Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine Care Doctor
Essex & Herts Air Ambulance
12-month contracts available working across Earls Colne and North Weald in Essex, UK.
Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust is an Acute Hospital in the East of England providing acute services to the people of the Mid Essex region and has a positive and successful approach to developing and delivering excellence in health care.
Essex & Herts Air Ambulance (EHAAT) is a Charity, that works in partnership with the NHS to provide a free life-saving Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) for the critically ill and injured of Essex, Hertfordshire and surrounding areas.
With this post you will be a part of a first class pre-hospital emergency medical service that aims to save lives, reduce or prevent disability, or suffering from critical illness and injury.
EHATT is currently in a significant growth and development phase which presents the excellent opportunity to grow and gain more experience and expertise in both rural and urban pre-hospital emergency care. You will be provided with exceptional training supervision and clinical exposure in a variety of locations and scenarios. This post provides operational pre-hospital experience in the case of major trauma and medical emergencies.
Each working day will be different. You will spend daylight hours in the Air Ambulance, forming part of the duty flight crew and spend evening hours on the rapid response vehicle team. You will treat a variety of critically injured and ill patients working on a rotation rota most likely being 4 on, 4 off and seeing on average 3 jobs per shift.
To be a successful candidate in this post you will be fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practice. You must be ST4 – 6 (or equivalent) with appropriate post-grad qualification. Knowledge of pre-hospital care systems and minimum 5 years post graduate experience are essential. 6 months experience in anaesthesia or related topics with competency in Rapid Sequence Induction of anaesthesia and 6 months experience in Emergency medicine or equivalent.
We are looking for candidates who can work independently whilst under pressure and demonstrate patience, tact and diplomacy throughout the role. You must pass a standard bleep test up to level 5 on a 15 metre course.
If you or someone you know are interested in this post get in touch with Allison. Email allison@headmedical.com or call 0131 2405287 or 07500832179. Click for the EHAAT Employer Profile Page
*We offer a £500 bonus referral scheme to those who refer successful candidates to us*