Job overview

We are welcoming enthusiastic doctors with middle grade (ST4+ level) experience in Emergency Medicine to apply for this post. Joining our dynamic Emergency Department family will be the perfect opportunity to develop your career in a department with a proud educational culture and striving to deliver safe, quality patient care. We also offer opportunities to develop interests in teaching, research, simulation, trauma care, quality improvement, and clinical governance.  

Please do not apply for this post unless you possess all the essential criteria. The ideal candidate should be making good progress towards completing all 3 MRCEM examination components and already be working at ST4+ level (i.e. tier 4) in Emergency Medicine, with UK or Ireland NHS experience at tier 4 level (or at least 3-6 months tier 3 experience). If you are not sure, or think you have what it takes despite not fully meeting the essential criteria, please email your CV to [email protected] prior to applying for the post. 

The successful candidate will be joining our department in an exciting part of its history, after moving into our new purpose-built Emergency Receiving Area (ERA), which is a 12-bedded resuscitation area within the Greater Manchester Major Trauma Hospital. This facility was specifically designed for the reception and resuscitation of major trauma patients from across Greater Manchester, and includes a helipad and five theatres, one of which is a hybrid RAPTOR (resuscitation, angiography, percutaneous techniques and operative repair) theatre.  

We receive more than 100,000 type 1 patients per annum, of whom approximately 1,200 are major trauma calls for those triggering prehospital major trauma activation in the Greater Manchester and surrounding areas. A high proportion of these major trauma patients have elevated Injury Severity Score, requiring critical care admission.   

Salford Royal Hospital is a teaching hospital for the University of Manchester Medical School, with our ED offering plenty of educational opportunities for all staff. You can also develop your own educational portfolio by actively taking part in our departmental teaching sessions, simulation teaching, journal club, morbidity and mortality meetings, quality improvement & audit meetings, to name a few.   

We are also proud to take part in many national research projects, with ample opportunity to develop research interests. Some of our specialist tertiary services include acute stroke, neurosurgery, neurology, renal and dermatology.    

 Our department also have links with the North West Air Ambulance, with the Department and trust running regular teaching in trauma management. In addition, ATLS (Advanced Trauma Life Support) courses are run locally by Salford Royal teams, and European Trauma Course (ETC) is also run on-site. 

Main duties of the job

You will work at a level equivalent to ST4+ and share the rota with our current Specialty Registrars and locally employed doctors in Emergency Medicine. Initially you will be supernumerary (depending on experience), after which you will join the self-rostering full shift pattern rota.  

You will join our team as a Senior Clinical Fellow (or Specialty Doctor if you possess the necessary experience), with 80% clinical time spent on the shop floor (upper grade tier 4 rota), and 20% non-clinical time to undertake an additional role in your choice of area of interest (for example education, research, trauma, pre-hospital medicine). Please see the attached full person specification and job description for full details. 

The successful candidate will join our dynamic and enthusiastic multidisciplinary team of medical staff, trainees, nursing, and allied health professionals, and will be given responsibilities for patient care commensurate with their level of experience and training.  

 We support locally employed doctors in obtaining the training and secondments required to successfully complete all aspects of the Portfolio Pathway (previously known as CESR programme), supported by our CESR lead and three RCEM CESR assessors. We are in the process of setting up a more formal CESR programme in our department for fellows who wish to pursue this route.  

At the core of our reputation is an emphasis on education, with sustainability and flexible working. We recognise that a good work-life balance is of paramount importance in developing a rewarding career.   

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester.  Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.  

Learn more about us in our Candidate Information Pack (opens in existing window)