Locum Consultant in Emergency Medicine | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 24 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £88,364 - £119,133 per annum inclusive of HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 24 May 2024 |
| Location: | Hampstead, NW3 2QG |
| Company: | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6257095/391-RFL-1418-C |
Summary
Applications are invited for a Locum Consultant in Emergency Medicine (EM) at Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead for a fixed term contract for a year. Paediatric EM (PEM) or Adult EM (AEM) consultants with or without sub specialists interests are all invited to apply. The department will also support any candidate to fulfill a crossover role in PEM and AEM if required.
The candidate will work 10PAs and be part of a 1 in 7 weekends on call rota. Consultants participate in self rostering to maximise their work-life balance.
The post is designed to address the service demand of a busy specialist teaching hospital.
We are seeking enthusiastic and motivated individuals to join our Emergency Department. We are proud to have a clinically led Emergency Department and are expanding our consultant numbers to support our consultant- led service in a new EM facility.
These are exciting times; we have developed new ways of working across the whole of our acute care service, using internally developed QI methodology throughout the Covid pandemic. Robust planning and Trust support to the ED has enabled separated COVID treatment areas as contingency for future epidemics. We are looking for innovative, dynamic individuals to help develop and deliver a world class care service to our patients alongside a highly competent team within our new multi million pound department. Excellent CPG pathway design enables the department to consistently move with trends and changes in EM patient care.
The job plan will include the following activities:
• Emergency Physician in Charge (EPIC)
• Weekday, weekend and on call cover
• Consultant ward round in Adult Assessment Unit ( for Adult EM Consultants)
• Overseeing the Same Day Emergency Care unit
• Providing telephone clinical advice to GP, LAS and other community providers which result in either treatment, presentation to ED or redirection
• Participation in Specialist Multidisciplinary Meetings
• Governance, complaints and incident management
• Revalidation and audit
• Delivering teaching to trainee and non-trainee doctors
• Educational and clinical supervision of junior doctors
You will join an existing team of 11 WTE consultants to work across our newly built state of the art emergency department which incorporates:
• A majors area with capacity for 24 patients
• Six bedded Resuscitation Room,
• A separate COVID ready 6 bedded resus area
• A custom built Ambulatory Care Unit/ SDEC Unit consisting of 6 treatment rooms and one MDT room.
• 30 bedded short stay ward integrated with Acute medicine and Geriatrics
• Specialist Paediatric Emergency Unit
• Separated ‘ Blue’/ Covid patient facilities or non-acute cases
• ‘Green’ Urgent treatment Centre for minor illness & injuries, NHS 111 and Integrated GP hub
The post comprises 10 Programmed Activities, of which 2 will be as SPA( and an additional DCC can be negotiated) with an on call commitment.
We are located in an area with excellent facilities and Hampstead Heath close by. There are many local coffee shops, pubs, cafes and restaurants with an impressive high street and direct access to central London. As a team we recognise that a work/life balance is vital, and a thriving social life is enjoyed amongst the ED staff. There will be an opportunity for the post holder to develop a specific area of self-directed interest which compliments the other consultants.
We welcome candidates who are on the GMC Specialist Register as Emergency Medicine Consultants in Paediatric EM, Adult EM or those holding dual CCT. We will welcome holders with other sub-specialty interests within Emergency medicine including research to apply for the position.
In 2021-2022 we saw 150,000 patients, approximately 20% ( 29,000) of these were paediatric attendances.
Join our dynamic and skilled ED consultant team at the Royal Free Hospital.
We are seeking enthusiastic and motivated individuals to join our Emergency Department (ED) team, as part of an expansion in consultant-led service for our department.
You will be expected to work alongside other members of the emergency department team to provide world class care in adult and paediatric emergency medicine. You will provide clinical leadership in several areas of the department including our RAT area, Ambulatory Area (AEC) and Adult Assessment Area (CDU/AAU) as well as providing shop floor supervision and teaching to the junior staff members.
The ED consultants provide approximately 15 hours of shop floor cover every day as well as on call and cover for Major Incidents. You will take on a clinical supervision role and ensure high standards are met through structured supervision of specialist registrars, middle grade trainees and FY2’s. You will also contribute to the structured education of the medical students, middle grades, FY2’, ENP’s and ANP’s.
You will be expected to attend departmental meetings, liaise with speciality teams and contribute to departmental governance which is equally shared. You will also have the opportunity to participate in multi-disciplinary audit, quality improvement and development of clinical pathways to help drive the quality and processes within the department.
Participation in developing a high quality service is actively encouraged and highly valued. The trust’s intention for this workforce expansion is to improve emergency services to patients, to increase supervision of junior staff, improve educational opportunities and provide extended shop floor cover in line with the RCEM recently published guidelines.
There will be an opportunity for the post holder to develop a specific area of self-interest which compliments the other consultants.
This advert closes on Wednesday 8 May 2024