Consultant in Emergency Care

Applications are invited for dynamic, forward-thinking Consultants to provide support and work alongside the already extended Consultant and Specialist Team in our Emergency Department.

The post could be filled on a full or part time basis. Any candidate who is unable, for personal reasons, to work full time will still be considered for the post. If such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed on an individual basis. Job share applicants are also welcome.

This is an opportunity to join an organisation in which Clinicians are at the forefront of management and service development.

You would be joining an enthusiastic team at Scunthorpe General Hospital and Diana Princess of Wales hospital. The rota will involve working on the senior decision-making rota.

There will also be the availability of suitable development opportunities such as management, additional responsibilities, academia and research which will support both the department and individual needs.

The successful applicant will have the opportunity to be appointed as Honorary Senior Lecturer at Hull York Medical School (HYMS). This honorary appointment is in recognition of contribution to teaching and research and holders of honorary titles may request access to HYMS and University premises and facilities, systems, and library services., The purpose of this post is to provide valuable additional Consultant input to the Trust's unscheduled care service. As a senior employee of the Trust the post-holder will work in close co-operation with, and support other clinical, medical professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality healthcare to the Trust's patients.

Integral to the responsibilities of the post are the following requirements: -

To ensure the provision of a first class clinical service

To provide effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty

To sustain and develop teaching and research wherever appropriate

To undertake all work in accordance with the Trust's procedures and operating policies

To conduct clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Trust's and Medicine Group's service plans

To maintain the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty, the Operations Directorate or the Trust

Attend daily consultant-led board rounds / lead board rounds as necessary

Regular audit, data collection and assessment of effectiveness of role

Maintain overview of all patients within the Emergency Department

Actively participating and facilitating the plans and discharge of patients from the Emergency Department

Contribute in the electronic and verbal handover of patients.

The appointee will be expected to share responsibility for the delivery of high quality care to the patients presenting to the Department.

This will include all patients presenting to the Hospital with an acute presentation whether GP referred or self-referred

To be the first point of contact with the patient

To examine and treat patients on the shop floor of the Emergency Care Centre

To support the clinical decision making of junior medical and nursing staff

To provide on-call support out of hours during planned sessions. To attend the Department out of hours as per agreed protocols. To remain contactable and available when on-call

To participate in observational medicine on the Acute Care Unit and to participate in decision making as appropriate with Acute Care Physicians and other General/Specialist Medical Physicians

Liaise with ambulatory care nurses if necessary.

Contribute in electronic handove

The post would suit a good team player dedicated to high quality patient care. The opportunity exists to work in a non-hierarchical setting and offer a wide range of Emergency Medicine procedures in this busy DGH.

The Trust has recognised the need to provide extended hours of Consultant shop-floor cover at evening and weekends in order improve the quality and safety of unscheduled care to patients and has approved a Consultant expansion programme.

The Consultant establishment has recently been increased with substantial investment resulting in 142 Pas per site. The appointments are based at the Diana Princess of Wales Hospital, Grimsby and/or Scunthorpe General Hospital. This is part of the process to review the way in which unscheduled care is organised and delivered. Consultants will have any single site or cross-site arrangements agreed through the job planning process.

The successful candidate will be encouraged to work as part of an established multi-disciplinary team inputting and helping to develop care within an Emergency Medicine pathway.

The successful candidate will work autonomously to a level of defined competencies with the primary focus on providing direct clinical care, meeting service delivery and improvement requirements.

The appointee will be expected to deliver high quality care to the patients presenting to the Department.

NLAG is part of one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Group has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Group and our community.