Consultant in Emergency Medicine

We are looking for a motivated and committed individual to join a forward thinking organisation. Providing outstanding care, promoting health and wellbeing whilst continuously learning and improving are just some of our strategic objectives in our five year plan. If you are looking for an exciting opportunity to join our friendly and supportive Emergency Department, look no further.

Our Emergency Department performs well against the 4 hour wait target and is consistently in the top 20 Trusts nationally for this performance. We are a level 2 trauma unit and actively contribute to the regional trauma network. We also run a single front door model with a 24/7 co-located primary care service, streaming circa 20% of attendances from ED to primary care. We have a fully integrated frailty and discharge service at our front door, including therapy and social care, and a 7 day a week Ambulatory Emergency Care Unit. We have recently introduced a High Intensity Service User programme staffed by senior nurses with consultant input to work with patients who frequently attend ED.

With plenty of teaching opportunities, we have regular cohorts of medical students who require training for critical illness and musculoskeletal modules. There is also the opportunity to teach ACP, ENP, MG, SpR, ACCS and junior trainees. We also run in-house ALS/ATLS/EPLS and Ultrasound courses that attract attendees from across the region.

If successful, you will be one of thirteen Emergency Department Consultants providing clinical services to the Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and surrounding areas in Nottinghamshire from two trust sites, Kings Mill Hospital in Sutton-in-Ashfield and Newark Hospital in Newark. You would be joining a multi award winning team, who were graded as Outstanding for Leadership in the latest Care Quality Commission assessment in 2018. Consistently providing examples of best practice and excellence, the team is proud to have been featured in several NHSI and ECIST information videos.

You will be fully supported in post working within a team where we have a full complement of substantive nursing staff and support services, with advanced clinical practitioners and emergency nurse practitioners. We fully support our doctors in training with a fully established junior medical workforce and have implemented a CESR programme for middle grades to grow our own workforce, which is almost at full establishment.

Sherwood Forest Hospitals is situated close to the Derbyshire Peak District and Sherwood Forest. We are within easy reach of Sheffield, Derby and Nottingham being only 7 miles from the M1. A mainline rail service operates from Newark to London taking 1 hour 10 minutes.

The Medical Director and Trust Board are dedicated to achieving an engaged medical workforce that is empowered to drive the Trust forward and deliver outstanding care to our patients. The Trust is engaged in proactively monitoring the flow of patients across our hospital sites to ensure the Emergency Department is able to meet the four hour wait target and to ensure the quality of patient care. The Trust has developed and implemented, in partnership with Primary Care providers, a single front door system which includes a co-located primary care 24/7 which has reduced ED attendance by 20%. We have many services at the front door including a discharge support team, therapy services and frailty team. We have recently developed an ambulatory care service which has reduced the Trust admission rate by 18%.

Please see attached job description and person specification for further details of the role and main responsibilities.