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SalaryWe are looking for team players to join our rapidly changing Emergency Department on our journey to excellence. We are seeking candidates with very good clinical, communication and leadership skills whose primary focus is quality patient care. You must be committed to supporting education, research and prevention / health improvement which are fundamental to our plans. You will have a senior mentor for the first year and will be supported with time to develop special interests, aligned to departmental strategy Appointees will join a welcoming, friendly and forward thinking workforce of 30 consultants, 40 Tier 4 middle grades (HST trainees, CESR doctors and senior ACPs), 63 Junior doctors of varying grades, 48 Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACPs), 21 Emergency Nurse Practitioners (ENPs) /Urgent Care Practitioners, 200 nurses, 3 pharmacists and 115 Clinical Support Workers and Emergency Department Assistants. The 9 bayed Resuscitation Area includes two adult and one paediatric major trauma bays, and the Majors Area has 36 monitored bays. The Urgent Treatment Unit (UTU) is a co-located area where ambulatory illness and injury patients are assessed and treated by primary care and ED clinicians. Recent expansion of our Paediatric Emergency Department includes a new purpose built resuscitation area. NUH is the Major Trauma Centre for the biggest Trauma Network in the UK. If appointed, you will lead major trauma resuscitation, working alongside Major Trauma colleagues. DREEAM / ED is a site for the European Trauma Course and appointees will be encouraged to become instructors. The department has recently undergone major transformation of its leadership and governance framework to develop a distributed leadership model with new structures and processes, fit for purpose for modern emergency care. Collaborative working across emergency, with a focus on the quality of the patient journey, reviewing communication, civility, quality of care and education and research, has revolutionised our relationships with specialties. Successful appointees would be expected to contribute to Specialty Interface Collaboratives (SICs), in their areas of interest. You will join an annualised self-rostering system, designed to provide flexibility and support work-life balance. We are currently reviewing rotas across the multi-professional workforce to ensure non clinical commitments; including quality improvement and education are proactively planned. Upon commencement, you will start on an 8 DCC, 2 SpA split, We offer 2 core SPA for the first 12 months of post to allow new consultants to settle into the role. After 12 months, core SPA will reduce to 1.5 sessions and there is the possibility to undertake additional SPA according to the needs of the department and your specialist interests. The shop-floor roster currently encompasses three distinct roles covering: Consultant in Charge role Resus Room Urgent Treatment Unit There are protected daily consultant supervision sessions to support education of Emergency Medicine trainees and other learners in the clinical arena. All consultants are expected to take an active role in clinical governance activities including (but not restricted to) clinical audit, incident reporting, review of complaints, risk management, CPD, Quality Improvement and Evidence-Based Practice. The ED has Consultant Clinical Governance and Quality Improvement leads who work closely with the Clinical and Audit leads, and interface with DREEAM to ensure recommendations are communicated to the education team. The Area Teams and Specialty Interface Collaboratives oversee governance relevant to their areas of responsibility and liaise with the Governance lead. As well as audits responsive to local need and clinical incidents, RCEM audits are also undertaken, allowing national benchmarking. Applicants wishing to work part time will be considered and modification of the job plan discussed with the ED Management Team. Please refer to the job description and person specification attached to the advert for the full details of the vacancy.
