Locum Consultant In Children and Young Peoples Emergency Medicine

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated Locum Consultant in Children and Young People’s Emergency Medicine to join a friendly, dynamic and forward thinking Children’s Emergency Department at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. NUH is a Major Trauma Centre for the East Midlands, with a dedicated Children’s and Young People’s Emergency Department based within Nottingham Children’s Hospital.

We are looking for a team player with a passion for delivering high quality, compassionate care to children and young people, who will contribute to our ambition to develop one of the leading Children’s Emergency Departments in the UK, delivering excellent care without exception.

We are seeking candidates with excellent clinical, communication and leadership skills, whose primary focus is safe, effective and child centred emergency care. You must be committed to supporting education, research, quality improvement and health promotion, all of which are central to our service and future development. The successful candidate will be supported by a senior mentor during their first year and given protected time to develop special interests aligned to departmental and Children’s Hospital priorities.

Come and visit us to learn more about our department, our people and our plans for the future.

Main duties of the job

Day to day, you will contribute to the Children and Young People’s Emergency Department consultant clinical rota, providing senior clinical leadership on the shop floor and taking responsibility for the assessment and management of acutely unwell and injured children and young people. This includes leadership of paediatric resuscitation and major trauma, working closely with the wider Children’s Hospital and Major Trauma Centre teams.

You will be expected to demonstrate effective leadership across the multi professional team and play an active role in the education, supervision and development of doctors in training, advanced clinical practitioners, nurses and other learners within the department. You will contribute to clinical governance activity, including audit, quality improvement, incident review and service development. All consultants are expected to be GCP certified and to actively support recruitment to research studies within the department.

Non shop floor duties are integral to the successful running of a busy Children’s Emergency Department. There are a range of opportunities to contribute to the leadership and governance of CYPED and the Children’s Hospital, including involvement in education, research, service improvement and departmental development.

You will be encouraged and supported, with protected time, to develop specialist interests aligned to departmental strategy and the wider priorities of Nottingham Children’s Hospital.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will work as a Locum Consultant in Children and Young People’s Emergency Medicine within the dedicated Children and Young People’s Emergency Department (CYPED) at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. The role involves providing senior clinical leadership for children and young people presenting with a full range of emergency and urgent conditions, including those requiring resuscitation and major trauma care.

The post holder will contribute to the CYPED consultant rota, delivering direct clinical care across a range of shifts, and will take responsibility for the overall management of patients under their care. This includes acting as Consultant in Charge, leading paediatric resuscitation and trauma calls, supervising junior medical staff and advanced practitioners, and supporting safe, timely decision making across the department. The consultant will work closely with colleagues across Nottingham Children’s Hospital and the wider Trust to ensure high-quality, coordinated care.

As part of a Major Trauma Centre, the post holder will be expected to lead the care of paediatric major trauma patients and contribute to trauma governance, audit and training. The role requires effective leadership within a large multi professional team, promoting a culture of safety, learning and continuous improvement.

The post holder will take an active role in clinical governance activities, including quality improvement projects, audit, incident investigation, complaint review and service development. All consultants are expected to maintain Good Clinical Practice certification and to actively support recruitment and delivery of research studies within the Emergency Department, working closely with the department’s established research teams.

Education and training are core components of the role. The post holder will contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, clinical supervision and mentorship of doctors in training, advanced clinical practitioners, nurses and other learners. There are opportunities to develop a formal education portfolio in collaboration with the University of Nottingham and departmental education leads.

Non-clinical duties are integral to the role and include participation in departmental meetings, governance forums and service development work within CYPED and the Children’s Hospital. The post holder will be encouraged and supported, through job planning and SPA time, to develop specialist interests aligned with departmental strategy, education, research, quality improvement or leadership.

The post holder will be expected to uphold the Trust’s values, contribute positively to team culture, and comply with all professional, clinical and organisational standards, including appraisal, revalidation and job plan review.