Job overview
We are delighted to invite applications for fixed Term Posts (1 year) in Emergency Medicine at the Royal London Hospital.
The successful candidates will join a highly motivated, consultant led team delivering high quality emergency care to East London. The department receives a full range of emergencies from the local area, in addition to major trauma from North East London and Essex, with a total of 210,000 urgent and emergency patients seen each year.
Our multidisciplinary clinical team includes nurses, technicians, clinical practitioners, and physician associates working alongside doctors in training, clinical fellows and consultants.
All of our team are dedicated to team well-being and the highest standards in clinical care and patient safety. The department has good working relationships with acute specialities, a friendly working atmosphere, a strong teaching programme and welcomes innovation.
The post includes clinical duties across all areas of the department including the resuscitation room, major trauma, major emergencies, injuries, virtual emergency care areas, SDEC and observation medicine for both adult and paediatric patients. Post holders will join a consultant team providing a 24/7 consultant presence ensuring the highest levels of emergency care.
Main duties of the job
The post’s core role is general emergency medicine. The department welcomes and can potentially accommodate applicants with a specialist interest including but not confined to:
Medical Education
The department is developing a strong culture of shop floor training and education and applicants who foster a commitment to education and training would be supported.
Paediatric Emergency Medicine
The department sees 65,000 paediatric urgent and emergency medicine presentations per year. Applicants with a paediatric emergency medicine subspecialty qualification in addition to a CCT in Emergency Medicine will be considered.
AI
The department is currently piloting the use of ambient AI scribes and use of AI in rostering/allocations and would welcome an individual with this interest.
Candidates must hold full registration with the GMC with a licence to practice. Details of the job plan and full Job Description and Person Specification are included in the application pack.
Enquiries are welcomed by Dr Samira Akberali, Clinical Lead for Adult Emergency Medicine .
Alternatively, Dr Karim Ahmad, Clinical Director for Emergency Medicine, PRU and REACH
.
Working for our organisation
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Barts Health supports The Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the job description and person specification for the main responsibilities of this role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. MB ChB or equivalent
2. FCEM or Equivalent (‘equivalence’ must be confirmed by PMETB/GMC by the date of the Advisory Appointments Committee)
3. Completion of Specialist training in Emergency Medicine or within 6 months of CCT or equivalent
4. ALS, ATLS, APLS and MIMMS provider or equivalent
Desirable criteria
5. BSc/MSc
6. MRCP or equivalent additional higher qualification
7. Instructor status in more than one course
8. Evidence of appropriate Faculty Development towards Educational Supervision
Experience
Essential criteria
9. Appropriate for level of experience
10. Ability to manage on-going medical and surgical critical care in the resuscitation room.
11. **12 months consultant experience in a Major Trauma Centre (Only required for substantive appointments)
Desirable criteria
12. Specific desirable criteria in this category
13. Experience in leading POCUS and ECHO training programs in emergency care
14. Experience of leading undergraduate clinical training programs
15. Experience of leading Postgraduate teaching and training programs
16. PEM accreditation
17. Formal Medical Education Qualification
18. Experience in Ambulatory Medicine
19. Experience in Community Emergency Medicine
20. Experience in Emergency Medicine Research
21. Experience in Health Care AI Tools
Knowledge
Essential criteria
22. Appropriate experience of clinical audit
23. Quality Improvement
24. Project leadership and attainment
Desirable criteria
25. Evidence of previous participation in Clinical Governance activities
Skills
Essential criteria
26. Ability to participate fully in departmental research
27. Evidence of involvement in research projects
28. Team player
29. Working independently. Working under pressure. Patience.