Job summary
- Main area
- Emergency Medicine
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 20 hours per week (Including on-calls)
- Job ref
- 297-7518422
- Employer
- Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Queen Elizabeth Hospital
- Town
- Gateshead
- Salary
- £109,725 - £145,478 plus on-call supplements
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant in Emergency Medicine
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
In the event of excessive applications being received this vacancy may close earlier than the stated closing date, you are encouraged to submit your application as soon as possible
IMPORTANT NOTE ON COMPLETION OF REFERENCE SECTION OF APPLICATION FORM
All references from current and previous employers will be sought and MUST cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Where possible this should be from two separate employers. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.
PLEASE NOTE it is a requirement of this Trust that all successful applicants pay for their DBS certificate if a check is required for the post. This will be done through deduction from your monthly pay over a maximum of three months. It is also a requirement that all successful applicants register or are registered with the DBS update service where a DBS is required.
All new entrants to the NHS will be appointed on the minimum of the pay scale in line with Terms & Conditions.
Job overview
The advertised post is for a part time consultant in Emergency Medicine (5PA), based at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH), Gateshead. These posts will consolidate the Consultant presence in the Emergency Care Centre (ECC), which opened in February 2015. The successful candidates will work as part of a team with the existing twelve Emergency Medicine Consultants and one Specialist Doctor. Applications from candidates with sub-specialist interests or qualifications are very much encouraged.
Main duties of the job
The appointed Consultant will be expected to collaborate with multidisciplinary professional colleagues to strive to ensure the best, most streamlined levels of care for our patients. We operate an open and honest culture within the organization.
He/she is expected to observe the Trusts agreed policies and procedures, and to follow the approved standing orders, financial instructions and standards of conduct. In particular, where he/she manages employees of the Trust, he/she will be expected to follow both national employment law and local personnel policies and procedures. He/she will be expected to make sure that there are adequate arrangements for hospital staff involved in care of patients to be able to contact him/her when on call.
There are opportunities for the appointed consultant to develop a specialist interest to complement the department and Trust.
Working for our organisation
Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.
Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.
We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.
Our values should be the ‘golden thread’ which runs through everything we do – they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronym ICORE; Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.
We have a number of staff networks including the Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women’s Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our Armed Forces network is one of our emerging networks.
The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our ‘Balance’ programme balancegateshead.com to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
ED floor cover involves the direct supervision of the delivery of emergency care to patients presenting to the ED. In addition to standard clinical ED care, these sessions includes: support of the ECC streaming process, close partner working with the ED nurse coordinator to facilitate smooth ED patient flow and direct supervision of junior doctors and practitioners.
The EM ward round activity includes the review of patients admitted under the care of the ED team. This patient group includes patients with head and chest trauma, not requiring care in a major trauma centre.
The weekday ED clinic assesses / reviews patients with various conditions, including: soft tissue injuries, burns, head injuries and chest injuries.
Dedicated clinical radiology review sessions support the filing and actioning of imaging results / reports.
On call commitments are non-resident, based on the ability to return to the department within 30 minutes.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- Full GMC Registration, with licence to practise, or eligible for full GMC registration
- Entry on the GMC Specialist Register for Emergency Medicine, or within 6 months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training at time of interview.
- FRCEM or equivalent
- ALS, APLS, ATLS provider status or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- ALS, APLS, ATLS Instructor
- MIMMS, EMSB
- CEM Core ultrasound skills
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant Experience in Emergency Medicine
- Involvement in clinical audit and quality improvement
- Experience in teaching and supervision of junior colleagues and medical students
Desirable criteria
- Educational Supervision experience or training
- Published research / Publication in Journals
- Presentation at regional, national or international EM meetings
Skills, Knowledge and Aptitude
Essential criteria
- • Ability to assess and treat the full spectrum of acutely ill or injured adult and paediatric patients
- • Ability to manage and co-ordinate the Emergency Department
- • Effective oral and written communication skills
- • Meet the requirements of the GMC’s Good Medical Practice.
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of management/organisation of unscheduled care systems
- IT skills
- Organisation skills
Disposition
Essential criteria
- • Commitment to teaching and continuing education
- • Commitment to clinical development of emergency pathways
- • Ability to work closely with the current consultants and senior nurses
- • Ability to work co-operatively with others
Desirable criteria
- • Commitment to continuing professional development (CPD) and continuing medical education
- • Evidence of teaching/educational supervision skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Noel Renton
- Job title
- Lead Consultant in Emergency Medicine
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0191 445 3270
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