Job Description

10 sessions per week (Consultant on call rota and additional 1 PA)



Permanent

Salary:

105,504 - 139,882 per annum

Closing Date:

24th August 2025

Interview Date:

TBC



This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly.



All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas.



A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.



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The post-holder will be expected to work with local managers and professional colleagues in the efficient running of the service. Subject to the provisions of the terms and conditions of service, the post-holder must observe agreed policies on clinical and other matters and should follow the Standing Orders and financial instructions of the Trust. This is not intended to restrain clinical autonomy.



Consultants are required to attend all mandatory and statutory training for Trust employees. These include Infection Control, Manual Handling, Fire, Health & Safety and Child Protection and others. They must also have an annual appraisal and agreed job plan.



All staff must act at all times in accordance with the standards of behaviour and competence level expected by the Trust. Staff must ensure they are competent in discharging their duties and responsibilities and are responsible for ensuring that they regularly up to date with their skills and knowledge. The post-holder will be required to undertake flexible activities as part of general duties and supporting professional activities.



The job plan will comprise of 10 PA's, with one additional PA of Direct Clinical Care including 2.5 supporting professional activities . You will be required to undertake a 1:10 weekday and weekend on-call rota. The weekend includes ten hours in the department on both Saturday and Sunday. The on-call allowance of 3% is applied to this on call rota.



Here at George Eliot our vision to ' excel at patient care' takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:



E ffective Open Communication



e x cellence and safety in everything we do



C hallenge but support



E xpect respect and dignity



L ocal health that inspires confidence

Benefits:

On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, in house training and development, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.



To work with the consultant medical team to provide senior clinical, managerial, and teaching cover for the Emergency Medicine department.

To train, supervise and take professional accountability for non-consultant medical staff in the Emergency Medicine department.

To work flexibly with colleagues with the primary aim of increasing direct senior clinical input in patient care. It is expected that consultants will combine seeing new patients with the supervision of other staff and operational management of the department. The department is working to minimise any commitments to clinics of Emergency Medicine Consultants to maximise commitments to new patients seen in the department. 'Our vision is to EXCEL at patient care'.

The successful candidate will contribute to the day to day and strategic management of the department. Consultants will be expected to work with the Trust in achieving internal and external targets and to develop a patient focused approach on this work.

The post-holder will have special responsibility with medical and nursing colleagues for developing referral protocols for medical and nursing staff within the directorate, that promote high quality medical care, delivered in a timely fashion, without duplication by different teams and/or grades of staff.

The successful candidate will support the clinical governance agenda of the Directorate and work to promote high standards of clinical practice.



For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.