions and safe transfer of critically ill or injured patients to an appropriate centre.
- Retrieval. Healthcare facilities in Wales will request an EMRTS Critical Care Consultant and a Critical Care Practitioner to resuscitate, stabilise and safely transfer patients to definitive care. This includes hospitals, urgent care facilities, GP practices and Midwife Lead Units and patients of all ages who have life threatening illness or injury.
In addition, EMRTS will also provide critical care support to major incidents and mass casualty events.
About us
EMRTS Consultant Rota
Consultants will work a 12 hour duty period and will be expected to work both day and night shifts. As the service is seven days a week, pro-rata weekend working will be required.
A 12 day hour shift will be remunerated at 3.2 sessions whilst a 12 hour night shift will be remunerated at 4.5 sessions, with the additional allowance of SPA paid to LHB's. The rota is annualised over 42 weeks allowing for annual, study and professional leave.
The minimum contribution to the clinical rota will be 2 shifts per month, annualised. It is expected that most consultants will work a minimum of 2 sessions per week, which equates to 26.25 shifts per year. Some month to month variation in contributions will be inevitable but ongoing totals will be monitored.
It is expected that consultants will offer their availability at least three months in advance. Rostering in three month blocks will allow sufficient flexibility for all consultants to fulfill their sessional commitments.
Consultants are based at Dafen, Cardiff, Welshpool and Caernarfon. Consultants with the flexibility to work at, and contribute to the development of, more than one base (i.e. Dafen/Cardiff/Welshpool/Caernarfon) are particularly welcome
Job description
Job responsibilities
A full job description is available as part of this advert. Main responsibilities will include:
Clinical
- Patient assessment and management in the pre-hospital and in-hospital environments
- Safe transfer of all time-critical patients to tertiary units from scene or healthcare facilities. This includes neonatal and paediatric patients.
- Providing pre-hospital care at major incidents and mass casualty events, including the Forward Medical Advisor and Tactical Medical Advisor. As Top Cover Consultant this will also include the Strategic Medical Advisor role
- Work in conjunction with critical care practitioners
After a suitable period of employment, consultants may be invited to take part in the EMRTS Top Cover Consultant rota, providing remote advice and assistance to support EMRTS work across Wales.
Aviation
- Complete medical passenger briefings.
- Wear correct PPE
- Participation in pre-shift briefing and support Pre-flight planning, as required.
- Assist the pilot with fire picket duties at engine start up.
- Utilise on board Radio communications equipment.
- Support the safe loading/ off-loading of the patient within the aircraft environment.
- General care of the aircraft including equipment stowage, cleaning and tidiness.
- Aircraft safety both at base and on scene including rotor safety, personnel movement and crowd control.
Professional
- Attend at least 5 clinical governance meetings per year
- Attend training/equipment or service updates
- Maintain physical fitness to the level specified
- Maintain CPD relevant to pre-hospital and retrieval practice
- Undertake annual EMRTS performance review with the Clinical Base lead which contribute to the consultants NHS whole practice appraisal.
Service Delivery
- Responsible for daily shift equipment management, maintenance and appropriate storage
- Visits to health care facilities to promote and explain the role of the service
- Daily controlled drug management, including checking and storage
- Correct blood product storage and cold chain adherence
- Offer sufficient availability to populate a sustainable rota
Leadership
- Provide senior clinical decisions
Information Resources
- Provide accurate and comprehensive patient data recording
- Be conversant with WAST protocols and radio procedures and the use of such communication equipment with training
- Contribute to next day follow-up of patients and feedback to referring unit
Education and Training/Staff Management
- Participate in teaching new consultants, critical care practitioners, PHEM trainees, clinical fellows and other health care professionals seconded to the service
Job description
Job responsibilities
A full job description is available as part of this advert. Main responsibilities will include:
Clinical
- Patient assessment and management in the pre-hospital and in-hospital environments
- Safe transfer of all time-critical patients to tertiary units from scene or healthcare facilities. This includes neonatal and paediatric patients.
- Providing pre-hospital care at major incidents and mass casualty events, including the Forward Medical Advisor and Tactical Medical Advisor. As Top Cover Consultant this will also include the Strategic Medical Advisor role
- Work in conjunction with critical care practitioners
After a suitable period of employment, consultants may be invited to take part in the EMRTS Top Cover Consultant rota, providing remote advice and assistance to support EMRTS work across Wales.
Aviation
- Complete medical passenger briefings.
- Wear correct PPE
- Participation in pre-shift briefing and support Pre-flight planning, as required.
- Assist the pilot with fire picket duties at engine start up.
- Utilise on board Radio communications equipment.
- Support the safe loading/ off-loading of the patient within the aircraft environment.
- General care of the aircraft including equipment stowage, cleaning and tidiness.
- Aircraft safety both at base and on scene including rotor safety, personnel movement and crowd control.
Professional
- Attend at least 5 clinical governance meetings per year
- Attend training/equipment or service updates
- Maintain physical fitness to the level specified
- Maintain CPD relevant to pre-hospital and retrieval practice
- Undertake annual EMRTS performance review with the Clinical Base lead which contribute to the consultants NHS whole practice appraisal.
