Job Details
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust are looking to appoint a substantive Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine. This is a part time, 6 PA post offering an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated Medic to join a dynamic, rapidly expanding team delivering multidisciplinary acute care in Mersey and West Lancashire based at Whiston Hospital Emergency Department.
The Emergency Department prides itself on delivering high-quality, up-to-date clinical care and has a comprehensive governance, audit and educational programme. As a teaching hospital, the department delivers clinical education to Liverpool University medical students and is also affiliated with the School of Emergency Medicine, providing training to doctors of all grades. The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to teaching and educational supervision and be supported in developing interests relevant to the speciality.
Whiston is the busiest Emergency Department in Cheshire and Merseyside, with over 115,000 new attendances per annum. It has a separate newly re-designed and purpose-built paediatric emergency unit, seeing approximately 25,000 children per year. This is staffed by paediatric-trained emergency nurses and doctors allocated from the general ED rota.
Interviews will take place on Thursday 7th March, 2024
Main duties of the job
The Paediatric Emergency Department is purpose built and opened in October 2023. The facility is state of the art and draws upon the latest thinking on modern emergency care. There are 2 paediatric resuscitation bays, a 5 bedded area that includes 2 high dependency cubicles and a separate CAMHS cubicle, a 6 bedded ambulatory assessment area and an 8 bed observation area.
There is immediate access to all imaging modalities, including CT and MR scanning, and laboratory services, both near patient and laboratory based. These services are available 24 hours daily.
The Trust provides a wide range of major medical and surgical specialties including Critical Care services.
This post is for 6 PAs per week. 75% DCC, 25% SPA
There will be one evening shift per week, starting at 4pm and finishing at midnight (2.5PAs)
The other 2PAs will be clinical sessions within the paediatric department, flexibly agreed between you and the rota coordinator.
There is no on-call commitment.
Applicants are required to hold Membership of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine UK (or equivalent qualifications), to be fully registered with the General Medical Council, and to be on the Specialist Register or due to obtain their CCT within six months of the date of interview. CESR candidates must have written GMC confirmation of successful application.
About us
The Secretary of State has approved the partnership between St Helens & Knowsley and Southport & Ormskirk Hospitals.
From 1st July we have come together as a single organisation under the name Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
The Trust delivers acute hospital care, intermediate care, community, and primary care services to a population of over 600,000 people with a combined workforce of around 9000 dedicated and skilled staff from 17 locations including Whiston, Southport & Formby, St Helens, Ormskirk and Newton hospitals.
The Trust provides regional services for burns, plastic surgery and spinal injuries to more than 4 million people across Mersey and West Lancashire, Cheshire, the Isle of Man and North Wales.
Our Vision is to deliver 5 Star Patient Care:
1. CAREthat is evidence based, high quality and compassionate
2. SAFETY that is of the highest standards
3. COMMUNICATION that is open, inclusive and respectful
4. SYSTEMS that are efficient, patient centred and reliable
5. PATHWAYS that are best practice and embedded, but also respect the individual needs of patients
Our achievements include:
6. Trust rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
7. Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
8. Awarded National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for our Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Please see our Wellbeing & Benefits booklet for more information on our staff benefits. Accessible version available upon request.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For more information regarding the main responsibilities and requirements essential for this role please refer to the supporting documents heading and review the job description and person specification which will outline the duties of the role including a proposed job plan.
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
£338 million (PFI) investment has re-built and modernised both Whiston and St Helens Hospitals, resulting in modern state of the art health care facilities for the treatment and care of patients. St Helens Hospital was completed in 2008 and Whiston Hospital in 2010. The hospitals include 887 inpatient beds with state-of-the-art CT and MRI facilities existing on both hospital sites. CT and MRI scanners at St Helens have also recently been upgraded including installation of a high field 3 Tesla MRI scanner. The DEXA scanner is also located at St Helens Hospital.
The Trust delivers acute hospital care, intermediate care