Consultant Emergency Medicine

Job overview

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Provision with Consultant colleagues of a comprehensive emergency medicine service and to further enhance the diversity of skills already available to the department.

Main duties of the job

It is envisaged that the new Consultant will assume direct clinical role within the department and share responsibilities with the other Consultants. Practitioners will be expected in the normal run of their duties, to deputise for short term absence for their colleagues as far as is practicable both in clinical and managerial capacities. When deputising is not practicable, the Department shall be responsible for engaging locums, but the practitioner shall have the responsibility of brining the need to their notice. The senior medial staff hold a pivotal position in the department and must be committed to taking it forward.

Clinical duties will be shared with the present consultants and will include all duties normally expected in any major Emergency Department in the UK; however a proportion of direct clinical duties will be delivered at the Major Trauma Centre Emergency Department at James Cook University Hospital. The duties will normally be based at the University Hospitals of North Tees and will include support for the Tees Valley Urgent Care Service.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Participate in the day to day running and administration of the department in conjunction with the present complement of staff. See, examine and treat patients attending the department. Supervise, oversee, and teach departmental junior medical and nursing staff in addition to medical students. Help to develop their sub-specialty within the directorate. Help to further links between the emergency departments at UHNT and JCUH. Participate in clinical audit, clinical governance and Morbidity & Mortality Meetings. Participate in quality improvement projects within the directorate. Take part in departmental research projects and lead the directorate forward in the field of research. Participate in hospital Resuscitation Committee work and training of hospital staff in CPR. Participate in Advanced life support courses and in house training. Participate in the Major Incident Planning and exercises. Contribute to pre hospital personnel training and development. Look after and care for Head Injuries admissions in overnight stay beds on the appropriate wards. Maintain good communications with General Practitioners, Emergency Services and Social Services. Ensure effective liaison and communication with Consultant and junior medical staff in all specialities within the trust. With the above taken into account the candidate will be expected to sign the Trust’s Consultant compact contract prior to taking up post. The Trust will also commit in writing to their obligations under the Consultant Compact.

Applicant requirements

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.