Specialty Doctor in Emergency Medicine

The Southern Health and Social Care Trust is one of the largest employers in Northern Ireland and provides integrated patient / person centred services to a population of c.388,688 people in the local areas of Armagh, Banbridge, Craigavon, Dungannon, South Tyrone, Newry and Mourne.
Employing over 15,000 staff, the Trust provides a wide range of hospital, community and primary services. General acute in-patient hospital services are located at Craigavon Area Hospital and Daisy Hill Hospital. Acute Mental Health and intellectual Disability in-patient hospital services are located in the Bluestone Unit, also on the Craigavon Area Hospital site.
Working in collaboration with GP’s and other agencies, Trust staff provide locally based health and social care services in Trust premises, in people’s own homes and in the community. The Trust purchases some services, such as domiciliary, residential and nursing care and day care from private and voluntary organisation.

SOUTHERN TRUST ETHNIC MINORITIES STAFF NETWORK
The Southern HSC Trust is an inclusive organisation, inclusive of different races, ethnicity and cultural backgrounds. We believe that every employee should have the opportunity to flourish and reach their full potential without fear of discrimination or prejudice.
As part of this commitment to diversity and inclusion we have established a Staff Support Network to support our ethnic minority colleagues (this would include international doctors and nurses). We would encourage all staff who self-identify as a member of an ethnic minority group to join.
Such a network within the Trust provides an opportunity for individuals to come together in a safe, welcoming and shared working environment, to share ideas, raise awareness of challenges and provide support to each other.

WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT
Daisy Hill Acute Hospital Emergency Department is a busy unit with around 50,000 attendances in the past year. It sees a range of conditions providing a wide range of experience for medical staff. The Trust also has a Minor Injuries Unit in Dungannon.
Medical staffing level in the Daisy Hill Emergency Department:
 8.65 permanent Consultants
 4 Specialty Doctors
 3 General Practitioners with a Special Interest
 7 Junior Doctors in training (Foundation Year 2 trainees, GP/StR trainees)
 3 Clinical Fellows
 2 Physician Associates
 5 Emergency Nurse Practitioners currently provide cover between 9am and 10pm 7 days a week

Clinical Duties

Clinical duties will include all those duties normally expected of a Specialty Doctor in a similar sized Emergency Department in the United Kingdom. The majority of the appointee’s time will be spent on clinical duties. However, an integral part of the post will be the supervision and teaching of the junior medical staff in the Emergency Department. In addition, the appointee will be expected to take part in the formal teaching and ongoing audit programme within the department for which weekly protected time is allocated.

Full details of the clinical duties can be viewed on the job description (via the website link)