Specialty Doctor Emergency Medicine

Job overview

Speciality Doctor in Emergency Medicine

Division: Medicine and Emergency Care

Care Group: Emergency and Acute

Band: Speciality Doctor

Salary: £61,542 - £99,216 per annum/pro rata

We are recruiting for a Speciality Doctor in Emergency Medicine who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the  Best of Care by the Best People  and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will provide a high quality “shop floor” clinical presence, together with high standards of education, training, research and audit.

The post holder will work in close co-operation with nursing, managerial and medical colleagues to provide high quality healthcare to the Trust’s patients.

Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To see patients attending the Emergency Department, making primary diagnosis and initiating emergency treatment. This will be at middle-grade level (Senior Decision-Maker) within the department.

Clinical leadership in the delivery of high quality emergency care.

Assessment, care and treatment of patients presenting to the ED.

A role in maintaining the four hour target for emergency access.

Ensuring the appropriate referral of patients to inpatient specialties or tertiary centres.

Liaison with clinicians and managers within and outside of the ED to address issues arising that affect the service.

Teaching and training at undergraduate and postgraduate level, including assessments.

Audit, research and quality assurance processes.