The Southern Health and Social Care Trust is seeking to appoint highly motivated and clinically focused Consultants in Emergency Medicine. These posts offer an excellent opportunity for newly qualified Emergency Medicine consultants, as well as existing Emergency Medicine Consultants, who wish to join a dynamic team with an excellent reputation.

The base hospital for this post is Daisy Hill Hospital – however the post holders will be required to work on any site within the Southern Health and Social Care Trust.

The post holders will be a member of a team of Emergency Physicians. It is the Trusts intention to extend the consultant team.  It is intended that the new appointee shall be part of a developing rota to allow for an extension of consultant service delivery.

Responsibilities will include:

• Resuscitation of critically ill or traumatised patients.
• The assessment, treatment and diagnosis of patients presenting to the Emergency department.
• Initial clinical assessment of new patients in the Direct Assessment Unit.
• Multidisciplinary teamwork and co-operation with other specialties or teams to provide continuing management.
• Resuscitation and Assessment of Paediatric cases.
• Emergency planning and major incident planning.
• Clinical Supervision of Junior Medical Staff.
• Teaching and Training of Emergency Medicine trainees.
• Teaching of Emergency Nurse Practitioners, paramedics and other extended team members.
• Participation in Audit and Research.
• Participation in Service Development and Management of the department.
• Commitment to improving the quality of care and implementing CEM standards and trust guidelines.
• Clinical and professional responsibility for patients.
• Keep patients (and their carers if appropriate) informed about their condition.
• Involve patients (and their carers if appropriate) in decision making about their treatment.
• To maintain professional standards and obligations as set out by the General Medical Council and comply in particular with the GMC’s guidance on Good Medical Practice as amended or substituted from time to time.

Carry out any work related to and reasonably incidental to the duties set out in your job plan or rota including keeping of records and the provision of reports, the proper delegation of tasks and maintaining skills and knowledge.

If you would like any additional information about this post, for example details of the specialty or existing staff, please contact our Clinical Director, Dr David Mawhinney. 

Email:  David.Mawhinney@southerntrust.hscni.net

The closing date for receipt of applications is: 

10 October 2024 at 12md