Consultant in Emergency Medicine

Job summary

As an Emergency Medicine Consultant based at the Bedford Hospital site you will join our enthusiastic and dynamic team and take on a key leadership role in helping us continue to deliver excellence in clinical care, training and governance within the department.

Our Emergency Department provides a comprehensive emergency medicine service for North and part of Central Bedfordshire with a rapidly expanding population upwards of 300,000. There has been a steady increase in the annual attendance to the ED with a disproportionate increase in the number of emergency medical admissions and complexity of cases.The ED now sees over 80,000 patients per year, around 20% of whom are children. The Emergency Department is also a dedicated Trauma Unit within the East of England Trauma Network.

You should be MB ChB, FRCEM (or equivalent), and be on the GMC's specialist register in Emergency Medicine (or eligible for entry within 6 months). The ability to work independently, as well as part of a team, is as important as being able to cope under pressure whilst remaining calm. Sub-specialty and teaching interests are valued and encouraged within our team.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic Emergency Medicine Consultant to work at the Bedford Hospital site. You must be dedicated to providing high quality emergency care, maintaining excellent clinical standards, and continually looking to drive positive change through service development.

You will enjoy being part of an innovative team who are passionate about emergency medicine and are preparing to meet the present and future challenges within Emergency Medicine.

The successful candidate will be able to work collaboratively with the multi-professional team in the Emergency Department to meet departmental objectives and deliver a high standard of Emergency Care and a positive patient experience to users of our service.

Delivering excellence in undergraduate and postgraduate medical training will form a key part of the role and taking on a leadership role in delivering quality improvement and research projects is encouraged and supported.

About us

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job