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Job summary

Main area
Emergency Medicine
Grade
YM72
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref
259-MED7871264WXH
Employer
Barts Health NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Whipps Cross Hospital
Town
London
Salary
£109,725 - £145,478 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
12/04/2026 23:59

Employer heading

Barts Health NHS Trust logo

Consultant in Emergency Medicine

YM72

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.

Job overview

Barts Health NHS Trust

Consultant in Emergency Medicine

10 PA Post

Whipp Cross Hospital

Our busy, forward thinking Emergency Department is looking for exceptional Consultants in Emergency Medicine to help drive high quality care, innovate clinical practice, and support our dedicated multi professional team.
This is more than a job — it’s an opportunity to shape the future of emergency care in a high acuity, high paced environment where no two days are the same.

Main duties of the job

What We’re Looking For-


You’ll be a dynamic, enthusiastic, and forward thinking Emergency Medicine Consultant who is:
•    GMC registered with CCT (or within 6 months of completion)
•    Experienced in leading clinical teams under pressure
•    Committed to delivering safe, compassionate, evidence based emergency care
•    Excited about service development, digital innovation, education, or research
•    A natural collaborator who thrives in fast-paced, multicultural environments

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.  

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.  

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.  

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

What We’re Looking For-


You’ll be a dynamic, enthusiastic, and forward thinking Emergency Medicine Consultant who is:
•    GMC registered with CCT (or within 6 months of completion)
•    Experienced in leading clinical teams under pressure
•    Committed to delivering safe, compassionate, evidence based emergency care
•    Excited about service development, digital innovation, education, or research
•    A natural collaborator who thrives in fast-paced, multicultural environments

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • MB ChB or equivalent
  • Full GMC Registration with a license to practise
  • FRCEM or equivalent (‘equivalence’ must be confirmed by HEE/GMC) and entry onto the specialist register for emergency Medicine
Desirable criteria
  • MRCP or equivalent additional higher qualification
  • additional higher qualification
  • Experience as a locum Consultant experience or acting up MD MSc

General Professional Training

Essential criteria
  • Entry on the Specialist Register in Emergency Medicine, or that at time of interview the applicant can produce evidence that he/she is within six months of CCT date and is expected to achieve CCT
  • ALS, ATLS, APLS provider
Desirable criteria
  • Instructor status in Advanced Life Support Courses, MIMMS provider

Level of Responsibility Achieved now

Essential criteria
  • Appropriate for level of experience with evidence of continual professional development, quality improvement and annual appraisals
  • Able to apply knowledge and experience to practice
  • High standard of documentation
  • Able to manage patients with on-going medical and surgical critical care needs in the resuscitation room
Desirable criteria
  • Experience in Acute Medicine and/or other acute specialty

Audit and Quality improvement

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of completing the audit cycle or completing a quality improvement project.
Desirable criteria
  • Quality improvement training

Governance and risk management

Essential criteria
  • Understanding of risk as it relates to Emergency medicine, with evidence of risk management
  • Reporting incidents – understanding how and when and can demonstrate examples of shared learning
  • Quality Assurance
  • Evidence of participation in Clinical Governance activities
  • Evidence of learning from an incident or event
  • Understanding own role within safeguarding
Desirable criteria
  • Lead investigator of a serious incident investigation
  • Attendance at departmental and Trust Governance meetings.

Teaching Skills

Essential criteria
  • Experience of undergraduate and Postgraduate teaching.
  • Enthusiastic teacher
Desirable criteria
  • Organising a training Programme.
  • Written a curriculum and developed a training programme. Qualification in teaching
  • Evidence of appropriate development towards clinical supervision

Research and Publications

Essential criteria
  • Understands importance of research and evidence-based medicine.
Desirable criteria
  • Paper presented at Academic meetings. Publications

Personal (Transferable skills)

Essential criteria
  • Team working
  • Shows decision making and judgement
  • Demonstrates adaptability
  • Works under pressure
  • Evidence of effective delegation
  • Communicates sensitively with patients and their families and colleagues.
Desirable criteria
  • Demonstrates breadth of thinking
  • Demonstrates initiative
  • Demonstrates resilience
  • Positive role model

Other Requirements

Essential criteria
  • To be able to demonstrate behaviours in keeping with the Barts Health WeCare values.
  • Acts with honesty and integrity
  • Demonstrates commitment to safe and compassionate patient care

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Green@Barts HealthNHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyLondon Living Wage is a voluntary commitment made by employers, who can become accredited with the Living Wage FoundationPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Pregnancy Loss PledgeDisability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Happy to Talk Flexible Working

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Tony Sebastian
Job title
Clinical Director
Email address
[email protected]
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