Job overview

We are looking for a part time locum Consultant in Emergency Department. You will join a team of 95 Clinicians which includes 16 Substantive Consultants,1 Locum Consultant, 3 Associate specialists, 21 Middle grade doctors, 21 junior doctors and 22 Advanced clinical practitioners and 13 Emergency Nurse practitioners.

The Emergency Department is based at Kettering General Hospital Foundation Trust and sees approximately 100,000 patients annually.

The Emergency Department lies within a Clinical Management Team comprising Emergency Medicine, General Medicine and Medical Specialities. In recent years, major developments have taken place reflecting the importance given by the Trust to Acute Care. The organisation is engaged in a major transformational programme for urgent and emergency care. There are close working relationships between the Emergency Department and other departments and several forums are in place to facilitate joint working. Kettering General Hospital Foundation Trust is the PPCI centre for Northamptonshire.

Main duties of the job

Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust would like to invite applications for a Full time Emergency Medicine consultant

This is post supports the existing team of 14 full time Consultants, 3 Associate specialists, total of 21 Specialty doctors which include 3 higher Specialty trainees (East Midlands deanery) and 12 CESR trainees, total of 21 SHO's which include 3 ACCS trainees, 6 GP trainees, 1 Foundation Year two trainee,20 Advanced Clinical and 13 Emergency Nurse Practitioners.

The department is based at Kettering General Hospital Foundation Trust and sees approximately 90-100,000 patients annually.

Applicants should be MB, ChB/MBBS and FRCEM qualified (or equivalent), and preferably be on the GMC Specialist Register for Emergency Medicine or be eligible for entry within 6 months.

An ability to work independently, and more importantly as a team, whilst working calmly under pressure is essential.

This job advert may close before the closing date if sufficient applications have been received. If interested, please apply for this post as soon as possible.

The department made the recent decision to relocate paediatrics ED into a new area to capture the increase in the number of attendances.  As a result, we are also welcoming application of candidates with Paediatric subspecialty to help us develop our Paediatric ED.

Working for our organisation

Please submit your application as soon as possible, as we reserve the right to close adverts once sufficient applications have been received.

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University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN) was formed through the grouping of Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust. As one group, we are on a journey to improve services for our communities by working collaboratively, modernising the way we deliver care and continually striving for excellence.

Working together allows us to share expertise, strengthen services and create greater opportunities . There may be a requirement to work across our hospital sites depending on service needs.

Our Excellence Values: Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Integrity and Courage.

UHN welcomes applications from people from all protected groups and is committed to creating an inclusive  working environment. We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and have achieved the Gold Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme. Our active staff networks support colleagues from all backgrounds and help ensure everyone feels valued here at UHN

Trainees from the East Midlands Deanery rotate to Kettering as part of schemes for Higher specialty training, Acute care common stem training, Foundation Year training and GP VTS.