Consultant Emerg Med with subspecialty interest in Paed Emerg Medicine

Consultant Emerg Med with subspecialty interest in Paed Emerg Medicine

Consultant in Emergency Medicine with subspecialty interest in Paediatric Emergency Medicine

Employer: Barts Health NHS Trust

Location: London

If you are looking for:

1. A team of friendly, supportive and motivated consultants
2. A department that prioritises high quality patient care, training and education
3. Patients with a wide range of emergency and critical illnesses
4. An opportunity to develop sub-specialty interests
5. A fair work life balance

Then, consider joining our friendly, dynamic team based here at Newham University Hospital. We are looking to expand our team of 16 consultants (3 with PEM sub-specialty training) with more dual-trained consultants. We pride ourselves on a consultant-led and delivered service and believe this is key to excellence in Emergency Care. Professional well-being and supporting a sustainable work-life balance is a priority in the department.

Newham University Hospital sees over 90,000 Emergency patients per year, with another 75,000 seen in a co-located Urgent Care Centre. There are Same Day Emergency Care Units within both the Adult and Paediatric departments, as well as an Ambulatory Medicine Unit for suitable adult patients run by the Medical Team. Newham ED is a Trauma Unit with strong links to the Major Trauma Centre at the Royal London Hospital, which is also part of Barts Health.

Main duties of the job

Emergency Medicine: When on clinical shifts the appointee will cover all areas of the department, including resus and the children's emergency department. Responsibilities include managing the shift as consultant in charge, reviewing patients, and supporting and training junior members of staff, making decisions to admit and ensure safe discharge. Working with senior colleagues across all specialties to make management and referral decisions, and developing strong working relationships with all clinical staff.

Same Day Emergency Care: The emergency medicine consultants run an integrated SDEC unit at Newham, in conjunction with acute medicine. The unit covers a range of treatment chairs, assessment cubicles, and short stay (overnight) beds. Patients are managed on ambulatory clinical pathways for all specialties. There is a separate SDEC unit for children, also managed by emergency medicine.

Front Door: All Consultants play a key role in actively reviewing all patients on arrival, supporting rapid diagnostics and treatment, as well as streaming and redirection to the most appropriate services. We aim to cover both walk-in patients and ambulance handover with a senior decision maker. This ensures maximal utilisation of partners in the urgent care network, Hospital Avoidance Teams, and GP out of hours services.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Job responsibilities

The full job description and the person specification provide an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, outlining the qualification, skills, experience, and knowledge required. Please view the attachment below.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Full GMC Registration
• MB ChB or equivalent
• BSc/MSc

Higher Qualifications

• FCEM or Equivalent ('equivalence' must be confirmed by PMETB/GMC by the date of the Advisory Appointments Committee)
• Entry on the Specialist Register in Emergency Medicine, or that at time of interview the applicant can produce evidence that he/she is within 6 months of CCT date and is expected to achieve CCT
• MRCP or equivalent additional higher qualification
• Academic distinction/prizes

Knowledge Clinical Expertise in Specialty / Sub- Speciality

• Appropriate for level of experience
• Demonstrably able to manage ongoing medical and surgical critical care in the resuscitation room.
• Experience of leading care in a Major Trauma Centre
• Experience of Major Incident Planning / Training.
• Experience in Acute Medicine
• Experience of stroke evaluation and thrombolysis

Training Expected

• Completion of Specialist training in Emergency Medicine or within 6 months of CCT or equivalent
• ALS, ATLS, APLS and MIMMS provider or equivalent
• Instructor status in more than one course
• Experience of organising teaching / training programmes
• Evidence of appropriate Faculty Development towards Educational Supervision

Governance

• Appropriate experience of clinical audit
• Understanding of risk as it relates to Emergency medicine
• Evidence of previous participation in Clinical Governance activities

Personal Skills

• Team player
• Work independently
• Work under pressure
• Commitment to cross-site working
• Demonstrates commitment to excellence in patient care
• Demonstrates compassion

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.