Locum Consultant in Emergency Medicine

You will be actively involved in shop floor care in the Emergency Department, particularly in the management of complex and resuscitation cases. You will work numerous clinical shifts, including "Doctor in Charge", resuscitation, paediatric ED, Rapid Assessment & Treatment, and Clinical Decision Unit. You will be part of the resident on-call rota commitments/pro rota You will supervise and teach Middle Grade and junior medical staff, as well as ACPs and nurse practitioners. There is also a significant commitment to undergraduate medical student teaching. Over 200 medical students pass through the department every year. Other clinical commitments include the care of in-patients on the Major Trauma Ward The department is a designated Regional Adult & Paediatric Major Trauma Centre. You will undergo continuing medical education (CME) in accordance with guidelines stipulated by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you. With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:

• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Freeman Hospital
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Cramlington Manor Walks
• Urgent treatment centres
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS. We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.