Locum Consultant in Emergency Medicine

Job overview

Are you looking to work in a hospital that is committed to improving patient flow in the pursuit of excellent Emergency Care?

• The ED provides a consultant-led service with a team of middle tier doctors ( trainees and non-trainees), junior doctors, Advanced Clinical Practitioners and Emergency Nurse Practitioners based in the Emergency Department (ED) at the Princess of Wales (POW) Hospital. There is direct consultant shop floor cover 13 hours per day Monday to Friday and of 10.5 hours per day at weekends and Bank Holidays. In addition, we have an excellent team of highly able nurses. We have two ED Physiotherapists who run our review clinics for patients with selected injuries and also see new patients themselves. The team works closely with colleagues from inpatient specialty teams to deliver appropriate, largely pathway driven, ambulatory care.

This post is fixed term for up to 12 months to cover maternity leave.

English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply

Main duties of the job

You will provide a clinical service, with colleagues, which will include the responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness.

Working with consultant colleagues and the multi-professional team you will have continuing responsibility for the well-being of all patients under your care; allowing for proper delegation to, and training of staff.

If required, you will be named in the contracts of junior medical staff as the person expected to act as Educational Supervisor for those assigned to you; overseeing their training and being the initial source of advice for doctors regarding their careers, within the guidelines of the specialist bodies and medical royal colleges. You will participate in the specialty’s postgraduate teaching sessions.

We are a University Health Board and you will be encouraged to participate in or actively support research and development in line with our Research and Development strategy and in discussion with the Director of Research and Development.

Consultants have an important leadership role in their teams and the Health Board.  You will be required to work closely with your clinical and management colleagues in the safe and efficient running of services and are expected to contribute, with colleagues, to the management, improvement and modernisation of the services in which you work. You may also be asked to contribute nationally to support the NHS in Wales.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

As per attached job description and person specification.  The role will include a non-resident on-call element.