Job Description

We are looking for forward thinking, enthusiastic and motivated people to join our Consultant team at SWBH as we prepare to move into our new emergency department at Midlands Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH) with a planned opening date of 2024. We are looking for Emergency Medicine consultants, and EM Consultants with a Paediatric interest as well as Paediatricians with an interest in the Emergency care of children.

Currently there are 2 Emergency Departments (EDs) at City and Sandwell both with dedicated Childrens\' areas. Successful applicants would be expected to help provide leadership and high quality emergency care across both sites. City and Sandwell EDs currently see approx. 200,000 pts a year and 32,000 children. The post will be based cross site in the 2 Emergency Departments of Sandwell and City Hospitals. We are seeking applicants who will join us in our commitment to providing high quality, consultant led emergency care.

Additional Information: There is an opportunity for the post holder to take on the lead PEM role if they have the relevant experience and interest. This lead role will contribute to and help shape the future of Childrens\' services within both EDs and into the new Midlands Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH). Expression of interest can be made during the application.

Closing date: 19th September 2023

Interview date: 17th October 2023.

Main duties of the job

The duties of this post will include contributing to the leadership, development and delivery of a high-quality Emergency and/ or Paediatric Emergency service across both departments. Including providing clinical leadership, overseeing pathway development and workforce development.

This is a 10 PA post with an option for negotiated additional DCC up to a maximum of 12 PA. This job provides an exciting opportunity to join the Emergency Department Team in preparation for the merging of both current Emergency Departments in SWBH NHS Trust.

Your rota will be dependent on whether applying for Emergency Medicine or Paediatric EM. Please see individual s attached. For PEM post we anticipate you will be working regular shifts within the Childrens\' ED. We have implemented an annualised rota for the consultants which enable a good work life balance and adds flexibility. When we move to a single site there will be further opportunities towards a self-rostering rota.

For further information please see Consultant EM and Paediatric Emergency Medicine s

About us

Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens in 2024 and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises.As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH from 2024 (or beyond). If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continuing your application with this understanding.The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.

We have three newly emerging strategic objectives: * Our People - to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff

• Our Patients - to be good or outstanding in everything we do
• Our Population - to work seamlessly with our partners to improve lives

Job description
Job responsibilities

Midland Metropolitan University Hospital

A community of half a million is eagerly anticipating the brand new Midland Metropolitan University Hospital. The opening will be the beginning of a fresh chapter in our ambitious journey to be the nations leading provider of integrated care.

As well as being the closest adult hospital to Birminghams busy city centre, Midland Metropolitan University Hospital will be a busy Trauma Unit and offer dedicated maternity and childrens services. Crucially, it will bring together teams who provide acute Emergency Care as part of its new Acute care model consisting of the ED, AMU, Childrens ED, and Medical and Surgical SDEC units.

For more information on the job role and responsibilities, please refer to the attached.

Person Specification
General Criteria
Essential

• Ultrasound level 1 competency Entry on the Specialist Register in Emergency Medicine (or CCT expected within 6 months from the date of interview)
• FRCEM or equivalent
• Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required to gain CCT in Emergency Medicine/PEM
• Fulfils all other essential criteria as per Personal Specification

Desirable

• Higher Degree
• Special interest that complements the existing consultants
• Formal training in teaching
• Knowledge and experience of the application of information technology to Emergency Medicine.
• Publications in relevant peer-reviewed journals in the last 5 years
• Evidence of having undertaken original research

Essential
Essential

• GMC registration with License to Practice

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Company

Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom

Core Values: Patient Safety and Quality of Care, Innovation and Research

Size: Three hospitals, Specialist Intermediate Care Centre, Supra-regional Eye Hospital

Specialties: Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Centre, National Poisons Information Service, Beh\xc3\xa7et\'s Syndrome National Centre of Excellence

Our new hospital - the Midland Met - opening in 2022

About Us Harnessing ambition, investment, commitment and the contribution of our people, our vision is to be the UK\'s best integrated care provider by 2020. We\'re already on our way to achieving this. We\'ve trebled our training budget, enhanced the way we recognise our people and are constructing career pathway frameworks. Our people have names, they have voices, they have a family here. As we create greater levels of service integration, we know where we\'re going and we know we won\'t get there alone. That\'s why we want you to join us.

