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
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
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Tony Sebastian
- Job title
- Clinical Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
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