Specialty Doctor in Emergency Medicine

The advertised post is suitable for individuals who have experience in emergency medicine and are also interested in furthering their knowledge, skills and experience in emergency medicine, whilst working in a stimulating yet supportive environment. The post is for an initial twelve month period to start as soon as possible.

Successful applicants would join the emergency department team in the Emergency Care Centre which opened in February 2015. Individualised job plans would be developed that would be both sustainable and satisfying. The successful candidates will contribute to the middle grade rota.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be expected to assess and manage patients presenting to the emergency department with a wide spectrum of emergency presentations, including: adult, paediatric, trauma and non-trauma presentations. Service delivery will be on the middle grade rota. They will also be expected to supervise and support the more junior medical staff as required and will be involved in the resuscitation of acutely ill and injured patients. This post includes the role of Emergency Physician in Charge of the department overnight, after an appropriate induction and orientation period.

About us

Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.

Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.

We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.

Our values should be the 'golden thread' which runs through everything we do - they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronymICORE; Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.

We have a number of staff networks including the Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women's Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our Armed Forces network is one of our emerging networks.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our 'Balance' programme to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.

Job responsibilities

• Ability to prioritise workload & use initiative
• ALS, ATLS (or ETC) and APLS provider status
• Meet the requirements of the GMCs Good Medical Practice
• Valid GMC registration
• Experience in posts recognised for General Professional Training
• Experience in EM at middle grade level
• Ability to work with and support members of a multidisciplinary team
• Ability to fully participate in rota

Person Specification Skills Knowledge and Experience

• ALS, ATLS and APLS Provider Status
• Good Communication Skills
• Meet the requirements of the GMC's Good Medical Practice

Qualifications and Training

• Full registration and a licence to practice with the GMC
• At least four years' full-time postgraduate training
• At least two years experience in emergency medicine
• MRCEM or equivalent

Experience

• Experience in EM at middle grade level
• Involvement in audit and teaching

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.

£61,542 to £99,216 a yearplus relevant enhancements for unsocial working