Main area: Emergency Medicine (ED)
Grade: Consultant
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 10 sessions per week (Job plan, 1:12 rolling rota on calls)
Job ref: 426-522-24MG
Employer: The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: QEH
Town: King's Lynn, Norfolk
Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 per annum pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 31/10/2024 23:59
Interview date: 20/11/2024
Consultant in Emergency Medicine
Job overview
To ensure the continued delivery of high-quality care to patients within the trust and to contribute to the further development of the Emergency Medicine service.
To provide support and leadership to the Emergency Department nursing and medical staff.
The appointed consultant would be expected to contribute to the on-going service improvement programme developing:
- Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT)
- Implementing evidence-based new ways of working when necessary
Main duties of the job
Provide senior clinician services to the Emergency Department as per job plan or as agreed within the Trust, and as required when on call.
Provide clinical leadership to the department when undertaking clinical care, taking lead clinical responsibility as rostered on a day to day basis. Facilitate safe and effective clinical care.
Teaching and training of junior staff, medical students and other healthcare professionals.
To act as clinical/educational supervisor to locally employed doctors and doctors in training programmes of a variety of grades and experience as appropriate.
To actively participate in both departmental and Trust matters concerning Clinical Governance and audit.
To provide leadership and support for the effective development of the service.
To have responsibility for ensuring active participation in Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
To further develop clinical protocols, guidelines, and concise care bundles.
To carry out responsibilities with due regard to the Trust’s Equal Opportunities Policy.
Working for our organisation
We provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs.
We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as ‘Good’, and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships.
We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit. We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award-winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
A formal job plan will be agreed between the successful candidate and their Clinical Director and consultant colleagues, on behalf of the Medical Director within 3 months of starting in post. A full-time job plan is based on a 10 PA working week. The job plan will be reviewed annually and is a prospective agreement that sets out the consultant's duties, responsibilities, and objectives for the coming year. It covers all aspects of a consultant’s professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education and managerial responsibilities.
For a full-time contract, the job plan will be divided on average per week (pro-rata for a part-time post) as:
- 7.5 Programmed Activities (PAs) of Direct Clinical Care - includes clinical activity, clinically related activity and predictable and unpredictable emergency work.
- 2.5 Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs) - includes CPD, audit, teaching, research and specific department roles e.g educational supervision, governance lead etc.
The allocation of PAs is reviewed and may be subject to adjustment when a further diary exercise is undertaken or if the service demands a review of the team job plan.
Any applicant who is unable, for personal reasons, to work full-time will be eligible to be considered for the post. If such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis with the Trust in consultation with other consultant colleagues.
Person specification
Qualifications
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification.
- FRCEM or equivalent experience.
- To have current certification in ATLS, ALS, APLS/EPLS or their equivalent with at least one at instructor level.
Experience
- Full Registration and a licence to practise with the General Medical Council.
- Entry on GMC Specialist Register; eligible for entry on Register or within six months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) at time of interview.
- Able to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients within the Emergency Department.
- Meets the criteria set out in the Specialist generic capabilities framework.
Applications are welcome from anyone who meets the criteria specified in the person specification regardless of age, gender, disability, race, ethnicity, religion, belief, sexual orientation or other personal circumstances. Only those applicants who demonstrate in the application form how they meet the criteria in the person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
Benefits
- Flexible working opportunities
- Free counselling service
- Access to Wagestream - an app-based service that provides instant earned wage access
- Support and advice for staff affected by either Peri-Menopause or Menopause
Opportunity to join our Staff Networks which include: Armed Forces, REACH (Race, Ethnicity and Culture Heritage), Disability and LGBTQ+ networks.
We are committed to being a menopause friendly employer.
Please note due to high volume of applications for some posts, this post may close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.
Everyone within the Trust has or will shortly need to have a minimum level of skill for computer literacy for their day-to-day work as we become more digitally mature. Therefore all staff should be computer literate.
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Debra Longmuir, Directorate Operations Manager for emergency care and medicine work mobile: 07811712650
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