Job overview

Are you looking for a welcoming and supportive department in which to begin your consultant journey? Or are you an established consultant looking for a new challenge?  With our part-annualised work pattern, generous SPA allowance, collaborative and inclusive team ethic, and excellent clinical facilities, we offer a great place to work.

Main duties of the job

• Delivery of high-quality evidence-based care to patients across the full spectrum of emergencies in patients of all ages.
• Provision of departmental clinical leadership (EPIC) to drive efficient and effective delivery of the service, and to supervise and support junior colleagues.
• To collaborate with pre-hospital, primary and secondary care colleagues to provide holistic patient centred care.
• To provide clinical and educational supervision to doctors and ACP’s in training. Consultants are expected to deliver both formal and informal teaching and training, and there are dedicated Clinical Educator shifts delivered by consultants.
• On-call responsibilities are to provide direct senior clinical input into serious / complex cases out-with the expertise of other hospital teams, and to provide telephone advice on clinical, medico-legal and ethical issues.
• Active engagement in SPA activity to support delivery of safe, effective and efficient patient care. This includes clinical governance, practice development, quality improvement and the fulfilment of mandatory training requirements.
• Commitment to focus on personal and team well-being and to support sustainable working practices for the Emergency Department team.

Working for our organisation

The Emergency Department is a state of the art £6.2million new build completed in December 2014, and future proofs emergency care at Airedale. The ED benefits from a 4-bed resuscitation room (1 dedicated paediatric bay), 12 majors treatment rooms including an eye/ENT room, an isolation room,  facilities for patients with dementia, and internal CBRN decontamination facilities.

There are separate paediatric and adult waiting areas, and a chair centric observation area with long ranging views over the Yorkshire countryside. X-ray facilities and a plaster room are within the department and there is an excellent departmental ultrasound machine. CT services are co-located and supported by 24/7 on-site radiographer cover supporting timely access to CT. There is an excellent co-located psychiatric liaison nurse service.

Our new £4million build of an expanded adjacent Urgent Treatment Centre opened in September 2024. The UTC is open 7 days per week. It has a blended staffing model including ED senior doctors, ENPs and ACPs with consultant-led oversight and governance.

Our ED sees approximately 70,000 patients per year and is part of the West Yorkshire Trauma Network. The Department actively engages with pathway development and has pioneered a trauma team study day which meets national Level one trauma nursing standards.  Due to the unique geography of the region, Airedale continues to see trauma, across the age spectrum.