Specialty Doctor in Emergency Medicine and Urgent Care

Job overview

We are inviting applications in the Emergency Medicine Department at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust for Trust doctors at Registrar.

The role will be an entirely clinical role at middle grade level within the department and the successful candidate will work with the current team in supporting and developing the department. Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust is heavily invested in providing an excellent Urgent and Emergency Care system for our population. We are looking to recruit motivated and enthusiastic doctors to provide care in the Emergency Departments and/or our Urgent SDEC (uSDEC)

Main duties of the job

The Emergency Departments at Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary are currently led by 23 consultants who work across both sites providing 16hr shop-floor cover 7 days a week at both sites and on-call cover beyond that. Specialty Doctors, Higher Specialty Trainees and ST3+ grade doctors provide 24 hour shop-floor cover at both sites.

There is a consultant led Trauma Team at Huddersfield, which has been designated as a Major Trauma Unit in the West Yorkshire Regional Trauma Network. Both Huddersfield and Calderdale have 4 resuscitation bays, including a dedicated paediatric resus area, with X-ray and ultrasound facilities. There are separate majors and minors areas with a play-room available for Families with Younger Children in both departments.

Successful candidates will be involved in the design and delivery of these exciting new additions to regional Emergency Services.  As a speciality doctor in the ED we are dedicated to developing you and your interests. Depending on your interests and performance we have various programs we can support including entry on to our CESR program (from which previous candidates have been appointed as consultants)

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holders will be clinically and educationally responsible to the Clinical Director for Emergency Care

• Will be responsible for the general clinical management of patients attending the Emergency Department.
• Will be expected to comply with the Emergency Departments and Trust’s policies, and to maintain their skills and knowledge through CPD.
• Will be expected to participate in the day-to-day training and supervision of junior medical staff and with all other training/teaching activities facilitated by the department.
• Will be expected in exceptional circumstances to cover his/her colleagues for unpredicted short-term absence.
• May be asked in exceptional circumstances to assist the Ambulance Service in the care of patients at the scene of the accident, as part of the Mobile Medical Team.
• May be called to the department when a Major Incident is declared.
• Will be expected to participate in the development of emergency treatment protocols.
• Will be expected to take an active role in clinical audit and the clinical governance process
• Will be required to take an active role in the appraisal process
• Will provide professional supervision and encourage the development of all Doctors and ACPs within the Emergency Department.
• Will ensure their own practice is up to date: this will include taking responsibility for own clinical professional development and participation in the Trust appraisal system.
• Will share responsibility for data protection arising out of the use of computers.
• Will comply with all relevant Trust policies and procedures.
• The successful applicant will be expected to register with the Royal College of Emergency  Medicine for CPD