Job summary
SPECIALTY DOCTOR IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Looking for a new and exciting challenge?
Then think about working in NHS Trust in the heart of Scotland.
The Trust seeks to appoint an enthusiastic and innovative Specialty Doctor. The successful applicant will join a permanent medical staff team of 10 Emergency Medicine Consultants, 4 Emergency Medical Practitioners and 5 Specialty Doctors
The Trust provides acute services for a population of approximately 310,000 people in Scotland. Acute services, emergency and complex care.
You can look forward to a warm welcome and strong support from colleagues. Our hospital is situated in the heart of Scotland, nestled against and close to vibrant towns that are richly endowed with excellent cultural and sporting facilities, offering good transport links to Edinburgh and Glasgow.
Main duties of the job
A Specialty Doctor in Emergency Medicine has responsibility for providing care for the acutely ill and injured patient, and working at a middle-grade level.
About us
Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.
Career Progression access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges
Work-life Balance flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave
Opportunity & Access over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want
Job description
Job responsibilities
The successful candidate will:
- Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in order to support and provide an Emergency Medicine service within the Emergency Department.
- Work as part of a team of permanent middle-grade senior staff to provide 24-hour cover to the emergency department, 7 days a week in a sustainable shift-based pattern.
- Provide resuscitation of a high order of skill when indicated and initial treatment of the emergency patient in association and agreement with their specialist colleagues.
- Provide advice and clinical review where appropriate to patients in the emergency department seen by more junior colleagues, as part of the emergency medical team.
- After initial diagnosis and emergency treatment, arrange as necessary either the admission of the patient or transfer to the care of the appropriate specialty. Where indicated, this may involve calling the appropriate specialist to the Emergency Department.
- Treat appropriate cases until discharge or transfer responsibility back to the General Practitioner. Out-patient care of a continuing nature will normally be referral of the patient to the appropriate specialty.
- Assist the ambulance and other emergency services in all matters that improve the effect of transfer of patients from the site of the emergency to the hospital.
- Ensure appropriate liaison with all emergency services, local authorities and other interested services, including Social Services, Health Visitors and others.
- Provide inpatient medical care for head injured patients within the acute assessment unit.
- It is expected that the successful candidate will be competent in procedural sedation and non-invasive ventilation, but training and supervision can be provided in these and other areas of critical care.
- Have responsibility for ensuring active participate in continuing education.
- Undertake audit in all aspects of Emergency Medicine, as part of annual appraisal and a programme of continuous quality improvement.
- Assist and provide teaching for undergraduate and postgraduate students.
- Actively participate in both departmental and organisational matters concerning clinical governance.
- Support the delivery of national and local performance and quality standards including the 4 hour and HEAT 10 targets.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The successful candidate will:
- Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in order to support and provide an Emergency Medicine service within the Emergency Department.
- Work as part of a team of permanent middle-grade senior staff to provide 24-hour cover to the emergency department, 7 days a week in a sustainable shift-based pattern.
- Provide resuscitation of a high order of skill when indicated and initial treatment of the emergency patient in association and agreement with their specialist colleagues.
- Provide advice and clinical review where appropriate to patients in the emergency department seen by more junior colleagues, as part of the emergency medical team.
- After initial diagnosis and emergency treatment, arrange as necessary either the admission of the patient or transfer to the care of the appropriate specialty. Where indicated, this may involve calling the appropriate specialist to the Emergency Department.
- Treat appropriate cases until discharge or transfer responsibility back to the General Practitioner. Out-patient care of a continuing nature will normally be referral of the patient to the appropriate specialty.
- Assist the ambulance and other emergency services in all matters that improve the effect of transfer of patients from the site of the emergency to the hospital.
- Ensure appropriate liaison with all emergency services, local authorities and other interested services, including Social Services, Health Visitors and others.
- Provide inpatient medical care for head injured patients within the acute assessment unit.
- It is expected that the successful candidate will be competent in procedural sedation and non-invasive ventilation, but training and supervision can be provided in these and other areas of critical care.
- Have responsibility for ensuring active participate in continuing education.
- Undertake audit in all aspects of Emergency Medicine, as part of annual appraisal and a programme of continuous quality improvement.
- Assist and provide teaching for undergraduate and postgraduate students.
- Actively participate in both departmental and organisational matters concerning clinical governance.
- Support the delivery of national and local performance and quality standards including the 4 hour and HEAT 10 targets.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Appropriate practical skills for emergency medicine work
- Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
- Ability to work well within a team, both leadership & followership skills
- Demonstrable organisational and time management skills
- A genuine interest in the specialty
- Previous Emergency Medicine experience to allow the successful applicant to work at a middle-grade level.
Qualifications
Essential
- MBChB or equivalent qualification
- MRCEM
- Full General Medical Council Registration and Licence to Practise
- Have completed at least four years full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time or flexible basis) at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty (e.g. emergency and/or acute medicine) or as a fixed term specialty trainee in a relevant specialty; or shall have equivalent experience and competencies (suitable for ST3 and above applications).
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Appropriate practical skills for emergency medicine work
- Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
- Ability to work well within a team, both leadership & followership skills
- Demonstrable organisational and time management skills
- A genuine interest in the specialty
- Previous Emergency Medicine experience to allow the successful applicant to work at a middle-grade level.
Qualifications
Essential
- MBChB or equivalent qualification
- MRCEM
- Full General Medical Council Registration and Licence to Practise
- Have completed at least four years full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time or flexible basis) at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty (e.g. emergency and/or acute medicine) or as a fixed term specialty trainee in a relevant specialty; or shall have equivalent experience and competencies (suitable for ST3 and above applications).
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).
