Job summary

This a fantastic opportunity to join the Consultant & Specialist Doctor team at Harrogate Emergency Department. The department has seen significant investment in 2022/23 leading to a clinically-led rebuild and expansion of the senior clinician teams. This, along with our strong continuous improvement ethos has seen significant improvements in performance, workforce and patient satisfaction. The region's trainees will often place us top of their rotation request! Our small, dynamic and friendly department is based in beautiful Harrogate with endless countryside at the doorstep. Our job plans are competitive with low on call frequency and enhanced rates for evenings and weekends. The successful candidate will be supported to take their career in the direction of their choosing, ensuring wellbeing is prioritised. There are very clear leadership opportunities throughout the trust supported by our approachable and engaging executive teams.

Main duties of the job

To work with Consultant colleagues and the wider multidisciplinary team to ensure that the team and department delivers a high quality, well led service for Emergency patients attending Harrogate & District Foundation Trust.

We are looking for an exceptional individual who has the ability, skills and vision to support and lead our excellent team of junior doctors, nurses, allied health professionals and administrative staff to improve our services to the benefit of patients and colleagues working within the Emergency department.

Our Type 1 care is based at Harrogate Hospital (~55,000 attendances) and we also have a satellite MIU for Type 3 care in nearby Ripon. There will be Consultants/Specialist Doctors working per day, 16 WTE Tier 3 Clinicians and a combination of Tier 1 clinicians, Tier 2 clinicians, ACPs and clinical fellows delivering the rest of the rota. We have a hugely popular and successful CESR programme and our SAS community is thriving. We hold a strong culture of continuous improvement and you will find QI work being completed throughout the team.

About us

Harrogate is a thriving and affluent spa town, renowned for its 200 acres of central parkland and prime location on the edge of the Yorkshire moors. Located between York and Leeds, it is within easy reach of modern cities and transport links, yet maintains its own traditional charm. There are excellent facilities for families including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.

It really is difficult to summarise all the positive things about working in Harrogate's Emergency Department, so if you'd like more information, please don't hesitate to contact me, the Clinical Lead, and I'll willingly meet with you - or

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide clinical responsibility for patients under his/her care when working in the ED or when on-call. This includes direct care of patients and supervision of medical staff. To provide leadership for the Trauma Team. To share in the training and development of nursing, medical and other staff groups where appropriate To be actively involved in the management, supervision and training of junior medical staff To take an active role in departmental clinical governance including risk management, risk reporting procedures, audit, and guideline/procedure development/implementation To contribute to ED service delivery, including Education and training delivery formal and informal Medical and ACP workforce educational and clinical supervision Support the Minors Care Stream including clinical supervision of Urgent Care Practitioners Development and application of clinical guidelines and policies Quality Improvement/ Clinical audit/evidence based practice/research

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

Primary Medical Qualification, MBBS or equivalent, FRCEM and CCT (or within 6 months of entry by either CCT or CESR) Significant experience working as a senior clinician in Emergency Medicine Participation in quality improvement project

Desirable

PEM qualification Leading a QIP