Overview
The Emergency Department has a well-equipped 3 bed Resuscitation area, 10 bedded majors area and 5 minors cubicles allowing separate streaming for this group of patients. There are also a purpose built Paediatric waiting and clinical area and an 8 bedded Short Stay Ward. The department is adjacent to the Radiology department and CT scanner and an OOH GP service.
Department scope
The Department covers a large geographic area and sees over 60,000 new patients per year. It receives the full range of Emergency patients, with Paediatric patients making up approximately 25% of the total. Salisbury is a designated Trauma Unit linked to UHS as our nearest MTC. There is a large military population utilising the Salisbury Plain Training Area and living in the area with their young families and this is set to grow over the next 2 years with a new military town being developed.
Team and clinical activity
There is an experienced and supportive cohort of nurses with a Band 6 in charge of each shift and 3 ENPs through the day until midnight responsible for the Minors area.
Hospital services
The hospital has all DGH specialties including acute medicine based on AMU, paediatrics and daytime interventional cardiology. Overnight surgical work is covered by a pooled junior doctor rota supported by critical care outreach. Anaesthetics, medicine, O&G and paediatrics all have registrar presence overnight. The new appointee will be expected to work with and be supported by the existing ED Consultants and Middle Grades to undertake clinical work within the department, assessing patients across all areas, including Majors, Minors, Paediatrics and Resus.
About Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.
Reputation and services
We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff. Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting the experiencesalisbury.co.uk
Benefits and flexible working
We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.
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