Consultant in Emergency Medicine
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation TrustAlready thinking ahead to interview?
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Job overview
Do you love working as a consultant in Emergency Medicine?
Ever fancied living on the beautiful south coast?
If the answer to the above 2 questions is yes, then University Hospitals Dorset (UHD) may be able to help
We are looking for substantive consultants in Emergency Medicine to work at UHD - just a stone’s throw from the glorious blue flag beaches of Bournemouth and Poole (we know we're biased).
These posts would initially be based at the Poole Site, the designated Trauma Unit and paediatric unit for east Dorset, ahead of the big move into the BEACH Building.
Contract start dates will be staggered through the year.
If selected you will be working alongside a vibrant, dedicated and passionate team across both sites and you will have the opportunity to be involved in developing the future service if interested.
If you are interested and want to know more, I can be directly contacted [email protected].
Main duties of the job
The role will involve seeing and assessing all presentations of adults and children with life threatening injury or illness.
Key clinical responsibilities include:
- Provide Consultant led care to all adult and paediatric patients presenting to the Emergency Department with serious illness or injury.
- Lead the department when in the Emergency Physician In Charge (EPIC) role.
- Support and supervision of a large body of resident doctors, whilst in training programmes or trust grade posts.
- Poole Hospital is currently the designated Major Trauma Unit for east Dorset, consultants working at the Poole site are responsible for leading the major trauma team.
- Poole Hospital is also the designated paediatric site, receiving all paediatric ambulance transfers from the community.
- Take part in the on-call rota - which can be off site provided you can return to the department within 30 minutes when required eg Level 1 Trauma Call. On site accommodation is available for those living more than 30 minutes away.
- Adults and children with significant head injuries requiring inpatient care are currently admitted under and managed by the Emergency Medicine consultants, training and supervision for consultants new to this role is provided. This role is set to stop with the final move into the BEACH building.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Candidates are advised to please see the attached job description and person specification documents for further details.