Consultant in Emergency Medicine

Job Summary Direct Clinical Care (DCCs): Shop floor presence - This job plan provides a physical consultant presence out in the clinical arena of the Emergency Department. Each consultant will ensure clinical leadership and support to the department and other specialty staff as well as taking on their own patient workload. They will maintain and improve quality of care delivered to patients and guarantee the efficiency of the department. There will be a consultant present on the shop floor from 0800 hours until 00:00 hours seven days a week. Sessions are allocated to Clinical administration and shop floor backup - each consultant requires clinical time to undertake clinical administration and to ensure a quality clinical service in times of need. Overall weekend frequency equals 1 in 7 therefore attracts 5% on call allowance; however, this could be changed by an individual as we are running a self-rostering rota. Doctors are able to have a greater input of the number and type of shift that they are able to work. Core Shop Floor DCC Roles: Medical Controller Resuscitation Room supervision - to include oversight of the paediatric area Assessment Hub Medical Lead - to ensure early senior medical input for ambulance Main Duties of the Job Emergency Medicine Consultant North Middlesex University Hospital is one of London's busiest acute hospitals, serving more than 350,000 people living in Enfield and Haringey and the surrounding areas, including Barnet and Waltham Forest. We work within a multi-ethnic population with a high index of deprivation. This is both a challenging and a fascinating hospital to work in. These are exciting times with excellent opportunities to develop and enhance our clinical services with a clinical partnership with the Royal Free Hospital. Applications are invited for a locum consultant position in Emergency Medicine at North Middlesex University Hospital. Applicants must hold, or be within 6 months of obtaining their CCT in Emergency Medicine. The Emergency Department at NMUH is one of the busiest in London, with an average of 550 patient attendances a day, and 100 ambulance conveyances. There is potential to support and develop individual interests and to support suitable candidates wishing to take their career to the next level. Candidates will be fully supported to develop their clinical, leadership and improvement skills and there are a range of opportunities to be involved in pathway development and redesign of educational structures and programmes. About Us North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust is a medium sized District General Hospital based in Edmonton in Enfield, North London. We serve a diverse multicultural population largely from the London boroughs of Enfield and Haringey. Many of our patients live in wards that are within the 5% most deprived in the UK and a large proportion of our patients were born abroad. This makes it both a fascinating and a challenging hospital to work in. Over the last decade we have rebuilt almost all of the hospital and now have facilities that we are proud to work in. We employ over 3,500 staff, more than half of whom live locally. We encourage apprenticeships from the local community and work closely with our local HealthWatch. We are primarily an emergency led hospital with more than 90% of our bed days being used for patients admitted via our emergency and ambulatory units. As well as offering everything you would expect from a major acute hospital we have a number of tertiary services treating patients with HIV and Sickle Cell Disease and a large cancer and radiotherapy service. We also run our local community Sexual Health Clinics. We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George's University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities. Job Responsibilities General Responsibilities as Consultant in Emergency Medicine The following is not an exhaustive or exclusive list of the duties of a consultant. The appointee is expected to: Provide senior clinician services to the Emergency Department as per job plan or as agreed within the Trust, and as required when on call. Provide clinical leadership to the department when undertaking clinical care, taking lead clinical responsibility as rostered on a day-to-day basis. Facilitate safe and effective clinical care. Lead on service design and development to help with establishing pre-operative patient assessment. Work with consultant colleagues and nursing staff to ensure efficient use of Trust resources and contribute actively to clinical governance in the department and to development of quality enhancement projects in the unit. Show flexibility and undertake different appropriate clinical tasks within allocated DCC sessions after discussion with the clinical manager, as the need arises. Actively participate in the Unit's Teaching Programme and undertake supervision, teaching and training of medical trainees and other multi-professional staff, in line with guidance from the relevant Royal Colleges or specialty bodies. Actively participate in clinical guidelines development, audit and CPD. Person Specification Qualifications Essential MBBS or equivalent medical degree Full GMC Registration CCT or within 6 months of obtaining CCT or CESR ALS, ATLS, APLS/PALS provider status FRCEM or equivalent Experience Essential Trained in UK Emergency Medicine Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients within the ED Operational experience of a Clinical Decision Unit Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. Employer Details Employer Name:

North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust Address: NMUH NHS Trust Sterling Way London N18 1QX Employer's Website:

https://www.northmid.nhs.uk/

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