Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
Consultant in Emergency Medicine
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Job Opportunity: Consultant in Emergency Medicine
Are you looking for a welcoming and supportive department in which to begin your consultant journey? Or are you an established consultant looking for a new challenge? With our part-annualised work pattern, generous SPA allowance, collaborative and inclusive team ethic, and excellent clinical facilities, we offer a great place to work.
Responsibilities
- Delivery of High-Quality Care: Provide evidence-based care to patients across the full spectrum of emergencies in patients of all ages.
- Clinical Leadership: Provide departmental clinical leadership (EPIC) to drive efficient and effective service delivery, and to supervise and support junior colleagues.
- Collaboration: Work with pre-hospital, primary, and secondary care colleagues to provide holistic patient-centred care.
- Education and Training: Provide clinical and educational supervision to doctors and ACP’s in training. Consultants are expected to deliver both formal and informal teaching and training, with dedicated Clinical Educator shifts.
- On-Call Responsibilities: Provide direct senior clinical input into serious/complex cases out-with the expertise of other hospital teams, and provide telephone advice on clinical, medico-legal, and ethical issues.
- Clinical Governance: Actively engage in SPA activity to support the delivery of safe, effective, and efficient patient care, including clinical governance, practice development, quality improvement, and the fulfilment of mandatory training requirements.
- Well-Being: Commit to focusing on personal and team well-being and to supporting sustainable working practices for the Emergency Department team.
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About the Department
The Emergency Department is a state-of-the-art £6.2 million new build completed in December 2014, and future-proofs emergency care at Airedale. The ED benefits from:
- A 4-bed resuscitation room (1 dedicated paediatric bay)
- 12 majors treatment rooms including an eye/ENT room
- An isolation room
- Facilities for patients with dementia
- Internal CBRN decontamination facilities
- Separate paediatric and adult waiting areas
- A chair-centric observation area with long-ranging views over the Yorkshire countryside
- X-ray facilities and a plaster room within the department
- An excellent departmental ultrasound machine
- CT services co-located and supported by 24/7 on-site radiographer cover
- An excellent co-located psychiatric liaison nurse service
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Our new £4 million build of an expanded adjacent Urgent Treatment Centre opened in September 2024. The UTC is open 7 days per week and has a blended staffing model including ED senior doctors, ENPs, and ACPs with consultant-led oversight and governance.
About the Department
Our ED sees approximately 70,000 patients per year and is part of the West Yorkshire Trauma Network. The Department actively engages with pathway development and has pioneered a trauma team study day which meets national Level one trauma nursing standards. Due to the unique geography of the region, Airedale continues to see trauma, across the age spectrum.
Contact Information
For further details or informal visits, contact:
Name: Paul Jennings
Job Title: Clinical Director Emergency Medicine
Email Address: paul.jennings@nhs.net
Telephone Number: 01535292298
Alex Kirke
Patient Service Manager - Urgent Care & Flow
Phone Number: 07533669406
Email Address: alex.kirke@nhs.net
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