Consultant Emergency Medicine

We have three main hospitals providing acute services to around 330,000 local residents. The organisation also provides specialist tertiary care for cardiac and haematology services, delivers community health services to over 445,000 residents including those in North Lancashire and hosts the National Artificial Eye Service across England. Plus, we provide urgent and emergency care services to an estimated 18 million people who visit the seaside resort each year. We employ over 7000 people from 68 different countries.
We welcome and encourage application from anyone with protected characteristics, as well as supporting reservists and Veterans who are looking for a rewarding and challenging career within the NHS.
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals encourages flexible working in all our roles to support staff in maintaining healthy home-life balance. Working patterns such as: part time working, self-rostering, compressed hours, annualised hours, term time, reverse term time and flexitime working can be explored., At Blackpool Victoria Hospital we are looking to recruit Consultants in Emergency Medicine. We want great colleagues to join our expanding team. ED is a demanding but rewarding speciality and we all want to be able to work in a sustainable inclusive way.
To attract the right candidate and support them to do a great job we are offering the following:
+ 7 : 3 DCC : SPA job plan as standard.
+ RCEM enhanced PA rates for out of hours DCC work.
+ Self-Rostering and Annualised Job Plans, We want to provide a supportive, inclusive environment to allow staff to deliver great care, provide great education and have a great work life balance.
The Emergency Department has undergone a full refurbishment as part of our Emergency Village project.
The Emergency Department includes separate facilities for children, with the Children's Emergency Department led by a Consultant Paediatrician with a sub-speciality in Paediatric Emergency Medicine. Additionally, we have a co-located SDEC, Co-located UTC and a frailty assessment unit that we have access to. We are supported onsite by access to the Regional Tertiary Cardiology & Cardiothoracic services which are located on this site.

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, with services covering the local authority areas of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The Trust is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) supporting a population of around 1.6 million people.

We are undertaking a programme transforming our clinical workforce looking to develop innovative opportunities. These include
+ Enhanced SDT / SPA time
+ A programme of excellence in Emergency Medicine Education
The Emergency Department at Blackpool Vic serves a unique population providing it's own set of challenges. We are a Trauma Unit for Lancashire and South Cumbria Trauma network, but we are the Trauma Centre for patients with isolated penetrating thoracic trauma.
There are opportunities at Blackpool to develop interests in:
+ Quality Improvement
+ Education and Training
+ Leadership and Management
+ Simulation, If the role you have applied for requires a Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS) check we will administer this as part of your pre-employment checks. Please note, you will be required to repay the cost on appointment. This will be collected via a salary deduction. You can choose whether to pay this over 1-3 months from your salary or as a one-off payment on commencement in post. The level of check required depends on the role that you have been offered. Currently the charges are - Basic DBS check £22.00, Standard DBS check £22.00 and Enhanced DBS check £42.00.
You are encouraged where possible, to register for the DBS update service. This is an annual registration fee of £13. By registering for the update service you will not have the additional cost of repeated disclosures.
Should you withdraw your application, you may be required to reimburse the cost of the DBS check.
DBS checks remain free of charge for volunteer positions.
By submitting an application for this vacancy you are confirming your agreement to the above in the event you are successfully appointed.
The DBS Code of Practice can be accessed here.
Please ensure that you read the Person Specification attached below as your application will be judged against this.
Please note that every effort will be made to keep the vacancy live until published closing date, though there may be instances where such interest is generated, that for administrative reasons the post may close earlier.
Please note that in line with national NHS guidelines this Trust operates a strict non-smoking policy. Members of staff are not permitted to smoke on Trust premises or grounds at any time nor take breaks during working hours for the purposes of smoking.
The Trust does not offer interview expenses to shortlisted candidates unless indicated in the advert.