Consultant in Emergency Medicine

Applications are invited to apply for Consultant in Emergency Medicine at the James Paget University Hospital. This modern District General Hospital has approx. 500 beds and is situated in a coastal holiday area of East Anglia. It serves a population of 250,000 that increases considerably in the summer months.

We want to attract the best and brightest people to work with us and that means we will look after you from the moment you apply for a role at the Trust and throughout your career with us. Our staff are central to everything we do, and we believe that investing in you is crucial if we want to enable you to reach your full potential.

• Provision within the organisation of the department of a comprehensive Emergency Medicine service to the Trust, with responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness and the proper functioning of the department.
• Liaison with colleagues in other specialties and with management to achieve such a service
• Administrative duties associated with the care of patients and the running of the Emergency Medicine service.
• The provision of advice, via professional and management structures at Divisional and Trust level, on the short- and long-term planning of comprehensive health provision for the local population.

Participation, as required, in the instruction of all professional groups, including the department's own postgraduate programme.

The hospital is situated in Gorleston, 200 metres from the beach and picturesque countryside, on the Norfolk/Suffolk border close to the towns of Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft and within commuting distance from several small villages with affordable housing and local amenities. Residents enjoy a good quality of life with easy access to the Norfolk Broads and unspoilt coastline with opportunities for wildlife, walking, cycling and sailing. The historic city of Norwich is only 20 miles with excellent schools, rail links to London and an international airport, for easy access to the Continent and beyond.

Our Trust is also on the path towards developing a new hospital over the coming years, working closely with the Department of Health and Care to deliver a modern, innovative health and care campus on our current site as part of the national New Hospital Programme.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Andrew Lindner Job title: CONSULTANT Email address: Andrew.lindner@jpaget.nhs.uk Telephone number: 01493 452154