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Associate Specialist in Emergency Medicine

  • Cheshire
  • £64,602 - £105,277

About the Role:

  • Experience in critical care medicine, acute medicine, pre-hospital emergency medicine and / or paediatrics.
  • Expected to deliver appropriate care within the Urgent and Emergency Care department
  • Job Plan consists of 10 programmed activities (PAs) per week
  • Pay progression will be on the anniversary of appointment

Criteria:

  • Full Registration with the GMC and a Licence to Practise Medicine.
  • Primary Medical Degree
  • Completion of Foundation Year 1 & 2 with appropriate experience.
  • Current ALS, ATLS and/or ETC & APLS and/or EPLS provider certificates
  • Ability to take full and independent responsibility for the management of emergency care patients
  • Ability to work autonomously within practice
    framework

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

ISS are recruiting a Trust Associate Specialist in Emergency Medicine.

Applications are invited for a new Specialty Doctor post, based at Crewe. The successful candidate will be experienced in Emergency Medicine and be expected to deliver appropriate care within the Urgent and Emergency Care department.

The post holder will be a senior member of the Urgent and Emergency Care Service. Working autonomously, this Specialty grade doctor will take responsibility for the patients under their care and be able to manage a full range of presentations within the Service.

Full GMC registration with a Licence to Practise is required.

Specific clinical areas include:-

The successful candidate will undertake independent assessment of patients, employing the necessary clinical decision skills to formulate appropriate management plans for the patients under their care. In addition, the appointee will provide senior level decision making to support junior doctors and clinical colleagues within the department.

Although working autonomously, the post holder will have the necessary understanding of their own limits and seek help when required. They will be responsible for adhering to the generic capabilities’ framework outlined nationally for the Specialty grade.

The post holder/s will be expected to:

  • Work and build professional relationships with a range of clinicians, nursing teams and admin support
  • Contribute to the management of clinical risk by reporting clinical incidents and near misses
  • Ensure that record-keeping of medical staff meets both the Trust’s and the Division’s standards
  • Attend training for health and safety purposes when required.
  • Deliver a team approach to care through the establishment of explicit lines of communication, ensuring that the roles and responsibilities of doctors and nursing staff are clearly defined and recorded to ensure clarity.
  • Participate in multidisciplinary forums to ensure that patients receive care appropriate to their needs.

The proposed Job Plan consists of 10 programmed activities (PAs) per week.

The allocation of PAs to direct clinical care (DCC) and supporting professional activities (SPA) will be based broadly on the proportion of 9 DCC to 1 SPA.
Direct Clinical Care – 9 PAs per week includes clinical activity, clinically related activity and unpredictable emergency work.
Supporting Professional Activities – 1 PA per week to comprise service development, CPD, audit, teaching, research and appraisal.

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