Consultant in Emergency Medicine

As part of our team expansion, the Emergency Department at Southport & Ormskirk is looking to recruit 2 enthusiastic Consultants in Emergency Medicine to join our highly skilled team. These are whole time 10 PA positions with additional PAs available depending on job planning and Royal College approval., All applicants must be either on the GMC Specialist Register or be within six months of obtaining their CCT award/ CESR at the time of interview. The successful candidate will participate on the on-call rota. The Trust is happy to consider flexible working arrangements and extended days to deliver a desirable work life balance, support professional goals and personal development. The adult ED department enjoys excellent working relationships with the Paediatric ED department based on the Ormskirk site and the post holder will be expected to undertake weekly sessions within the Paediatric ED department.

The Emergency Department at Southport , which sees approximately 50,000 patients a year, has recently benefitted from a full refurbishment offering a state of the art resuscitation room, bespoke mental health, protected cubicle capacity for patients brought in by ambulance, and a separate Clinical Decision Unit. The ED team are determined, motivated and forward thinking. Over recent years the team have led on the introduction of ambulatory emergency care in the trust and also in frailty pathways, particularly admission avoidance. We have presented our work in these areas nationally andwe maintain close links with the Ambulatory Care Unit and the acute physicians. Interviews will take place on Monday, 17th March, 2024 at Whiston Hospital, Warrington Road, Prescot L35 5DR., Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites. We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care. Our services: Acute Care Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites. Primary Care Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital. Community Services Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre. Specialist Regional Services We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales. Achievements:

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme