Job overview

Are you tired of working in an understaffed department? Seeing gaps in the rota? Different agency doctors working every day?

Then look no further, the Emergency Department at Princess Alexandra Hospital is embarking on the most exciting journey yet!!

Being one of a few hospitals in the country that are fully established to the middle grade tier AND trust grade ST1 tier there is ample opportunity and a real need for educational and clinical supervision!

Not only do we have a high number of speciality trainees (one of the highest in our region) We have been able to retain many of our ST6+ doctors over the last 4 years who have transitioned into consultant posts.  
Alongside our full medical establishment, the successful candidates will join our current team of 11 consultants.

Working collaboratively with our Women’s and Children’s division we would encourage and welcome any PEM Trained applications.

The department is currently undergoing a refurbishment with further improvements planned throughout 2025;

During 2024 we have;

• A tannoy system improving communication across the department
• New flooring and redecoration throughout
• A New assessment area, comprising of 5 dedicated assessment spaces
• A new and improved dedicated middle grade office

Main duties of the job

• To provide Departmental Leadership acting as the senior in charge, including direction and supervision of other doctors and nurses and the provision of clinical advice and microteaching.
• To advise and decide on investigations appropriate to a given situation and in assessing the significance of results.
• To work with the NIC/Majors coordinator and Operations team to ensure the safe and smooth running of the Department.
• To see, treat and discharge or refer ED patients as appropriate.
• To run all Trauma and Cardiac Arrest Calls, or directly supervise a junior clinician running the call for educational purposes.
• To liaise with Operations, on-call Executive/Manager and/or Consultants from other departments as necessary to raise awareness of risks to the department, and to work together to mitigate clinical risk, especially during periods of high patient volume or acuity.
• To actively participate in the Clinical governance and patient safety & quality (PS&Q) activities.
• To take part in or lead appropriate research/quality improvement projects.
• To support the teaching, training and development of junior medical, nursing and allied health professional staff.

The above list is an outline only, not exhaustive, and may be altered from time to time to suit the needs of the Service. The post holder will be required to be co-operative and flexible in accordance with the needs of the Department and the Trust.

Working for our organisation

Our Organisation

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.

We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.

Our Values

The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:

Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts

Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both

Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care

The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.