Job overview
The Emergency Department are actively seeking qualified Consultant within the area or for those who are looking to relocate and commence employment as a substantive Consultant.
This is an exciting opportunity to join one of the largest NHS hospitals in the whole of the UK, including our brand-new Major Trauma Centre building which is due to open in 2024.
You will join a team of 25 Emergency Medicine Consultants, 2 Specialists working at Consultant level, 4 Ambulatory Paediatricians and 3 Paediatric Emergency Nurse Consultants.
The sucessful candidate will participate in delivering the full spectrum of Emergency Care across the Emergency Village ,which includes our brand-new state of the art Emergency Receiving Area (ERA) situated within our new Major Trauma Centre building.
- If you have a keen interest in research, there are many opportunities open to you within the Major Trauma Centre. Our services based within the building have a strong research-ethos.
- You can be part of a series of exciting firsts, including the installation of the RAPTOR theatre, the first hybrid major trauma theatre in the UK.
- If you’ve got a head for heights, you can be proud to work in a building, which introduces a helipad to the Salford Royal’s site and crucially, gets the sickest patients to hospital even faster.
- You can be a part of a Trust with a team dedicated to training and educating clinicians of the future.
Main duties of the job
Unscheduled care of adult and Paediatric patients presenting to A&E with a broad spectrum of clinical conditions.
Delivery of trauma care in the new trauma and resuscitation center
Morning ward rounds in the Emergency Village
Shop floor clinical supervision of junior medical staff, nurse clinicians and nurse practitioners over the whole of the unscheduled care service. Participation in multi-disciplinary meetings related to direct patient care.
Patient related administration including complaint handling, police statements and coroners’ reports.
Working for our organisation
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local
population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
For the latest information around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website.
www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
In line with the Trust’s Single Equality Scheme we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnic origin, disability, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, religion, marital status, social back ground or trade union membership. However, as members of ethnicity minority groups and individuals with disabilities are currently under-represented at this level of post, we would encourage applications from members of these groups. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Primary Medical Qualification (e.g. MBChB)
- Full registration with the General Medical Council
Experience & Clinical Skills
Essential criteria
- Wide experience in Emergency Medicine
Leadership
Essential criteria
- Evidence of good organisation and leadership skills
We reserve the right to close the online vacancy when we are in receipt of sufficient applications. Should you wish to apply for this post you are advised to complete and return your application form as soon as possible.
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) serves a diverse population, and each Care Organisation works hard to ensure all services are accessible and fair.
We respect the value of difference. So, our aim is to employ a workforce representative of the communities we serve. Regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, trans status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief, all are welcome.
We also warmly welcome interest from serving and ex-personnel, and their relatives. Please identify that you are a member of the armed forces community on your application form to be entitled to a guaranteed interview (subject to essential criteria being met). As a Disability Confident Employer, guaranteed interviews are also available to disabled applicants when essential role requirements have been met.
If you require any reasonable adjustments to the application process, please contact resourcingnca@nca.nhs.uk
In applying for this post, you give the Trust permission to use your data for recruitment purposes.
Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process.
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Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.