Consultant / Specialist Grade posts in the Emergency Department
Salary Depending on Grade: Consultant - £84,559 - £114,003 + £149 HCAS p.a.

Overview

Ashford & St. Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are delighted to advertise 6 Consultant / Specialist Grade posts in the Emergency Department. This is a planned expansion of the existing Medical Workforce to 14 Consultants with the intention of transforming Emergency Medicine in this part of Surrey to a new and higher level. Our aim is clear - We want the best clinicians to join our fantastic team! Surrey is a wonderful place to live and work and the job pack describes why this could be an attractive option for you.

Job Enhancement Opportunities

If our excellent terms and conditions have attracted your interest and you would like to focus on a particular area (for example, you may wish to progress your career in management/leadership, paediatric emergency medicine, governance, education, research, quality improvement or even undertake a joint clinical role with another specialty) it may, depending upon your preference, be possible for us to facilitate this. Our Divisional Director, Dr Radcliffe Lisk, would welcome a discussion with you about this in the first instance.

Golden Hello Package and Enhanced RCEM Rates

We are offering a Golden Hello to successful candidates which will comprise of £7.5K if the Consultant/Specialist Grade takes up a permanent post at the Trust before March 2023, joining the 10-person rota. This will then be followed by a further £5K Golden Hello in April 2023 when the 14-person rota starts. Candidates joining after 1st April 2023 will also receive the £5k Golden Hello. In addition to this we are also including RCEM enhanced rates for evening out of hours work on weekdays and weekends. You will self-roster in consultation with colleagues to fill the agreed rota template. Once on the 14-person rota you will benefit from a 7 DCC/3 SPA job plan. We believe this to be an exceptional offer.

Service Developments and Future Plans

Ashford and St Peter’s have worked tirelessly over recent years to invest and transform our emergency pathways. The Emergency Department is supported by some new outstanding facilities in the on-site Urgent Treatment Centre, Ambulatory Emergency Care Unit, and Clinical Assessment Unit. Work is currently underway to open a new Older Person’s Assessment Unit this year, and we are also focusing on developing and improving our acute medicine services, in part to enhance the support that we can offer to the ED and the UTC.

But no, we are not stopping there! We are shortly beginning the detailed planning of a £15 million capital investment in our Emergency Department. It is anticipated that the building work will begin 2023/24 and you could be part of designing the way that we work in the future so that we can bring all the latest technologies to the bedside where possible.

Contact Us

This unprecedented recruitment and investment campaign signifies the importance that the Trust places on the emergency pathway. If you match what we are looking for and are interested in learning more about these roles, please contact Dr Sri Thillainayagam, sriram.thillainayagam@nhs.net or Dr Santosh Pradhan, santosh.pradhan@nhs.net (Joint Clinical Leads) for more information about this fantastic opportunity. We will be happy to arrange and encourage informal visits.

Dr Radcliffe Lisk, Divisional Director, Urgent and Emergency Care, can be contacted at radcliffe.lisk@nhs.net

To Apply

If you are interested in applying please complete an application by clicking the apply button and searching for job reference number 323-LD909

Interview Dates: 22nd & 24th August, 12th & 19th September 2022