Overview
Specialty Doctor in Emergency Medicine – Locum Fixed Term Contract for 12 months. The post is with an NHS organisation based in SW Scotland. The candidate should have relevant UK experience and MRCEM. The role is primarily based at one site with a requirement to cover a second nearby site. The main site is a modern 330-bed District General Hospital serving a population of about 156,000. The Emergency Department recorded 31,600 attendances in 2023. In-patient care for adults is provided in the adjacent seven-bedded Ambulatory Care Unit (ACU) with five patient care pathways. Consultant-led Emergency Department Review Clinics operate three times per week, with daily Orthopaedic Fracture Clinics and access to other clinics (Ophthalmology, ENT, Maxillo-Facial Surgery, Cardiology Day Unit, TIA Clinic).
Responsibilities
* Assessment, treatment and appropriate disposal of patients attending the unit
* Providing direct supervision of the training grade doctors, including instruction in practical procedures and delegation of routine work in the Department
* Review of radiology and laboratory reports
* Assisting in the supervision of the Ambulatory Care Unit in the out-of-hours period
* Assisting with the review clinics held in the Out Patients Department
* Teaching of the training grade doctors; candidate will be expected to pass or to have already completed Advanced Life Support (ALS), Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) and Advanced Paediatric Life Support (APLS) courses
* GMC registration and relevant UK experience are essential for this position
* Certificate of Sponsorships available to suitably qualified overseas doctors
Qualifications
* GMC registration and relevant UK experience
* MRCEM
* Willingness to complete Advanced Life Support (ALS), Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) and Advanced Paediatric Life Support (APLS) courses
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Health Care Provider
Industries
* Hospitals and Health Care and Public Health
If this Specialty Doctor in Emergency Medicine vacancy is of interest to you, please apply below and we will arrange a discussion.
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