Job summary
- Main area
- Consultant in Emergency Medicine
- Grade
- YC72
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Adam Kozerski)
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 349-MRI-6410646*
- Employer
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Manchester Royal Infirmary - Emergency Department
- Town
- Manchester
- Salary
- £99,532 - £131,964 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant in Emergency Medicine
YC72
Job overview
Applications are invited for the post of Locum Consultant in Emergency Medicine to join our dynamic and expanding consultant group. We are in the process of creating new substantive posts to help deliver excellent patient care as our department continues to grow and our facilities are redeveloped. Locums in post are actively encouraged to apply and hopefully transition.
As a member of the Emergency Medicine consultant body, you would cover adult patients at Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI), Paediatric Emergency Medicine at the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital (RMCH) and Major Trauma across both sites at our Oxford Road campus. The opportunity to tailor a job plan to play to the strengths and particular interests of the ideal candidate may exist.
RMCH’s Emergency Department has recently undergone an expansion and redevelopment while MRI has commenced Project RED as part of its expansion and regeneration with the first phase due to open in September 2024. This is an exciting period of growth; come and help us shape it!
The consultant body covers the shop-floor from 08:00 – 00:00, seven days a week with resident consultant trauma cover from midnight to 08:00. Self-rostering and annualised hours help balance your work commitments against a sustainable career in Emergency Medicine.
Main duties of the job
Emergency Medicine at MFT
The departments offer a wide range of specialty and subspecialty interests with particular focus on: academia, research, major trauma, ultrasound, Paediatric Emergency Medicine, undergraduate teaching, simulation and more. Our departments are busy inner-city institutions and provide cover for a diverse population with specific medical and social needs, providing an interesting and varied case mix. This is bolstered by being both an adult and a paediatric major trauma centre served by our recently opened helipad.
Your professional and personal development with MFT
We are committed to offering attractive sustainable packages and opportunities to progress your career for the right candidates were also open to flexible job planning. whatever your current level of experience, you’ll share and grow your expertise with colleagues across the Trust.
Advancing your specialty; pursuing research and teaching opportunities; growing your expertise and management skills. Whatever you’re looking for in your next career move, you’ll find it all with Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT).
Joining us
To join us, you’ll need to be on the GMC Specialist Register for Emergency Medicine, or be eligible for CCT or equivalent within six months of interview. Skills in supervising trainees, teaching junior medical staff, leading a team and communicating with multidisciplinary colleagues are key as well.
Working for our organisation
MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we’ve launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the ‘NHS England’ website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [email protected].
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- MBChB or equivalent
- Fellowship of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (FRCEM)
- Completion of a minimum of 8 years post-graduate training
- Completion of Higher Specialist Training in Emergency Medicine
Teaching and Audit
Essential criteria
- Experience of Audit
- Teaching junior medical staff
Desirable criteria
- Teaching qualification
Academic Achievements and Research
Desirable criteria
- Publications in recognised journals
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- Full registration with the GMC (or eligible for full registration) and Licensed to Practice
- Registered on the GMC Specialist Register or be eligible for relevant CCT or equivalent within 6 months of interview. Equivalent must be confirmed by GMC/PMETB in writing by the day of interview.
Interpersonal Skills
Essential criteria
- Organisational skills including an enquiring critical approach to work and excellent personal time management
- Communication skills including the ability to listen, motivate and support staff of all disciplines to have a caring approach towards patients and colleagues
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Rhys Williams
- Job title
- Clinical Lead - Workforce, Education and Wellbeing
- Email address
- [email protected]
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