Our Trust

First, let us tell you what we\'re building on. It\'s a firm foundation, of which we\'re very proud. We are an integrated care organisation with an outstanding reputation for teaching, education, research and innovation. Our 6,600 staff are here for 530,000 local people when they need us. City Hospital in Birmingham is home to the Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre and our Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Centre. It\'s also the regional base for the National Poisons Information Service. At Sandwell General Hospital in West Bromwich, you\'ll find inpatient, paediatrics, most general surgery and our stroke specialist centre. At the Trust, we also have significant academic departments in cardiology, rheumatology, ophthalmology and neurology. We have intermediate care hubs at Rowley Regis and at Leasowes in Smethwick. Our community teams throughout Sandwell provide integrated services for children in schools, GP practices and at home. They also offer both general and specialist home care for adults in hospices and nursing homes. In 2022, we will open the brand new Midland Metropolitan Hospital - the perfect demonstration of our vision for the future. And we are investing in far more than buildings. We are dedicated to investing in you. It matters to us that you enjoy the training, support and opportunities you need to fulfil your total potential and build the career you really want. We\'ll make that happen by trebling our training budget. We\'ve developed new career path frameworks and new ways to recognise your achievements. Because you\'re part of our family, we want the best for you.Our organisation has nine care promises that reflect how we expect each other to treat patients, visitors and colleagues. We know these promises embody our caring ethos because they were developed by our own frontline staff. These are our promises:

I will

\xe2\x80\xa6 make you feel welcome
\xe2\x80\xa6 make time to listen to you
\xe2\x80\xa6 be polite, courteous and respectful
\xe2\x80\xa6 keep you informed and explain what is happening
\xe2\x80\xa6 admit to mistakes and do all I can to put them right
\xe2\x80\xa6 value your point of view
\xe2\x80\xa6 be caring and kind
\xe2\x80\xa6 keep you involved
\xe2\x80\xa6 go the extra mile

Research and Development: a jewel in SWBH\'s crown

SWBH has a long and proud track record of delivering world class research that has made a real difference to the quality and safety of care provided to patients locally, nationally and internationally. The Trust was the recipient of the West Midlands Clinical Research Network\'s award for outstanding overall performance in 2017-18.The Trust has an ambitious R&D plan, fully supported by the Trust Board, to continue to develop R&D with a focus on a range of domains including:

• Increasing the internationally recognised excellence of our research portfolio.
• Increasing the breadth of our clinical research portfolio and the range of health care professionals contributing to it.

Researchers at the Trust have the full support of the Trust\'s R&D department and its large and highly motivated team of research nurses, clinical trials practitioners and data coordinators and well as its research management and governance team.

Professor Karim Raza talks about our reputation for world class research

Birmingham as a place to live and work

Birmingham and the borough of Sandwell are great places to live. City Hospital and the Midlands Metropolitan Hospital site are close to Birmingham City Centre and the popular suburbs of Edgbaston, Bearwood, Harborne and. Moseley. There are six towns that serve Sandwell, they are Oldbury, Rowley Regis, Smethwick, Tipton, Wednesbury, and West Bromwich. Each have their own individual character and attractions. There are a huge range of places to live with easy access via road or public transport all serving the Trust sites well. Housing in the area is very affordable with transport links in and around the city and Sandwell are excellent. Birmingham boasts a range of places to socialise in, with a range of top/great restaurants and bars. And the second city is fast-becoming a shopping haven, with a vast array of choice, from designer to unique independently-run shops. Birmingham boasts a number of outstanding schools including the King Edwards VI collective grammar schools and independent schools. The city is also home to the Birmingham Royal Ballet, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the Midlands Arts Centre (MAC), Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre and a number of museums including the Art Gallery, and the Thinktank. Musical stars frequently perform at the Genting Arena, whilst at the adjacent National Exhibition Centre (NEC) there is a comprehensive diary of events. Birmingham offers an impressive range of sporting facilities including cricket, football, golf, rugby, sailing, tennis and has a 50 metre swimming pool. Birmingham and Sandwell have excellent transport links with the International Airport, major rail routes and easy access to motorways. Trains run direct to London from Birmingham New Street, and Sandwell & Dudley with the fastest route taking just one hour 24 minutes. In addition Stratford Upon Avon, rural areas of Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire are within easy reach.

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