/ 2 Grade Doctor in Same Day Emergency Care inLondon inLondon PUBLISHED 12 SEP 2024

The Same Day Emergency Care doctor will work alongside the SDEC team to co-ordinate the assessment, investigation and appropriate clinical review for patients who are referred to the service.
Same Day Emergency care (SDEC) is an expanding area of healthcare with exciting opportunities to innovate and develop quality patient pathways. Imperial College Healthcare has two SDEC units on the St Mary’s and Charing Cross sites which are overseen by Emergency Medicine consultants working with a team of doctors and advanced clinical practitioners. Whilst the units are Emergency medicine run, we work in close collaboration with acute medicine and other inpatient specialties, seeing up to 200 patients a day across the sites.

We are seeking colleagues who want to develop their emergency and acute care skills and who are committed to continuous improvement and innovation. You must have excellent communication skills and be enthusiastic about being part of a multidisciplinary team.

We are seeking doctors with a minimum experience of six months in the NHS and specifically of urgent and emergency care. The roles would suit doctors planning a career in emergency medicine or acute medicine, or who are looking to consolidate previous experience whilst considering long term options. We would welcome applications from GPs with experience in urgent care and from those seeking flexible working hours. We have posts at the equivalent of core and higher training levels and support career development by offering management time within the contracted hours.

Our units function as part of the Urgent and emergency care service and are essentially ambulatory emergency department with associated acuity and complexity. We accept patients referred from GPs on these pathways and are trailblazers in accepting patients from 111 and the London Ambulance service directly.

The Same Day Emergency Care doctor will work alongside the SDEC team to co-ordinate the assessment, investigation and appropriate clinical review for patients who are referred to the service. It is expected that the SDEC doctors will develop new pathways and work to expand and improve the service. The service runs Monday to Friday 08.00-22.00 and Saturday to Sunday 08.00 – 20.30.

The SDEC team are flexible and supportive of each other, and opportunities are available for doctors to develop their skills or undertake educational projects.

The post holder accepts that he/she will also perform duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances at the request of the appropriate Consultant in consultation where practical and with his/her colleagues, both senior and junior. Whilst juniors must accept that they will perform such duties, such additional commitments arising would be exceptional and short lived.

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

The statutory requirement to be fully Covid-19 vaccinated as a condition of employment from April 2022 is subject to legislative review. At Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19. The successful applicant may have contact with patients and service users and as part of our pre-employment checks and risk assessments, we will ask all candidates to confirm whether or not they have been fully vaccinated or have a medical exemption.

As part of our continued response to Covid19 we are still conducting the majority of our interviews virtually.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Ruth Brown Job title: Emergency Medicine Consultant Email address:
Same Day Emergency care (SDEC) is an expanding area of healthcare with exciting opportunities to innovate and develop quality patient pathways. Imperial College Healthcare has two SDEC units on the St Mary’s and Charing Cross sites which are overseen by Emergency Medicine consultants working with a team of doctors and advanced clinical practitioners. Whilst the units are Emergency medicine run, we work in close collaboration with acute medicine and other inpatient specialties, seeing up to 200 patients a day across the sites.

We are seeking colleagues who want to develop their emergency and acute care skills and who are committed to continuous improvement and innovation. You must have excellent communication skills and be enthusiastic about being part of a multidisciplinary team.

We are seeking doctors with a minimum experience of six months in the NHS and specifically of urgent and emergency care. The roles would suit doctors planning a career in emergency medicine or acute medicine, or who are looking to consolidate previous experience whilst considering long term options. We would welcome applications from GPs with experience in urgent care and from those seeking flexible working hours. We have posts at the equivalent of core and higher training levels and support career development by offering management time within the contracted hours.

Our units function as part of the Urgent and emergency care service and are essentially ambulatory emergency department with associated acuity and complexity. We accept patients referred from GPs on these pathways and are trailblazers in accepting patients from 111 and the London Ambulance service directly.

The Same Day Emergency Care doctor will work alongside the SDEC team to co-ordinate the assessment, investigation and appropriate clinical review for patients who are referred to the service. It is expected that the SDEC doctors will develop new pathways and work to expand and improve the service. The service runs Monday to Friday 08.00-22.00 and Saturday to Sunday 08.00 – 20.30.

The SDEC team are flexible and supportive of each other, and opportunities are available for doctors to develop their skills or undertake educational projects.

The post holder accepts that he/she will also perform duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances at the request of the appropriate Consultant in consultation where practical and with his/her colleagues, both senior and junior. Whilst juniors must accept that they will perform such duties, such additional commitments arising would be exceptional and short lived.

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

The statutory requirement to be fully Covid-19 vaccinated as a condition of employment from April 2022 is subject to legislative review. At Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19. The successful applicant may have contact with patients and service users and as part of our pre-employment checks and risk assessments, we will ask all candidates to confirm whether or not they have been fully vaccinated or have a medical exemption.

As part of our continued response to Covid19 we are still conducting the majority of our interviews virtually.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Ruth Brown Job title: Emergency Medicine Consultant Email address:


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