About this role
Job summary
Are you an experienced Emergency Medicine clinician ready to lead a dynamic team on the front line? United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking dedicated senior decision-makers to join the Emergency Department at Pilgrim Hospital, Boston.
As a Speciality Doctor, you will provide high-quality, senior-level clinical care and expertise across a 24-hour rota.
There will be a weekend on-call commitment of no more than 13 weekends as per 2021 contract.
It is expected that the post holder will assist the Consultants with audit and quality assurance as well as postgraduate training of junior staff. The Speciality Doctor should be able to liaise confidently with general medical practitioners as well as members of other hospital specialist teams.
Main duties of the job
This post is based in the Emergency Department at Pilgrim Hospital Boston and is designed for candidates who are working at the level of senior decision maker in Emergency Medicine, or who are ready to take this responsibility and wish to advance their career.
Staff will be expected to work at a senior level with a minimum entrustment level of 3 in all areas of the RCEM curriculum. They will be expected to be able to act as EPIC (Emergency Physician in Charge) and lead the shop floor shift in the absence of a consultant (Usually between midnight and 8am).
The purpose of this post is to provide broad and detailed knowledge, skills and expertise to the Department of Emergency Medicine at a senior level throughout a 24-hour period as well as to maintain the postholders' own personal and professional development, and to assist the trainee doctors, ACP's and nurses in the team.
About us
You can expect a warm welcome at our United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. We appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including a fantastic benefit package with competitive pay rates with annual increases, annual leave of 27 days increasing to 29 days after 5 years and 33 after 10 years, access to the NHS Pension Scheme to which you and the Trust contribute. Alongside this there are extensive training development opportunities. We promote a healthy work life balance, provide an Occupational Health Service to support you at work and have a number of NHS discounts available either directly through ourselves or online through NHS Discounts. As part of our recruitment process we can tell you more about our benefits package and you will see that we offer everything you would expect and more!
Job description Job responsibilities
Please note this is not a full list of duties:
To see patients attending the Emergency Department, making primary diagnosis and initiating emergency treatment. This will be at middle-grade level (Senior Decision-Maker) within the department.
Clinical leadership in the delivery of high-quality emergency care.
Assessment, care and treatment of patients presenting to the ED.
A role in maintaining the four-hour target for emergency access.
Ensuring the appropriate referral of patients to inpatient specialties or tertiary centres.
Liaison with clinicians and managers within and outside of the ED to address issues arising that affect the service.
Teaching and training at undergraduate and postgraduate level, including assessments.
Audit, research and quality assurance processes.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Do you have full registration with the General Medical Council and a valid licence to practise with the General Medical Councilto practise with the General Medical Council Do you have ACLS / ALS Do you have EPALS / PALS Do you have MRCEM (Membership of Royal College of
Experience Essential
Completed a minimum of 4 years post qualification with at least 2 years in emergency medicine Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on range of problems both emergency and elective within specialty Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients ake full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients Able to lead a resuscitation or Trauma Team Knowledge in subspecialties eg. Trauma & Orthopaedics
Desirable
Ideally at least 1-year clinical experience in the UK/ NHS
Teaching Experience Essential
Ability to teach clinical skills to medical, nursing staff and other disciplines Experience of teaching clinical skills to undergraduates and postgraduates
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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Address Pilgrim Hospital Boston
Sibsey Road
Boston
PE21 9QQ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.ulh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)