Consultant in Emergency Department- HH

at  North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust

At North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust, you will find excellent career opportunities to develop further your career. As a leading Consultant, you will play a major role in leading the development of a novel system of integrated emergency care at Hinchingbrooke Hospital.
The Emergency Departments at Peterborough City Hospital and Hinchingbrooke Hospital, which span two distinct acute hospital sites, are currently undergoing exciting development initiatives, including the implementation of a novel system of integrated emergency care and a system-wide approach to Frailty and Acute Medicine, which boasts one of the nation’s most successful frailty services (Frailty CQUIN 2023).
We are encouraging and supporting you in developing special interests relevant to the specialty of Emergency Medicine e.g. ultrasound, paediatrics, elderly care, ambulatory care and critical care.
Our external partners will provide you with exciting development opportunities. We have established strong links with the Mid-Anglian General Practitioners Accident Scheme (MAGPAS) Helimedix and East Anglia Air Ambulance (EAA) with several Consultants and registrars working clinical shifts with them.
If you like to find more about the role and organise an informal visit, we are welcoming you to contact Dr D. Vijayasankar - Consultant in Emergency Medicine and Divisional Clinical Director for Urgent and Emergency Care at d.vijayasankar@nhs.net .
The job plan is anticipated to contain 10 programmed activities per week. The Supporting Professional Activity shall be agreed at individual job planning. A minimum of 1.5 SPA is granted to start with, and additional SPA activity shall be made up by supervision of trainees, non-trainees, ACP’s and Physician Associates.
You will be joining the consultant on call rota of 1:8, expected to cover for colleagues’ absence from duty on the basis of mutually agreed arrangements with the Department and Employing Trust.
Your main goal will be to deliver clinical assessment, treatment and supervision to all patients’ care requirements attending the Emergency Department until onward referral and discharge.
As an experienced consultant, you will provide clinical leadership and supervision for junior medical and nursing staff within the department. You will ensure adequate arrangements for hospital staff involved in the care of patients, to be able to contact them when necessary, and to observe the current local arrangements for advising details of leave.
By demonstrating your passion for providing outstanding care and clinical leadership, you will foster a positive and supportive environment that encourages the team to innovate and go beyond the call of duty, thereby enabling us to become a leading regional and national provider of emergency and acute care.
North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust provides acute care to our local communities via two District General Hospitals in Peterborough and Huntingdon, and a community hospital in Stamford.
We are promoting flexible working and a health work/home life balance. Agile working options are automatically considered for all roles within the Trust.
We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and candidates from our local communities.
Your package with us includes a lot more than just your pay and here are a few of the additional benefits that are available to you as an employee:
Access to the NHS Pension Scheme
Relocation allowance in line with the Trust policy
Generous Holiday Entitlement, starting at 27 days a year (for full time workers) plus bank/public holidays
Free staff car parking on all our hospital sites during this financial year
In-house Physiotherapy Services
Career development and training opportunities
Emotional Wellbeing Service covering a range of online support, access to mobile apps and 24/7 counselling services
Subsidised meals at our hospital restaurants
Access to exclusive discounts, cashback and vouchers via NHS Discounts and Blue Light Card
If you share our values and vision and are passionate about working with people on what matters to them, you could be a real asset to Team North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust.
Work to provide patients with best care in terms of quality and costs through a culture of continuous improvement.
Demonstrate flexibility in approach and will be adaptable when the organisation is facing unforeseeable circumstances
Promote a positive image of the Trust with appropriate professional groups and organisations as well as the local health economy
Liaise with colleagues to ensure a consistent flow of information and updates across the speciality
To supervise Junior ED which describes medical staff and to provide guidance to nursing staff of all work for strategy, risk, grades, capability, culture, structures, measurement processes
Involved in the management of trauma in line with trauma network and contribute to Major and CBTN incident preparation and management in the event of an incident.
Encouraged to develop a special interest relevant to the speciality of Emergency Medicine e’g Ultrasound, Paediatrics, Elderly Care, Ambulatory Care and Critical Care

Please refer the Job description for details