Locum Consultant in Emergency Medicine

Applications are invited for 1 fixed term locum Consultant Emergency Physician posts of twelve months duration on a less than full time basis. Post to start as soon as possible. Successful candidate will join our existing team of 20 WTE highly committed consultants in a department that was afforded an outstanding rating by the Care Quality Commission during its inspection in 2015. This makes it one of a very small number of Emergency Departments nationally to have achieved such a favourable review.

For more detail about the main duties of this role, please see the job description section below. As a key member of the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, you will be joining an exceptional team working together to help our patients to stay healthy, when they need it most., Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon.

Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford).

Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within peoples own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC). Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.

Its never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as youll help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey., The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a Teaching Hospital based in the historic cathedral city of Exeter in the heart of the South West of England. As such it enjoys a wealth of sporting and cultural resources along with access to the many beaches of Devon and Cornwall and the open moorland of Exmoor and Dartmoor.

Excellent surf can be reached within an hour at Bantham in South Devon, or Croyde in North Devon, with high class wind-surfing and kite surfing at Exmouth, a mere 10 miles from the Emergency Department. Great opportunities are also on hand for mountain and road biking, sailing and a whole gamut of cultural experiences including music, theatre and arts. Situated as it is on the motorway network, Exeter enjoys excellent travel links with the rest of the United Kingdom; Exeter is 2 hours from London by train and has an international airport serving Winter and Summer destinations throughout Europe with daily flights to both London and Manchester.

With a recent expansion in consultant numbers and commitment from the established incumbents we have developed a young, committed, enthusiastic and forward looking senior leadership team. This, combined with a Trust that has proved to be both stable and consistently supportive, makes the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital an enjoyable and fulfilling place to work. We strongly believe our Emergency Department provides a productive and rewarding environment, with a fully populated middle grade and junior rota testament to this.

The team gives extended shop floor consultant presence from 08:00 to 23:00, 365 days a year, with an additional supervising consultant in minors at 7 days a week; this has helped us to perform well against the national four hour standard. Our focus is on the provision of high quality care to patients in line with the recommendations of the Francis report and new appointments would be expected to provide not only excellent clinical care b