Locum Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine & Emergency Medicine - 2023307

Locum Consultant in Emergency Medicine with subspecialty Paediatric Emergency Medicine (7PAs)

Royal Hospital for Sick Children and Young People, EDINBURGH

Reference 203307

NHS Lothian is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.

To this end, NHS Lothian welcomes applications from all sections of society.

We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

Applicants must have full GMC Registration, a license to practise and eligible for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register. Those trained in the UK should have evidence of higher specialist training leading to CCT or be within 6 months of confirmed entry from the date of interview. Portfolio Pathway (formerly known as CESR - Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration) route doctors are only eligible to apply for a substantive consultant post once it has been awarded. Non-UK applicants must demonstrate equivalent training.  

Applications are welcome for the above Fixed Term, part time (28 hours per week) post based in Royal Hospital for Sick Children and Young People.

The appointee will work as part of a team providing both initial and supervisory care to acutely injured and unwell children presenting to the Emergency Department with a wide variety of conditions. 

The post holder will, with the other EM consultants, be responsible for:

• Ensuring the delivery of clinical care to all acutely injured and unwell children who attend the Emergency Department and to patients attending the departmental review clinic.
• Ensuring patients/families are involved in decisions about their care and responding to their views.
• Acting as team leader for the in-hospital Paediatric Emergency Team
• Leading the hospital Major Trauma Team
• Supporting the delivery of national and local performance and quality standards
• Contributing to the supervision and training of non-consultant staff, doctors in training, nursing staff, AHPs and undergraduate students from the University of Edinburgh
• Working closely with colleagues from other specialties and services to ensure the delivery of high-quality care throughout the patient journey
• Maintaining and updating their own knowledge and skills, actively participating in appraisal and revalidation processes.

More detailed departmental and specialty information can be found in the job description available via email address / link below.

 For an informal discussion please contact:
Dr Lindsay Reid, Emergency Department
Royal Hospital for Children and Young People, 50 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4TJ
Lindsay.reid@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk
0131 242 0012 or on mobile phone via hospital switchboard (0131 242 1000)

If viewing from an external site, please visit https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk for a job pack detailing the minimum requirements for this post and details of how to apply. 

We cannot accept CV’s as a form of application and only a completed online application form will be accepted.  Personal information will not be sent with the application for short listing. The application form will be identified by the candidate number only to ensure that all applicants are treated equally. 

Closing Date: 20/12/2024

***PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early***

Interview Date: the morning of 08/01/2025, likely in person at RHCYP.