Consultant in Emergency Medicine
- NHS
- Full Time
- Blackburn + Work from Home
- 105504.00 - 139882.00 a year
Job Description
Job summary
East Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Trust is looking to employ a permanent Consultant in Emergency Medicine.
The role of a Consultant in Emergency Medicine is challenging yet rewarding, we are one of the busiest Emergency Departments in the country and see the highest number of Ambulance arrivals in the North West. We run three sites including the main Emergency Department, Paediatric Emergency Department and Urgent Treatment Centre at the Royal Blackburn site, the Urgent Treatment Centre at the Burnley General Hospital site and an Emergency Nurse Practitioner lead Minor Injuries Unit at Accrington Victoria Hospital.
You would be joining an 20 person EM Consultant Team working an 18 week rota which includes 7 on-call shifts over the 18 weeks. The rest of the shifts are varied to cover ED, Resus and the two Urgent Treatment Centres.
The successful candidate will need to have been trained in Emergency Medicine and have FRCEM, CESR or CCT and be on the Specialist Register for Emergency Medicine
Main duties of the job
Clinical duties include duties normally expected of a consultant working in any ED in the UK
o Leadership whilst running the shift and taking the role of Trauma or Resuscitation Team Leader
o Reception, resuscitation, diagnosis and initial treatment of all emergencies
o Onward referral of patients as appropriate
o Providing supervision, teaching and support to trainees, students and other staff in the EDand UTC
o Ensuring the timely assessment of patients, that safety is maintained at all times and where possible flow through the department continues
The role has a split of 7 DCC PA and 3 SPA PA as standard with admin time for DCC planned into the rota. Consultants have Clinical Educator shifts and go onto the shop floor during these shifts to directly supervise trainees. During your SPA time you will undertake the role of being an EducationalSupervisor and there are opportunities to take on lead roles in trauma, research, audit, governance, resus and education
About us
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust provides a caring service to a population of 550,000 in the Pennine Lancashire area. Services are provided from our two main sites, the Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital and Burnley General Teaching Hospital and from our community rehabilitation wards at Pendle Community Hospital, Accrington Victoria Hospital and Clitheroe Community Hospital. We treat almost 700,000 patients every year in our hospitals and community settings, using state-of the-art equipment and facilities. We provide a full range of acute hospital and adult community services and we are a specialist centre for hepatobiliary, head and neck and urological cancer services, robotic assisted surgery, specialist cardiology services and we are also a network provider of Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care. We are a nationally accredited Centre for Endometriosis and UroGynaecology Surgery. Our Blackburn site is the centre for all acute services in East Lancashire other than Obstetrics and Gynaecology. The Emergency Department at Blackburn is the only ED for East Lancashire and is a Trauma Unit in the Lancashire Trauma Network working closely with the TraumaCentre at the Royal Preston Hospital. The ED is supported by Urgent Care Centres at Blackburn and Burnley and a Minor Injuries Unit at Accrington. We have day and night Air Ambulance helicopter landing facilities.
Job responsibilities
We wish to appoint additional consultants in Emergency Medicine to our Trust, representing a combination of existing vacancies and a planned expansion of consultant numbers. These posts are substantive appointments. A specialist interest would be welcomed.
The post is based at Royal Blackburn Hospital but the post holder may be required to work at other sites. If a consultant wishes to carry out on-call work from home, there is a requirement to live within 30 minutes of the Royal Blackburn Hospital.
The post holder would be expected to provide clinical leadership within the department, as well as specialist emergency medicine expertise. The department prides itself on good governance and a philosophy of continuous improvement to which consultants are expected to contribute.
Applicants should have completed higher training in Emergency Medicine and would either be on the specialist register or within 6 months of entry.
Location
The Emergency Department itself was commissioned in 2006, and became operational in July 2006. There has been substantial ongoing capital investment into the Emergency Department, including a £1.5 million refurbishment in 2012 to develop a dedicated paediatric area and expanded 8-bed resuscitation facility on the Royal Blackburn site. There has been a multi-million pound redevelopment of the Urgent Care Centre at Burnley, which is a new building completed in 2014.Most recently, there has been capital investment in new monitoring within the main Emergency Department.
The principal location for the department is the Royal Blackburn Hospital, at which there is the main Emergency Department, and an associated Urgent Treatment Centre the latter effectively representing the ambulatory area of the department.
Additionally, there is an Urgent Treatment Centre at the Burnley Hospital site. This is staffed by doctors and practitioners from the department. The department supports the Minor Injuries Unit at Accrington Victoria Hospital, which is nurse-practitioner-led.The Emergency Department has an 8 bedded resuscitation area (with 1 bed designated for Paediatric patients) and 42 majors cubicles.
The two Urgent Treatment Centres have examination cubicles, staff base, separate adult and paediatric waiting areas, reception and GP Consultation Rooms all facilities to see minor injury and illness.
The Trust has close links with Tertiary Centres. Of interest to Emergency Medicine are Neurosurgery and Plastic Surgery at Royal Preston Hospital, Cardiothoracic Surgery at Blackpool Victoria Hospital,and specialist services for Children at Royal Manchester Childrens Hospital.
Activity
The Emergency Department has annual attendances of approximately 180,000 patients per year, with a substantial proportion of ambulance attendances. The Burnley Urgent Care Centre sees afurther 50,000 patients.
Clinical Duties
Clinical duties will be shared with the other consultants and will include all duties normally expected of a consultant working in any major Emergency Department in the United Kingdom.
These will include:-
Reception, resuscitation, diagnosis and initial treatment of all emergencies as appropriate Referral of patients to other specialties and transfer of patients for admission into hospital beds, to special units, to other hospitals within or outside the Trust, as out-patients or back to the Community. Normally GP admissions go directly to the appropriate assessment unit. Providing supervision, teaching and support to trainees, students and other staff in the Emergency Department and Urgent Care Centres.
During periods as lead consultant in the Emergency Department to coordinate all aspects of medical care provided from the Emergency Department and Urgent Care Centres.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MB ChB (or equivalent)
- Full GMC registration
- FRCEM
- Possession of CCT or equivalent/eligible for entry into specialist register
- ATLS, ALS, APLS/EPLS provider
- Able to teach interactively in small groups
Desirable
- Evidence of publication
- Training the Trainers
- Interview Skills
Training
Essential
- Trained in Emergency Medicine at SpR or ST level
Desirable
- Evidence of a special interest e.g. USS and RSI skills
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 5 years in Emergency Medicine with broad experience
Desirable
- Minimum of 3 years post fellowship experience
- Demonstrated teaching experience
Specific Skills
Essential
- Team Player
- Will be able to describe ways of obtaining good value from resources used
- Good communicator
- Computer literate
- Able to communicate ideas and instructions clearly to senior, junior staff and non-medical colleagues
Desirable
- Evidence of management training
- Evidence of participation in clinical audit
- Breaking Bad News training
- IT skills
- Evidence of team working
Personal Skills
Essential
- Will be aware of the needs for continuous personal development
Desirable
- Tolerance, communication skills, negotiation, working under pressure
Circumstances
Essential
- Resident within 10 miles/30 minutes of RBH/BGH
- Access to private transport
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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