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Job overview

Love Emergency Medicine? Love Weston-super-Mare.

Emergency Medicine Consultant Vacancy.

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston Foundation Trust (UHBW) are now looking to grow our talented emergency team to drive an ambitious future vision of emergency care in the Bristol and Weston area. You really couldn’t pick a better time to make your move to our organisation.

What’s in it for you?

Well. Apart from getting work within a talented team in a beautiful part of the country:

An excellent relocation packageRecruitment and Retention Premium up to £15k negotiable!No night at the Weston siteWork in a state-of-the-art recently refurbished facilityCross-site working negotiableAdditional PAs negotiablePaid specialist interest development time for specialities including ultrasound, leadership, education, simulation, paediatrics and traumaOn-site car parking

The post is advertised as a 10 PA job plan with options to increase. Candidates wishing to be considered for a position with less than full-time working are encouraged.

Weston-Super-Mare and the surrounding county, has a beautiful coastline and hills and you will find yourself visiting the Mendip Hills, the Quantocks and Cheddar Gorge sooner or later. The large, diverse cities of Bristol and Bath are only a short journey by car or train and our convenient location just off Junction 21 of the M5 mean the rest of Somerset, Devon and the surfing beaches of Cornwall are virtually on the doorstep. 

Main duties of the job

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust seeks applicants for the expansion of the Consultant team in Emergency Medicine to commence as soon as possible. This reflects a firm commitment within UHBW to expand the consultant workforce in Weston ED. The posts provide eligible individuals an ideal opportunity for continued professional development within the recently expanded Department of Emergency Medicine (ED), which forms the Trust’s emergency “front door”.

These are 10PA posts providing 8.5 DCC and 1.5 SPA/admin each. The posts reflect a firm commitment within UHBW to continue the expansion and development of the consultant team in the Department of Emergency Medicine (ED) to enable shop floor consultant clinical presence to meet Royal College of Emergency Medicine guidelines and the expectations of clinical governance and to ensure the continued development of excellence in Emergency Care. The Trust is committed to the development of the Department as the Trust’s emergency “front door” and the aspiration is for further consultant expansion to allow sustainable consultant working for the future.

Applicants should have a CCT or equivalent in Emergency Medicine, or be within six months of achieving this at the date of interview, or be listed on the GMC’s specialist register.

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals Bristol & Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, with a workforce of over 13,000 staff and 100+ different clinical services across 10 sites, serving a population of over 500,000 people across Bristol and Weston. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to patients. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust, committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact.

 

Join us and you can enjoy city living, be in the countryside or by the seaside, with easy access to all the South West offers. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.

 

As an equal opportunities employer, actively working towards a diverse workforce, we aim to create a workforce that represents the diversity of our community and are committed to designing our services around the needs of patients and their loved ones. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

 

 

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The successful candidate will join a team of senior medical and nursing staff committed to expanding the Emergency Service to the people of North Somerset. The common aim will be to deliver the highest quality of Emergency Care to patients whilst developing the department in all aspects of emergency clinical service, training and research. Close teamwork between senior medical, nursing and management staff is an essential requirement of this appointment.

Please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy

Person specificationQualification and Professional TrainingEssential criteriaFully registered with GMC. Certification of completion of specialist training / CESR OR be within 6 months of gaining it by the interview date (or equivalent.)Fellowship of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (or equivalent)Must be on the GMC’s Specialist Register for Emergency Medicine to take up a permanent Consultant appointment.ATLS/ETC, APLS/EPLS. ALS providerDesirable criteriaHigher degree eg MSc, PhD, MD.Instructor in one or more life support courses (ALS/ATLS/PALS/APLS or equivalent).Additional sub-speciality training qualifications, particularly in : PHEMProfessional Practice/ Clinical SkillsEssential criteriaEvidence of first-rate professional practice.Able to demonstrate clinical skills in managing the full range of patient presentations as defined in the Royal College Emergency medicine CurriculumDesirable criteriaEvidence of extended clinical skills in areas pertinent to acute and emergency care including but not exclusive to: Intensive Care medicine, Pre hospital medicine, point of care ultrasound, advanced airway managementFurther training, eg, Management, AuditEssential criteriaExperience of clinical audit and education.Evidence of completion of audit project including implementation of recommendationsEvidence of delivering Quality Improvement ProjectsEvidence to provide clinical leadership for audit programmesDesirable criteriaFormal training in QIP methodologyCompletion of formal courses in clinical audit & educationParticipation in or delivery of management training courses.Research/Teaching/PublicationsEssential criteriaEvidence of participation in undergraduate and or postgraduate teaching in formal settingsDemonstrable teaching ability and research experience. .Commitment to participate in research throughout the Emergency Medicine Service.Willingness to undertake teaching of clinical staff at both undergraduate and postgraduate levelDesirable criteriaCompletion of Education Training course/further qualificationsPublished research and audit.History of designing and leading regional or national studies.Peer reviewed publications.Any other general requirementsEssential criteriaEvidence of entitlement to live and work in UK.Prepared to work to job specificationMust be able to meet on-call requirementsClinical GovernanceEssential criteriaAwareness of the requirements of clinical governance, with particular reference to the specialty.Desirable criteriaCompletion of formal courses in aspects of clinical governance.Formal experience in the development of patient safety systems as pertaining to Emergency MedicinePersonal RequirementsEssential criteriaEvidence of management experience.Evidence of good team working with peers and other senior colleagues.Flexible attitude and good communication skills.Ability to integrate into and share leadership of a multidisciplinary team Commitment to the provision of emergency services throughout the Bristol community, and to continuing professional development.IT and computer literacyDesirable criteriaRecognised leadership skills and qualifications.Has demonstrated ability to well work under pressure and in difficult circumstances.To be able to demonstrate team leadership skills and work on own initiative.Formal training in Clinical Leadership

We hope that you will decide to join us and become part of this exciting journey, helping us to shape our future together.

· As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

· The Trust is committed to investing in and caring for all our staff. We will support you in maintaining and improving your health and wellbeing, as well as your career development through management and training support - developing exceptional people for exceptional careers.

· UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults.

· To comply with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 all applicants must be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed at Interview.

· If you require sponsorship for a visa to work in the UK, to avoid disappointment, please check to ensure you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.

· The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.

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IMPORTANT:

Please note that if you apply for a position with this Trust, you may be contacted via Trac or via email. This includes invites for job interviews. We therefore recommend that you regularly check your Trac account and email accounts. We may also contact you by texting the mobile number, if provided, on the application form.

Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore, please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification

Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.

As a guide interviews should usually take place within 3 weeks of the closing date.

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