Locum Consultant in Emergency Medicine
Requirements
Applicants must hold full GMC registration and be on the GMC Specialist Register for Emergency Medicine or within 6 months of achieving CCT at the time of interview. Essential qualifications include MBBS or equivalent and FRCEM or equivalent.
Job Description
We are seeking to appoint enthusiastic and high-calibre Locum Consultants in Emergency Medicine to join one of the largest and busiest EDs in the UK.
The ED provides care to a diverse and high-acuity patient population and operates as part of a major tertiary centre, including Major Trauma Centre responsibilities. Effective management of clinical risk, patient flow and operational pressure is a key priority, and the post holder will play a central role in providing visible senior clinical leadership on the shop floor, supporting safe, timely and high-quality patient care.
The successful applicant will work as part of a well-established and supportive team, contributing to Consultant delivered care, supervision of trainees and advanced practitioners, and the ongoing development of Emergency Medicine services. The department is supported by a broad multidisciplinary workforce and comprises resuscitation facilities, rapid assessment and triage areas, majors and minors areas, and is preparing for the introduction of a new UTC, incorporating ambulatory care, minor illness and injury pathways, and GP service.
This post is offered as a fixed term Locum appointment for an initial period of 12 months, on 10PA job plan, with weekend working commitment of 1:4. We welcome applicants from candidates with a special interest in Paediatrics. Applicants must hold full GMC registration, be on the GMC Specialist Register for Emergency Medicine or within 6 months of achieving CCT at the time of interview.
Main Duties, Tasks & Skills Required
The post holder will be expected to share responsibility for the delivery of high-quality care to the patients presenting to the ED and the following:
- To have oversight of all team activity during their clinical session and provide support to other team members as needed.
- Demonstrate excellence in patient care.
- To provide appropriate supervision to doctors in training, locally employed doctors and other clinical practitioners.
- Administrative duties related to patient care.
- Contribution to undergraduate, post-graduate and continuing medical education activity, including AHPs as part of the multidisciplinary team.
- Regular participation in departmental meetings.
- Consultants are encouraged and supported with research audit and QI projects.
- Appropriate evening and weekend on-call commitments.
- To examine and treat patients in the ED.
- To support the clinical decision making of all medical and nursing clinicians within the Department.
- To provide on call support out of hours as agreed in the job plan.
- To attend the Department out of hours as per the agreed job plan.
- To remain contactable and available when on call.
- Provide consultant leadership for trauma calls and the management of critically ill/injured patients in QEHB role as Major Trauma Centre.
- Participate in the Trust Major Incident and Mass Casualty arrangements, including attendance during declared incidents and participation in training/simulation exercises.
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job Description
The post would suit both newly appointed and established consultants. The existing Emergency Department Consultants provide high quality "shop floor" clinical presence for support and supervision. The team also proud itself in providing high standards of education, training, research, quality improvement and audit with projects.
The post holder will be expected to work as part of the Consultant team and contribute to the development of the department and Emergency Medicine as a speciality. The post holder will work closely with nursing, managerial and medical colleagues to provide high quality healthcare for patients.
Provision of a first-class clinical service for patients.
Development and Championship of the speciality of Emergency Medicine.
Provision of leadership to all staff both in clinical and non-clinical settings
Participation in teaching, research, audit and governance programmes within the EM Directorate.
Appetite for professional self-development and innovation
Pro-active engagement in the development of Emergency services.
Excellent communication skills and self-awareness.
Emotional resilience.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
MBBS or equivalent.
FRCEM or equivalent.
Entry on the GMC specialist register for Emergency Medicine or within 6 months of CCT.
Full GMC Registration.
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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.
UK Professional Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
For Help With Your Application, Contact
Riad Hosein
Riad.Hosein@uhb.nhs.uk
Pay scheme
Hospital Medical and Dental
Band
Consultant
Salary
£113565.00 to £150569.00 Yearly
Contract
Fixed Term
Duration
12 Month(s)
Working pattern
Full-Time
Reference number
304-KSA-1100963
Job locations
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Mindelsohn Way
Birmingham
West Midlands
B15 2TH
Attachments
Job Description
JDPS LOCUM Emergency Med Fixed term 12months.pdf – 942KB Opens in a new window
Education
Skills
About University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) is one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in England, serving a regional, national and international population. It includes Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Solihull Hospital and Community Services, Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield and Birmingham Chest Clinic. We also run a number of smaller satellite units, allowing people to be treated as close to home as possible. We see and treat more than 2.2 million people every year across our sites and our hospitals deliver more babies than anywhere else in Europe. We are a regional centre for cancer, trauma, renal dialysis, burns and plastics, HIV and AIDS, as well as respiratory conditions like cystic fibrosis. We also have expertise in premature baby care, bone marrow transplants and thoracic surgery and have the largest solid organ transplantation programme in Europe. We provide a series of highly specialist cardiac, liver and neurosurgery services to patients from across the UK. We are world-renowned for our trauma care and have developed pioneering surgical techniques in the management of ballistic and blast injuries, including bespoke surgical solutions for previously unseen injuries. As a result of its clinical expertise in treating trauma patients and military casualties, the QEHB has been designated both a Level 1 Trauma Centre and host of the UK’s only £20m National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre (SRMRC). We have over 24,000 members of staff and we are committed to investing in their development and their health and wellbeing. UHB is a Stonewall Diversity Champion and aims to achieve positive change for LGBTQ+ people by creating an inclusive, inspiring and equal environment for both staff and service users.
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