Service Delivery
- Responsible for daily shift equipment management, maintenance and appropriate storage
- Visits to health care facilities to promote and explain the role of the service
- Daily controlled drug management, including checking and storage
- Correct blood product storage and cold chain adherence
- Offer sufficient availability to populate a sustainable rota
Leadership
- Provide senior clinical decisions
Information Resources
- Provide accurate and comprehensive patient data recording
- Be conversant with WAST protocols and radio procedures and the use of such communication equipment with training
- Contribute to next day follow-up of patients and feedback to referring unit
Education and Training/Staff Management
- Participate in teaching new consultants, critical care practitioners, PHEM trainees, clinical fellows and other health care professionals seconded to the service
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential
- Full GMC registration with license to practice and up to date appraisal / revalidation.
- Substantive Consultant in or having accepted an Advisory Appointments Committee (AAC) approved substantive post in Anaesthetics/EM/ICM
- Successful completion of relevant life support/resuscitation/trauma courses previously
- Hold the Diploma in Immediate Medical Care, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
- A British driving licence and a willingness to undertake further driving training
- Successful completion of the PHEM Training programme or equivalent training and experience (2)
Desirable
- Substantive Consultant post within Wales
- Fellowship in Immediate Medical Care Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
- Experience in a Trauma Centre in UK or specialist experience overseas / military
- Higher Degree (MD/MSc) in allied subject: (Resuscitation /Trauma Sciences)
- Post graduate qualification in medical education
- Experience in FAST scanning or bedside echocardiography
- Diploma in Retrieval and Transfer Medicine
- Advanced driving certification
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Competence in management of acute illness and injury
- Competence in independent initial and ongoing advanced management of the critically ill patient including emergency anaesthesia. Initiation and maintenance of emergency anaesthesia should ideally be evidenced through an anonymized log book of pre-hospital and/or in-hospital practice. Experience will be judged on a case to case basis. CV should reflect level
- Good understanding of the principles of clinical governance
Desirable
- Previous attendance on an EMRTS clinical attendant scheme, and/or prior engagement with the EMRTS service. (Such as attendance at EMRTS governance days, training events etc.)
- Ability to deal with the media
Experience (Should be within 5 years)
Essential
- Demonstrable interest in and understanding of the specialty
- Experience of working in the pre-hospital environment and/or experience of carrying out secondary transfers.
- Willingness to undergo further training in the specialties of PHEM and retrieval medicine.
- Experience in post graduate /multidisciplinary education
- Prior experience with evidence of working within an established pre-hospital aero-medical or road-based service
Desirable
- Prior experience working in within a trauma centre (experience of major trauma, major haemorrhage, massive transfusion)
- Prior experience with evidence of working within an established secondary retrieval service
- Experience as a clinical tutor or lecturer at post graduate level
- Experience using simulation for education.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Ability to maintain CPD to a high standard
- Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in the the Hospital and Pre-Hospital environment.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential
- Full GMC registration with license to practice and up to date appraisal / revalidation.
- Substantive Consultant in or having accepted an Advisory Appointments Committee (AAC) approved substantive post in Anaesthetics/EM/ICM
- Successful completion of relevant life support/resuscitation/trauma courses previously
- Hold the Diploma in Immediate Medical Care, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
- A British driving licence and a willingness to undertake further driving training
- Successful completion of the PHEM Training programme or equivalent training and experience (2)
Desirable
- Substantive Consultant post within Wales
- Fellowship in Immediate Medical Care Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
- Experience in a Trauma Centre in UK or specialist experience overseas / military
- Higher Degree (MD/MSc) in allied subject: (Resuscitation /Trauma Sciences)
- Post graduate qualification in medical education
- Experience in FAST scanning or bedside echocardiography
- Diploma in Retrieval and Transfer Medicine
- Advanced driving certification
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Competence in management of acute illness and injury
- Competence in independent initial and ongoing advanced management of the critically ill patient including emergency anaesthesia. Initiation and maintenance of emergency anaesthesia should ideally be evidenced through an anonymized log book of pre-hospital and/or in-hospital practice. Experience will be judged on a case to case basis. CV should reflect level
- Good understanding of the principles of clinical governance
Desirable
- Previous attendance on an EMRTS clinical attendant scheme, and/or prior engagement with the EMRTS service. (Such as attendance at EMRTS governance days, training events etc.)
- Ability to deal with the media
Experience (Should be within 5 years)
Essential
- Demonstrable interest in and understanding of the specialty
- Experience of working in the pre-hospital environment and/or experience of carrying out secondary transfers.
- Willingness to undergo further training in the specialties of PHEM and retrieval medicine.
- Experience in post graduate /multidisciplinary education
- Prior experience with evidence of working within an established pre-hospital aero-medical or road-based service
Desirable
- Prior experience working in within a trauma centre (experience of major trauma, major haemorrhage, massive transfusion)
- Prior experience with evidence of working within an established secondary retrieval service
- Experience as a clinical tutor or lecturer at post graduate level
- Experience using simulation for education.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Ability to maintain CPD to a high standard
- Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in the the Hospital and Pre-Hospital environment.
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Swansea Bay University Health Board
Address
Wales Air Ambulance, Ty Elusen, Ffordd Angel, Llanelli Gate, Dafen, Llanelli
Ty Elusen, Ffordd Angel
Dafen, Llanelli
SA14 8LQ
Employer's website
https://sbuhb.nhs.wales/ (Opens in a new tab)
