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Job Description
Job Title: Locum Consultant in Emergency
Medicine
Department: Emergency Medicine
Professionally Accountable To: Medical Director
Managerially Accountable To: Divisional Manager for Surgery
Objectives of the Post
To undertake the duties outlined in the Consultant Job Plan.
To share responsibility for the leadership, organisation, and effective
operation of the Department.
Responsible for the clinical management of patients attending the ED, and will
provide advice and supervision for staff in the ED.
Act as Trauma Team Leader when on duty within the department, and lead
cardiac arrests within the ED.
To provide clinical leadership, supervise, teach and train junior medical staff,
and be involved in the teaching of nursing staff, paramedics, medical
students, etc., attached to the Department.
To take an active part in Clinical Audit and other Clinical Governance issues.
To improve clinical practice by peer review and changing working practices to
maintain a high standard of medical treatment and care.
On call duties will be shared with the existing Consultants working towards a
1 in 5 rota when all posts are filled.
Will be encouraged to develop any other particular interest within the
Department, subject to the agreement of other colleagues and the availability
of resources.
To participate in continuing medical education activity as appropriate to the
speciality.
Applicants must be on the Specialist Register, or within six months of being admitted
to the Register for trainees if currently in a training programme within the UK. If
you are a trainee, currently on a UK training programme, and are not yet on the
specialist register, please provide details of your expected CCT date on your
application form. In accordance with the regulations, all other categories of doctors
must be on the Specialist Register at the time of their application to be eligible for
consideration for a Consultant appointment by the Advisory Appointments
Committee.
Job Plan/Timetable
Direct Clinical Care: 8 PAs on average per week. This is made up of 6.5 PAs for
"shop floor" time working in the ED including assessing and treating patients,
supervising junior doctors and ENPs, and medical shift leadership in the ED. In
addition DCC time comprises 0.5 PAs for on-call time/shift over-runs and 1.0 for non-
"shop floor" DCC (e.g. reviewing results, answering complaints).
Supporting Professional Activities: 2 PAs on average per week. This is made up of:
1.5 (for CPD, audit, service development and clinical supervision) plus on average,
0.5 for additional ED lead roles.
The locum consultant will share consultant-level resident clinical duties within the
Emergency Department with two other senior clinicians. On Call is on a 1 in 3 basis
from 5pm until 8am during weekdays and all day during weekends.
There is expected to be considerable flexibility in the working pattern. Any changes
will be subject to the agreement of the other Consultants, and in negotiation with
Service Manager.
Programmed Activities
The post-holder’s basic job plan will typically include 10 PAs
Consultants Job Plan
Job Planning will be based on a partnership approach. Consultants are asked to
prepare a draft job plan which is then discussed and agreed with the Clinical
Director. Job plans will list all the NHS and any private duties of the consultant, the
number of Programmed Activities for which the Consultant is contracted and paid,
the consultant’s objectives and agreed supporting resources.
The duties and responsibilities set out in a Job Plan will include, as appropriate:
Direct Clinical Care duties including on-call work
Supporting Professional Activities
Additional NHS responsibilities – determined against the agreed Trust tariff
allocation
External duties
Person Specification
Locum Consultant in Emergency Medicine
Essential Desirable
Full registration with the GMC √
Possession of FCEM or equivalent √
Possession of CCST / CCT in Emergency Medicine (or be within 6 months
of obtaining)
√
Possession of 2 current Resuscitation Council certification; ALS, ATLS,
APLS/PALS
√
Instructor status for one of ALS/ ATLS/ APLS √
Ability to lead a trauma team √
Level 1 USS competence (FAST/ vascular access) √
Able to offer expert clinical opinion in a range of problems within the speciality
and make decisions at consultant level. √
Experience of pre-hospital trauma care and/or helicopter emergency medical
services
√
Ability to take full and independent care for patients √
Substantial experience in development and delivery of a high quality clinical
service in emergency medicine
√
Ability to contribute to teaching by:
Lecturing √
Small group teaching √
One-to-one supervision √
Simulation training experience √
Research/audit experience: √
Evidence of participation in clinical audit √
Essential Desirable
Post-MD / PhD research experience √
Effective management and organisational skills in respect of:
People √
Projects √
Excellent leadership skills √
Effective communication skills and ability to:
Communicate comprehensibly with the health and educational community;
users and carers. √
Self-motivated, with evidence of ability to work independently √
Work flexibly in a changing health service √
Develop good working relationships √
Effective IT skills √
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