Consultant in Emergency Medicine

☞ Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board

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Update day: 29-04-2024

Location: Bangor Wales

Category: Health / Medical Care

Industry: Hospitals Health Care

Position: Mid-Senior level

Job type: Full-time

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Job Overview

The Health Board is looking to appoint a Consultant in Emergency Medicine who is able to contribute directly to the delivery of emergency care as well as supervise junior, SAS grade doctors and nurse practitioners. The Board is committed to developing a Consultant delivered service model which will add quality and safety to the service across North Wales.

The newly appointed Consultant needs to have comprehensive training/skills in the practice of current UK emergency medicine. They would be expected to work on the shop floor, including unsocial hours/weekends, subject to clear and sustainable job planning. The consultant’s role is not supervisory or managerial alone and the Board would expect them to have their own demonstrable acute workload as well as supervising juniors towards safer patient care.

The Welsh Consultant Contract is based upon a 7 DCC / 3 SPA split, thus providing more flexibility for developing related roles - such as teaching and research - than some other parts of the UK.

The anticipated clinical practice would conform to current EM curriculum of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) UK. The new Consultant’s professional working would similarly conform to the standards expressed by the RCEM regarding personal workload and progression towards a consultant-delivered service

Main duties of the job

  • Your Consultant supervisor would be the Lead Clinician of the Emergency Department.
  • You would be expected to contribute to clinical and educational activities within the Directorate as determined by the Consultant on your team and provide a high quality service to the local population including an emergency on-call commitment.
  • The current expected on call Rota is 1:8. You would be 1 in 8 on call. You will be required to cover for your colleagues’ periods of leave.
  • To assist nominated consultants in the supervision and teaching of junior trainees.
  • To contribute, to local clinical governance activities including clinical audit and clinical risk initiatives.
  • You will be required to co-operate with local management in the efficient running of services and expected to share with all colleagues in the medical contribution to management.
  • Subject to the Terms and Conditions of Service you will be expected to observe policies and procedures of the Health Board, drawn up in consultation with the profession where they involve clinical matters.
  • You will be expected to pursue local and national employment and personnel policies and procedures in the management of employees of the Health Board.

Working for our organisation

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) is the largest Health Board in Wales, which provides integrated primary and secondary care health services to the population of North Wales. Acute services are provided by the three District General Hospitals – Glan Clwyd centrally, Wrexham Maelor in the east, and Ysbyty Gwynedd in the west.

Ysbyty Gwynedd is a 444 bed District General Hospital sited in the university city of Bangor. It provides a comprehensive range of services to the population of Gwynedd, Anglesey and parts of Conwy in the region of North West Wales. It provides all the main disciplines in general medicine and surgery in addition to subspecialties including ICU, surgical HDU and CCU. Some tertiary services are available on-site or as part of a North Wales network.

Community Services are currently provided from 7 community hospitals and a network of community health clinics and health centres. Acute services are provided from Ysbyty Gwynedd. There is a separate large Minor Injuries Unit at Llandudno Hospital, about 20 miles from Bangor, which sees approximately 18,000 patients p.a. and is open until 10pm daily.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Candidates are encouraged to refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information.

Person specification

Knowledge / Qualifications

Essential criteria

  • MB ChB or equivalent
  • FRCEM or equivalent higher qualification
  • Inclusion on Specialist Register or eligible for award of CCT within 6 months
  • Full registration with GMC
  • Member MDU / MPS / MDDUS

Desirable criteria

  • ALS / ATLS / APLS / EPLS Instructor status

Other Relevant Requirements

Essential criteria

  • Adaptability to changing needs of service
  • Work in pressured environment
  • Willingness to teach and train junior medical staff in Emergency Medicine

Desirable criteria

  • Basic Welsh speaker

Personal Qualities

Essential Criteria

  • Good interpersonal skills
  • Good communicator
  • Good team leader and team member
  • Ability to organise and develop emergency services
  • Polite manner

Desirable criteria

  • Ability to network with other specialties and hospitals in North Wales

Essential Criteria

Basic Skills and Abilities

  • Appropriate levels of skills and abilities expected from a properly trained EM Consultant
  • Basic ED Ultrasound Skills

Desirable criteria

  • Computer skills
  • Advanced Ultrasound skills
  • Publications relevant to EM

Experience

Essential criteria

  • Appropriate experience in recognised training grade posts leading to CCT in Emergency Medicine (or comparable training and experience as demonstrated by possession of a CESR in EM)

Desirable criteria

  • Sub-specialist interest in a subject relevant to Emergency Medicine
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Deadline: 13-06-2024

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