Job overview

We keen to welcome applications for a Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Wexham park Hospital. The post holder will work across all areas of Wexham Park Hospital’s new Emergency Department. This is a full time post.

Those with a sub-speciality or special interests are encouraged to apply.

Have you always wanted to be part of a dynamic, supportive and forward-thinking team? Are you looking forward to achieving the work-life balance you have always dreamed of whilst delivering high quality patient care?

If the answer to both questions is yes, please come and join the team of Emergency Medicine Consultants at Wexham Park Hospital.

Frimley Health is a leading innovative NHS Foundation Trust serving a population of over 900,000 people with a catchment area across six counties. The Trust has three main sites with Frimley Park Hospital, Wexham Park Hospital in Slough and Heatherwood Hospital in Ascot.

We opened our brand-new state of the art Emergency Department at Wexham Park Hospital in April 2019 creating single room facilities for the patients and expansion in all areas of ED. There is an 8-bed Resuscitation Room, 40-Bed Majors area with integrated radiology facilities including CT scanner and ultrasound facilities dedicated to the diagnostic imaging of emergency patients. We see over 125,000 patients per annum, 25% of whom are managed in our integrated Paediatric ED. A Trust-wide fully integrated EPR, Epic launched in June 2022.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will work across all areas of the Emergency Department and will support the main ED Consultant rota including evening, weekend and on-call working. The job plan will be agreed after successful appointment with up to 50% of clinical time being dedicated for shifts in the paediatric ED.

You will join a team of 16 WTE consultants including two with subspecialty PEM training, one dual trained in ICM, one with PHEM subspecialty training, the regional EM HST Training Programme Director and Regional EM Head of School.

We also have dedicated clinical sessions from paediatric consultants and GPs in the ED and have good links with all specialities in the hospital. Opportunities for cross-site working can be discussed on an individual basis with the Chief of Service. Any consultant who is unable to work full time for personal reasons will be considered to work part time. If such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed on an individual basis in consultation with the Chief of Service.

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available. 

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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