Paediatric Emergency Medicine Consultant

at  Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation Trust

We have an exciting opportunity to recruit to a full time PEM trained Consultant within Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust . This Job plan will consist of 10PAs ( 8 . 5 DCC and 1 .5 SPA) . Alder Hey is one of the busiest Paediatric Emergency Departments (ED) in the country, providing 24 hour facilities for the care of the acutely ill and injured children of Liverpool, and surrounding districts. n April 2012, Alder Hey became one of two Major Trauma Centres for children in the North-West. The Major Trauma Centre receives trauma patients from parts of Lancashire, North Wales and the Isle of Man as well as Cheshire and Merseyside and is supported by both land and air ambulance.
Clinical
The resuscitation, examination, investigation, diagnosis and treatment of ED patients.
To work as part of a multidisciplinary Team
To make appropriate referral to inpatient teams for admission when necessary.
Responsibility for patients in the ED / EDU until the patient is referred to specialty teams or admitted to an inpatient ward or returned to the care of their general practitioner.
Strive to meet departmental clinical quality indicators and targets.
As one of Europe’s biggest and busiest children’s hospitals, at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, we treat everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions. In addition to our main hospital site, we offer paediatric services at a number of community sites and hold local clinics across Merseyside, Cumbria, Shropshire, Wales and the Isle of Man. We also provide specialist inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs in our recently relocated and newly opened state of the art facility.
Alder Hey has a thriving research portfolio and leads research into children’s medicines, infection, inflammation and oncology. We are becoming recognised as one of the world’s leaders in children’s healthcare and research. We contribute to public health, lead cutting-edge research and teach the next generation of children’s specialists. Alongside this is our Innovation Hub, a dedicated space where clinicians and industries can come together to create new products and technologies.
We know that a children’s hospital is different and that our job is more than just treating an illness. To us, every child is an individual. As well as giving them the very best care, we set out to make them feel happy, safe and confident as they play, learn and grow. At Alder Hey we are here to look after a child and their family and that includes mums, dads, brothers and sisters.
Clinical
The resuscitation, examination, investigation, diagnosis and treatment of ED patients.
To work as part of a multidisciplinary Team
To make appropriate referral to inpatient teams for admission when necessary.
Responsibility for patients in the ED / EDU until the patient is referred to specialty teams or admitted to an inpatient ward or returned to the care of their general practitioner.
Strive to meet departmental clinical quality indicators and targets.
Other
Liaison with senior colleagues to ensure the provision of effective ED clinical services.
Responsibility in respect of the reasonable and effective use of hospital and district resources in liaison with ED budget holder.
Liaison through the directorate with other staff of the hospital and the health authority.
Participation in the Major Incident Procedure
Assistance and liaison with emergency responders, including local and regional ambulance services
Assistance and liaison with professionals dealing with children in external healthcare setting such as walk-in centres .
Teaching and training of undergraduate medical and nursing students; postgraduate doctors and nurses; nurse practitioners; other health professionals (elective students, overseas observers) on placement in the department .
Contribution to Clinical Governance activities in the Department
Participation in improvement initiatives in the Department e.g. , implementation of National Guidance.
Teaching & Academic role
Participate in the teaching and training of undergraduates and postgraduates.
Develop research interests in their area of interest and expertise
Managerial responsibilities
Supervise junior staff.
Participate in departmental meetings related to strategic planning.
Take an active role in service revi ew and development
CPD, Audit & Clinical Governance
Participate in CPD activity for which financial support is available
Initiate and undertake appropriate audit s as required within the department .
Take part in the clinical governance programm

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