Locum Consultant in Emergency Medicine

Locum Consultant in Emergency Medicine – NHS Scotland

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Come and join our team of Emergency Medicine Consultants in NHS Ayrshire and Arran. Ayrshire is a wonderful location to live and work with beautiful islands and beaches yet still an easy distance to Glasgow City and surrounding areas. We have world class outdoor pursuits on our doorstep and excellent local schools.

We have posts at both University Hospital Crosshouse and University Hospital Ayr with successful candidates being based at one of these sites. As part of our team you will contribute to the 10‑year vision for Emergency Medicine services across NHS Ayrshire and Arran working towards a single site hospital with a commitment to work across both sites until this time. Appropriate time, support and development will be provided to allow the successful individuals to flourish and realise their professional and personal ambitions and access opportunities to build and shape the future service.

University Hospital Crosshouse ED is a busy District General Hospital, seeing 75,000 patients per year, with over 25% of these being paediatric patients. We have a dedicated paediatric area and a Minor Injuries service. From April 2021 Crosshouse will be Ayrshire’s Trauma Unit as part of the Scottish Trauma Network. University Hospital Ayr ED sees around 40,000 patients per year. Our department opened in February 2016 with an adjacent Combined Assessment Unit next door as part of the Ayrshire & Arrans Building for Better Care project.

Both University Hospital Crosshouse and University Hospital Ayr are in the top 5 training departments for the whole UK for Emergency Medicine. We support a number of Consultants with a special interest including Trauma, Retrieval Medicine, Frailty, Child Protection and Paediatric Emergency Medicine.

The Board has embarked on an ambitious ten‑year strategic plan entitled Caring for Ayrshire. This involves developing a new model of care across the health and care system that will enhance the wellbeing of patients and staff and build on the existing integration of our services in which we are leading the way nationally. This will offer unprecedented and exciting opportunities for ambitious new consultants to thrive within the current working environment as well as to shape future service delivery.

We are excited to post this advert and would be pleased to discuss this opportunity with you or arrange a visit. Please contact any of the following individuals:

• Dr Jamie Adams, Associate Medical Director
• Dr Lesley Brown, Clinical Director, Emergency Medicine Ayrshire
• Dr Jayne McLaren, Clinical Lead, University Hospital Crosshouse
• Dr Alan Krichell, Clinical Lead, University Hospital Ayr

Mid‑Senior level

Full-time

Health Care Provider

Hospitals and Health Care