Locum ED Consultant

Job summary
The Emergency Department at the Royal Berkshire Hospital is looking to recruit a locum consultant in Emergency Medicine for a fixed term period of 12 months to cover maternity leave.

Our Emergency Department sees over 150 000 patients per year and approximately 25% of these are children.

The current department opened in 2002, with a dedicated paediatric area that opened in December 2010, with some subsequent extensions.

There are four resuscitation bays, (3 adult and 1 paediatric) equipped to provide state of the art care to critically ill and injured patients.

There are 20 majors assessment bays, a mental health assessment room and an ambulatory assessment area. There is an adjacent minor injury assessment unit with treatment bays and dedicated x-ray facilities staffed by emergency nurse practitioners from 07:00 to midnight every day.

The paediatric ED has recently been extended and now has 10 cubicles including one higher acuity bay where paediatric sedation can be performed safely and a dedicated waiting room.

We are developing a 10 bedded older persons assessment unit within the ED which is staffed with frailty practitioners and support from the interface geriatric team.

The department has consultant shop floor presence between 8 am and midnight every day supported by a registrar tier comprised of specialty trainees and SAS doctors. There is a full junior tier comprising resident doctors, Advanced Care Practitioners (ACPs) and Physician Associates (PAs).

Main duties of the job
The emergency medicine team at the Royal Berkshire Hospital (RBH) are actively seeking to recruit a locum consultant to join our team of 26 consultants to increase our consultant delivered care and ensure high quality care is delivered to all patients attending as emergencies. There will be an opportunity to pursue and develop other supporting roles including undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, and research.

Candidates who are unable to work full time are eligible to apply and if successful modification of the job content will be discussed.

Salary
£113,565 to £150,569 a year pro rata

Pay scheme Hospital medical and dental staff

Contract Fixed term, 12 months

Working pattern Full-time, Part-time

Job responsibilities
This is a 10PA locum consultant post for fixed term of 12 months. Please see the JD for more information. Please see the JS for more information.

Essential qualifications

• Full registration with the GMC
• FRCEM
• On the specialist register for EM or within 6/12 of obtaining CCT
• Experience of the whole spectrum of EM including PEM
• Able to abide by the Trust CARE Values; Compassionate, Aspirational, Respectful and Excellence
• Excellent interpersonal skills

Desirable

• Formally recognised as ES by GMC
• Instructor status on one or more life support courses
• Evidence of clinical leadership role demonstrating accountability for quality of care, financial controls and efficient management of workforce

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. Apply through our website for further information.

Contact
Clinical Lead Emergency department: Rob Slater, lyndsey.seasman@nhs.net, 01183228034

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where possible. All applicants who have a disability and meet the minimum criteria for the post can opt for a guaranteed interview.