Consultant in Emergency Medicine

To work with the Consultant/Specialist and management team to: Deliver the highest professional standard at Consultant level to the department. Provide a high quality well-led service for patients of Ashford and St Peters, including the assessment, diagnosis, investigations, treatment and management of patients, in accordance with Trust policies and practices. Deliver direct clinical care to patients, through all parts of the department, assisting clinical decision making and sharing equally in the workload/flows through the department. Review all potential admissions and develop rapid assessment and triage strategies to ensure early investigations and disposition of patients is achieved. Have a continuing responsibility for the care of patients in your charge, ensuring safe handover. Additionally: Engage fully with the care of patients outside the department and provide a prompt opinion on request. Engage with medical, nursing and management teams and all relevant co-workers in the delivery of department objectives: to provide clinical leadership, improve patient experience and ensure the highest quality clinical care. Actively participate in and support other staff with education, research, audit, and clinical governance activities involving a multidisciplinary workforce across the department. Participate in the professional training, recruitment and development of staff in the department and contribute as required to teaching and educational supervision. Support recruitment, appraisal, development and mentoring activities to an MDT team. Undertake any other duties appropriate for a Consultant.

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