Specialist in Emergency Medicine in Sutton in Ashfield

Thank you for your interest in this role, we would be delighted to welcome you to Sherwood Forest Hospitals. Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and know that happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.

At Sherwood Forest Hospitals, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. As such, we particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, or Disabled. We believe that a diverse team better represents the communities we serve and brings a wealth of perspectives and experiences to our work.

We are looking for a motivated and committed individual to join a forward-thinking organisation, which is committed to providing healthier communities and outstanding care for all. 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 then look no further.

If successful you will be working alongside our 17 Consultants in Emergency Medicine and a strong team of Speciality Doctors and Speciality Trainees providing clinical services to the Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark, and surrounding areas in Nottinghamshire from two trust sites, King’s Mill Hospital in Sutton-in-Ashfield, and Newark Hospital in Newark. You will be fully supported in your day to day working within a team where we have a full complement of substantive Registered Nurses, Health Care Assistants and Admin and Clerical staff. We also have a highly motivated team of Advanced Clinical Practitioners and Emergency Nurse Practitioners.

We offer plenty of opportunities to become involved in teaching and audit and we have regular cohorts of medical students who require training for critical illness and musculoskeletal modules. We also run in-house ALS/ATLS/EPLS and Ultrasound courses that attract attendees from across the region.

Main duties of the job

The over-riding purpose is to support the provision of the highest quality patient care through personal actions and continuous improvement. Whilst on duty a doctor has clinical and professional responsibility for their patients. It is also the duty of a doctor to:

• Keep patients (and/or their carers if appropriate) informed about their condition.
• Involve patients (and/or their carers if appropriate) in decision making about their treatment.
• Maintain professional standards and obligations as set out from time to time by the General Medical Council (GMC) and comply with GMC’s guidance on ‘Good Medical Practice’ as amended or substituted from time to time.

A doctor is responsible for carrying out any work related to and reasonably incidental to the duties set out in the Job Plan such as:

• The keeping of records and the provision of reports.
• The proper delegation of tasks.
• Maintaining skills and knowledge.

Doctors will be expected to be flexible and to cooperate with reasonable requests to cover for their colleagues’ absence where they are safe and competent and where it is practicable to do so.

Working for our organisation

You would be joining a multi award winning team (HSJ Winner for Emergency Care in 2017, 1st place Royal College of Emergency Medicine, Improvement Project of the Year 2018, HSJ Patient Safety shortlist for Best Partnership Solution for improving patient safety in 2019), 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. The Emergency Department performs well against the 4-hour and our Ambulance Turn Around target and is consistently within the top 20 Trust’s nationally for our performance.

We are a level 2 trauma unit and actively contribute to the regional trauma network. We run a single front door model where we have 24/7 co-located primary care service, where we stream circa 20-22% 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. Our new, recently built Same Day Emergency Care Unit (SDEC) running 7am – midnight 7 days a week supports the Emergency Department with several pathways supporting admission avoidance and improving flow throughout. Our highly regarded High Intensity Service User programme is led by Nurse Specialists and supported with Consultant input to work with patients who frequently attend ED with the aim in reducing the frequency they use the service.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for a full outline of the main duties and responsibilities.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Full registration (with a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC)
• MRCEM
• Postgraduate thesis
• Progress towards or attainment of college exams
• FRCEM
• Full CESR completion

Experience

• Must have completed a minimum of 12 years’ medical work (either continuous period or in aggregate) since obtaining a primary medical qualification of which a minimum of six years should have been in Emergency Medicine in the Specialty Doctor and/or closed SAS grades. Equivalent years’ experience in a relevant specialty from other medical grades including from overseas will also be accepted.
• Must meet the criteria set out in the Specialist grade generic capabilities framework.
• Understanding and full competency in all aspects of Emergency Medicine.
• Ability to maintain clinical credibility and authority with a multi-professional team including senior trainees.
• Previous experience in a multidisciplinary setting.
• Experience within the specialty in the UK.
• Four years supervised training in an appropriate SpR/CESR equivalent training programme.
• Have completed all clinical rotational components of a CESR programme at time of commencing role.

Research

• Publications in peer-reviewed journals.

Management & Administrative Experience

• Ability to effectively organise and manage clinical workload.
• The potential to develop management and leadership skills.

Teaching

• Demonstrable ability as a teacher with evidence of training for the role.

Other

• Communication skills – to have language competency and communication skills necessary to do the job safely & competently.
• Ability to communicate effectively with team members, patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies.
• Commitment to Continuing Medical Education and the requirements of Clinical Governance and Audit.
• Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national levels.