Specialty Doctor in Emergency Medicine

Job description

Job responsibilities

• The successful candidates will play an active role in the day-to-day management and administration of the Emergency Department. He/she will be expected to support and assist the Consultants with audit and teaching of the A&E medical staff, nursing staff and students. Opportunities to get active involvement in RCEM and local audits, quality improvement projects (QIPs), clinical governance, and the development of departmental policies will also be provided.
• In conjunction with Consultants and Senior colleagues, the speciality doctors play a full part in the out-of-hours On-Call service for the emergency and urgent care department. This includes being on-call and nights, referral of patients to appropriate in-patient facilities, Involvement in Emergency Medicine multi-disciplinary teams and meetings, support ENPs, ACPs and GP in urgent care depending on the needs of patients.
• The postholder must ensure that all relevant documentation is completed for each patient seen, including the required data input for the departmental computer systems and the generation of a GP letter if needed.
• The postholder will also be encouraged to update their knowledge and skills by attending appropriate courses/meetings/workshops/simulations. Appraisal will be used to monitor progress throughout the post and to identify future training needs.
• We have strong links with Warwick Medical School and there will be opportunities for academic links with Warwick University including teaching appointments and potential for faculty association.

For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and person specification attached.

Job responsibilities

• The successful candidates will play an active role in the day-to-day management and administration of the Emergency Department. He/she will be expected to support and assist the Consultants with audit and teaching of the A&E medical staff, nursing staff and students. Opportunities to get active involvement in RCEM and local audits, quality improvement projects (QIPs), clinical governance, and the development of departmental policies will also be provided.
• In conjunction with Consultants and Senior colleagues, the speciality doctors play a full part in the out-of-hours On-Call service for the emergency and urgent care department. This includes being on-call and nights, referral of patients to appropriate in-patient facilities, Involvement in Emergency Medicine multi-disciplinary teams and meetings, support ENPs, ACPs and GP in urgent care depending on the needs of patients.
• The postholder must ensure that all relevant documentation is completed for each patient seen, including the required data input for the departmental computer systems and the generation of a GP letter if needed.
• The postholder will also be encouraged to update their knowledge and skills by attending appropriate courses/meetings/workshops/simulations. Appraisal will be used to monitor progress throughout the post and to identify future training needs.
• We have strong links with Warwick Medical School and there will be opportunities for academic links with Warwick University including teaching appointments and potential for faculty association.

For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and person specification attached.