Speciality Doctor - Emergency Medicine Wirral

Job summary

This is a great opportunity to join the Emergency Department team at Arrowe Park Hospital as a Specialty Doctor. We are proud of our teaching hospital status and we work closely with the University of Liverpool, University of Chester and Liverpool John Moores University to ensure staff and services reflect the very best clinical practice available. Our organisation is at the forefront of innovation and a centre of excellence for digital technology.

We are a digitally enable hospital, using technology to enhance patient care with the Emergency Department. It is exciting time to join WUTH as we are underway with the Urgent and Emergency Care Upgrade Programme as we redevelop our Emergency Department at Arrowe Park Hospital.

The post is designed to support an experienced Emergency Medicine Speciality Doctor in the Emergency Department based at Arrowe Park Hospital. The post is ideally suited for applicants wishing to pursue speciality doctor career in Emergency Medicine or to gain further experience prior to applying for a training post. Working as part of a 24hr middle tier rota, the post holder will be expected to independently assess and manage Emergency Department presentations (in adults and children).

This will be under the supervision of the duty Consultant from the hours of 0800 to 0000 and with telephone access to the on-call consultant out of hours, who would return to base as required.

All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as "competent and caring staff" by our patients. Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents.

We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral's only Emergency Department. We provide a high quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint. We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m.

The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.

Please see attached Job Description for further information about the Specialty Doctor position available at WUTH.

• Full registration with the General Medical Council.

• MCEM or Higher qualification in a related specialty (e.g. MRCP).

• Shall have completed at least four years' full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time or flexible basis) at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty or as a fixed term specialty trainee in a relevant specialty; or shall have equivalent experience and competencies
• Minimum of 12 months working in Emergency Medicine
• Minimum of 12 months working for an NHS organisation
• Minimum of 3 months in Anaesthesia and/or Intensive Care Medicine
• Experience of working in Paediatrics - general or emergency medicine
• Can demonstrate successful completion of foundation competencies or equivalent

• Experience in clinical skills complementary to emergency medicine

• Proven experience of clinical audit

• Proven use of audit as tool to manage a change in clinical practice

• Commitment to Evidence Based Medicine

• Previous research experience

• Provider status on 1 of the following courses: ATLS, ALS & APLS

• Instructor status on one or more of ATLS, APLS and ALS courses
• Instructor status on the generic instructor's course

• The ability to communicate and liaise effectively, both verbally and in writing, with patients and colleagues