Locum Consultant in Emergency Medicine

This is an excellent opportunity to join the Emergency Medicine department at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are looking to recruit to a 12-month fixed-term post to cover a career break. The successful candidate will join a service that prides itself in effective leadership, innovative thinking, and excellent teamwork. We strive to challenge our existing working practices and to constantly improve our service to deliver best practice guidance and to ensure that our patient outcomes are successful, and they feel valued during their visits to the Trust.

The successful applicant will join our Emergency Department as a Locum Consultant. Based at Lister Hospital in Stevenage the post comprises of 10 programmed activities (PAs) plus 1.5 indicative additional programmed activities (APAs) including on-call commitment, which could be modified for a candidate preferring to work 10 PAs or less than full time. The main duties of the role are to provide a high-quality service to patients referred for treatment and care, liaising as necessary with clinical and associated colleagues in other specialties and disciplines. Maintenance of high-quality patient centered care Shared responsibility for the day-to-day management of the service and participation in strategic planning Teaching and training within the multidisciplinary service Active involvement in multidisciplinary team meetings and directorate clinical governance activity Active participation in continuing medical education