Specialty Doctor - Emergency Medicine

Job overview

Now is an exciting time to join us at Scarborough Hospital.  We are  undergoing a major new-build project to re-provide its Acute, Urgent & Emergency Medical facilities & we are looking for Specialty Doctors to work with our existing team.

Work has almost completed on a £47M upgrade of our hospital set in the heart of historic seaside town of Scarborough on the beautiful Yorkshire Coast. The new facility is not a new A&E. It is a multi-function clinical space that enables the delivery of our innovative Acute Medical Model (AMM); a pioneering new approach to the delivery of urgent and emergency care which is due to open on 28th November 2024.

AMM combines all of our “front door” services including ED, Resuscitation, Urgent care, Frailty, Same Day Emergency Care and overnight “short stay” into a single holistic, multi-disciplinary footprint.  With access to dedicated radiology & a purpose built, flexible working space that covers over 3000sqm, the AMM facility provides a once in a generation opportunity to adopt & promote a ‘working without walls’ across all major specialties.

Not only that, our new unit will house a state of the art Critical Care & Medical Level 1 space on the floor above & this, along with other major site improvements already underway, will transform acute care on the Yorkshire coast.  We serve the local population as well as the high numbers of holiday makers that flock to the east coast year after year.

Main duties of the job

As a senior level doctor within the ED team postholders will be expected to be the responsible emergency physician in charge on-site (after-hours) dealing with acutely unwell patients, supervising and supporting junior staff and advanced clinical practitioners, and helping to coordinate the flow of patients in the department (with the support of the on-call ED consultant).

The rota is compliant with the new Specialty Doctor contract and offers a minimum of 1.25 PA per week of protected core SPA time some of which is worked flexibly.  Quality improvement projects and adopting a lead role within the department will be encouraged.

We have an established CESR programme in place and successful candidates will be able to apply for a place in the programme as they become available and subject to satisfactory review after one year in post.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

More details on the extent of this extra-ordinary investment project that is now underway can be found at the link below: https://www.ibiviz.com/uk/scarborough-hospital/

All applicants must be in possession of the essential qualifications for the post, as set out in the person specification.

For more information please see the job description attached

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