Locum Appointment of Training - Emergency Medicine

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

The Emergency Department of University Hospital Crosshouse seeks to appoint an enthusiastic individual to join our dynamic team at ST3/4 level in a 6-month LAT post. We believe in providing quality emergency care to our patients and supporting our trainee medical staff to become excellent, compassionate clinicians by offering successful candidates strong clinical experience and numerous QI opportunities. We are situated 35 mins from Glasgow but with the benefits of the beautiful Ayrshire Coast.  The department cares for around 65,000 new patient attendances per year with almost 30% paediatric presentations, making it one of the busier units in Scotland. The service is Consultant led, with a scheduled consultant presence 0800-0000 every day and on call thereafter. Post-graduate examination success has been good within the department. The consultant tier strives to support trainees in their studies and projects. 

Appropriately experienced candidates shall hold Full GMC Registration with a current Licence to Practice and have at least 3 years' experience in specialities relevant to Emergency Medicine via the completion of ACCS EM programme or similar experience to be considered for ST4 level. Candidates with less experience would be considered for ST3 posts.    

This post has the required educational and Postgraduate Deans approval and will count towards training recognition where the successful candidate is assessed as meeting the personal specification for the appropriate level.  

Applicants must satisfy essential criteria at time of application contained in the Emergency Medicine specification accessible below:
https://medical.hee.nhs.uk/medical-training-recruitment/person-specifications/emergency-medicine-st4 

https://medical.hee.nhs.uk/medical-training-recruitment/person-specifications/emergency-medicine-st3 

National Terms and Conditions of Service apply.

Job Packs, including Job Description, are available for download at www.jobs.scot.nhs.uk .  Details of all our Medical Posts can be found at www.medicaljobs.scot.nhs.uk .  You can also obtain further information about the organisation from www.nhsaaa.net.

Please note that only those candidates shortlisted shall receive any further communication.