Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine

This post is for a dual accredited Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine. This is a full-time post offering an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated physician to join a dynamic multidisciplinary team delivering care for adults and children with emergency presentations in Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals. The Emergency Department at Whiston Hospital is open 24hours a day and 365 days a year. This post will join a team of 19 WTE EM consultants of which 1 is dual accredited in adult and paediatric emergency medicine.

Applicants are required to hold Membership of the Royal College ofEmergency Medicine(UK or equivalent qualifications). Applicants must be eligible for full registration with the GMC at the time of appointment. Applicants must have entry on the GMC Specialist Register via one of the following: 1) Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in adult and Paediatric Emergency Medicine.(The proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of the interview) 2) Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration as above (CESR).(CESR candidates must have written GMC confirmation upon successful application).

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
  
  The Paediatric Emergency Department is purpose built and opened in October 2023. The facility is state of the art and draws upon the latest thinking on modern emergency care. There are 2 paediatric resuscitation bays, a 5 bedded area that includes 2 high dependency cubicles and a separate CAMHS cubicle, a 6 bedded ambulatory assessment area and an 8 bed observation area.
There is immediate access to all imaging modalities, including CT and MR scanning, and laboratory services, both near patient and laboratory based. These services are available 24 hours daily. The Trust provides a wide range of major medical and surgical specialties including Critical Care services. This post is for 10 PAs per week. 75% DCC, 25% SPA Successful candidate will be expected to work one late shift until midnight each week and two full day shifts which with incorporate SPA time. The weekend rota is worked as a 1 in 6 frequency covering both adults and Paediatric ED. Shift pattern varies for this but includes 0800-1400, 1200-1800and a late shift 1800-midnight which includes non-resident on-call., £105,504 to £139,882 a year per annum (Grade YM 72) Plus On-call supplement