Locum Consultant in Emergency Medicine

The appointee will, together with Consultant colleagues, be responsible for:

• Providing a 24/7 consultant‑led Emergency Department assessment team to ensure the safe, timely and effective assessment and subsequent management of all patients attending the ED.
• Providing consultant opinion for all patients referred for emergency admission and attending the ED. This will include the provision of an immediate opinion and intervention for seriously ill patients at the request of junior ED staff.
• Working with our Acute Medical Team to take responsibility for ensuring the appropriate specialty destination for each patient and determining whether discharge home is appropriate.
• Working according to the terms and conditions of the national consultant contract.

These are the values that all staff at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are expected to demonstrate in all that they do:

• Patients First – Ensure that the people we serve are at the heart of what we do
• Respectful – Be kind, respectful, fair and value diversity
• Ownership – Celebrate our successes, learn continuously and ensure we improve
• Unity – Work in partnership with others
• Deliver – Be efficient, effective and accountable for our actions

The Trust has developed a PROUD Behaviours framework which details specific behaviours we expect to see and do not expect to see, aligned to each of the five PROUD Values. For further details of our services and organisational structure, including our Board of Directors, and our future plans please visit www.sth.nhs.uk/about-us.

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