NHS
Yorkshire Air Ambulance HEMS Doctor
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Job Description
- Req#: C9174-24-0060?language=en&page=909&sort=publicationDateDesc
- Consultant level practitioner and on GMC specialist register with no restrictions to practice in a speciality where critically ill and injured patients are seen regularly
- Demonstrable commitment to pre hospital care as a career and specialty
- Demonstrable ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team
- Consultant level practitioner and on GMC specialist register with no restrictions to practice in a speciality where critically ill and injured patients are seen regularly
- Demonstrable commitment to pre hospital care as a career and specialty
- Demonstrable ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team
Job summary
Yorkshire Air Ambulance is looking for highly motivated consultants with excellent technical and non-technical skills to join its existing group of HEMS doctors as part of a stepwise expansion in doctor-led pre hospital critical care for the people of Yorkshire.
YAS is the statutory ambulance service for Yorkshire providing 999, NHS 111, and non-emergency patient transport services. The trust provides clinical staffing, clinical governance and leadership for the partnership and is responsible for all CQC regulated activities.
Ideally applicants will be able to fit in to a slot on the existing YAA Doctor rota, by contributing one 12h shift 0730-1930 per fortnight and 2 x 12h weekend shifts 1:11.The weekend shifts are 0900-2100 at Nostell. With the addition of 4 clinical governance days and a day of flight safety training, this working pattern equates to 2.5 programmed activities per week. All but the Fire and CRM training can be conducted while on shift. However, applications are encouraged from doctors who could not, at present, fit in to this working pattern or number of programmed activities.
Successful applicants will have a secondment contract with Yorkshire Ambulance Service and will be paid via their substantive employer / base hospital trust. Please note there is no fixed time period for the secondment.
Main duties of the job
To deliver a high standard of pre-hospital emergency care across a full range of trauma and medical presentations in a mixed urban / rural operational area, to include the provision of pre hospital emergency anaesthesia.
Working seamlessly as one clinical unit with the YAA paramedic team, pilots, and technical crew members, and to positively contribute to their education and development.
Maintain aviation currencies and competencies. Including, but not restricted to: Triennial fire and emergency exits training, biennial dangerous goods training, annual crew resource management (CRM) training and an annual aviation refresher/line-training day. IAW YAA Operations Manual.The above is vital for ensuring safe operations in and around the helicopter.
Working closely on scene with colleagues from Yorkshire Ambulance Service and other emergency services
To provide evidence-based care and best practice, in line with YAA clinical and operational standard operating procedures
To comprehensively and accurately document all clinical care and contribute to routine audit of cases and outcomes.
To work closely with the YAA medical director, YAA Clinical Governance Manager and YAA Clinical Operations Manager and their respective teams
About us
Successful applicants will join new Yorkshire Air Ambulance (YAA) Medical Director Stuart Reid, Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) paramedics and the YAA operations team both in providing expert clinical care across helicopter and rapid response car platforms, but also to play an important role in service development in a range of areas with the aim of ensuring the best possible outcomes for our patients. The posts will be funded by the YAA but hosted by YAS via secondment agreement from their current employer.
The YAS/YAA Partnership is a partnership between the Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust and the Yorkshire Air Ambulance jointly providing Helicopter Emergency Medical Services to the population of Yorkshire and beyond.
YAA is a successful regional charity whose mission is to provide, develop and deliver with integrity, transparency and pride, state of the art emergency response air ambulances for the protection of human life across Yorkshire and its environs.
Date posted
15 February 2024
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
Depending on experience
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
C9174-24-0060
Job locations
Yorkshire Air Ambulance
Doncaster Road
Foulby
Wakefield
West Yorkshire
WF4 1PY
Job descriptionJob description
Job responsibilities
For a full list of role responsibilities and a person specification, please see the attached job pack in supporting information.
Job responsibilities
For a full list of role responsibilities and a person specification, please see the attached job pack in supporting information.
Person SpecificationPerson Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Experience
Essential
Skills and abilities
Essential
Qualifications
Essential
Experience
Essential
Skills and abilities
Essential
Additional informationDisclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Address
Yorkshire Air Ambulance
Doncaster Road
Foulby
Wakefield
West Yorkshire
WF4 1PY
Employer's website
Employer details
Employer name
Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Address
Yorkshire Air Ambulance
Doncaster Road
Foulby
Wakefield
West Yorkshire
WF4 1PY
Employer's website
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.
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