Job overview

Medical Advisor (On Call) – Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Are you an experienced pre-hospital, blue-light trained doctor with a passion for pre-hospital care and trauma response? Do you thrive in high-pressure environments and want to make a real difference in critical situations?

Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust is seeking a Medical Advisor (On Call) to join our team providing overnight clinical leadership and emergency support across Yorkshire. The role is a temporary position based on an honorary contract until the end of March 2026.

Main duties of the job

What You’ll Do:

• Be part of a 1-in-6 on-call rota, covering 20:00–08:00, 7 days a week.
• Provide expert clinical advice to specialist ambulance clinicians, especially in trauma and critical care cases.
• Respond to major incidents, supporting Tactical Commanders with strategic medical input and overseeing clinical interventions at the scene.
• Ensure rapid patient flow from incident sites to hospitals.
• Participate in training and exercises to maintain operational excellence.

What We’re Looking For:

• Registered Consultant or equivalent with a current license to practice.
• Diploma in Immediate Care (Royal College of Surgeons) – Fellowship desirable.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in immediate care and pre-hospital environments (e.g., Air Ambulance, BASICS).
• Blue light driving qualification and readiness to respond within 30 minutes of the Yorkshire border.
• Strong leadership, communication, and decision-making skills under pressure.

Why Join Us?

• Play a pivotal role in major incident response and critical care delivery.
• Receive an annual honorarium and contribute to a vital on-call service that saves lives.
• Work within a Trust that values kindness, respect, teamwork and Improvement

Working for our organisation

Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) NHS Trust geographically covers nearly 6,000 square miles of varied terrain, from isolated moors and dales to urban areas, coastline and inner cities.

We serve a population of over five million people across Yorkshire and the Humber and strive to ensure that patients receive the right response to their care needs as quickly as possible, wherever they live.

We employ more than 7,100 staff, who together with over 1,300 volunteers, enable us to provide a vital 24-hour, seven-days-a-week, emergency and healthcare service.

Our ambition is to be an employer of choice, and we are continuously working across our partnership to improve our collective offer to staff in areas like health and wellbeing, benefits and flexible working incl. hybrid working.

Benefits:
•    Flexible working including part-time hours, job shares and flexible hours, agile working (role dependant)
•    27 days annual leave, increasing to 33 with service.
•    Contributory Pension.
•    NHS Discounts including shops, restaurants, gyms etc.
•    Car lease and other salary sacrifice schemes (salary dependent) 
•    Dedicated employee assistance and counselling service.
•    Opportunities for research participation, career progression and ongoing development.
•    Well respected, committed and supported staff networks for our workforce.

Check out our YAS One Team Simulation! https://www.nwyhelearning.nhs.uk/elearning/yorksandhumber/yas/yasoneteam/index.html