Consultant in Emergency Medicine

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust; Leicester; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A major NHS hospital trust in Leicester is looking for a Consultant in Emergency Medicine to deliver high-quality clinical care in a busy Emergency Department. The role requires hands-on leadership and teaching of junior staff and medical students, while also participating in quality improvement projects. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in emergency medicine and excellent communication skills. This is a full-time position based at one of the largest teaching hospitals in the UK with a strong focus on professional development.

Qualifications

• Completed or within 6 months of CCT.
• Must be GMC registered.
• Holds MB BS or an equivalent qualification.
• FCEM or equivalent and provider status for life support courses required.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality consultant led clinical care in the Emergency Department.
• Ensure high clinical standards through supervision of junior staff.
• Engage in teaching medical students and other healthcare professionals.
• Participate in departmental governance and quality improvement projects.

Skills

Clear communication skills

Empathy and sensitivity

Ability to manage time and information

Ability to inspire others

Education

Completed or within 6 months of CCT

GMC registered

MB BS or Equivalent

FCEM or equivalent

Job description

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Consultant in Emergency Medicine

The closing date is 09 January 2026

Fancy a new challenge in a purpose-built Emergency Department? Ready to test your emergency medicine skills in one of the busiest Emergency Departments in the country? Then Leicester could be for you...

UHL is one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in the UK. The Emergency Department (ED) is based at Leicester Royal Infirmary where we see over 240,000 patients a year.

The new emergency department was completed in April 2017. The new Emergency Department incorporates a 48 majors cubicles, a 12 cubicle Emergency Room and a separate Children's ED with 12 bedded Short Stay Paediatric Unit for children who are expected to stay less than 18 hours.

The ED in Leicester has pioneered an annualised consultant rota which is increasingly being adopted in other centres. This offers personal flexibility, within a large committed team, time for sub-specialty interests in existing Consultants and support for others.

Despite the clinical work pressures and challenges, our ED is a leading light nationally in Paediatric EM, EM Research, EM education and Geriatric EM and is actively developing a program in Pre-Hospital EM.

Leicester offers the option of rural or city living, excellent state and private education, easy access to London by train (55min) and East Midlands airport (30min).

Main duties of the job

Principle Elements of the Post:

• Participate in the delivery of high quality Consultant led 'shop floor' clinical care for the Emergency Department.
• Provide on-call cover and cover for Major Incidents.
• Ensure high clinical standards are met through structured supervision of Specialist Registrars, Junior Doctors, Emergency Care Practitioners and Advanced Nurse Practitioners.
• Deliver and promote excellence in teaching of medical students, paramedics, doctors, nurses and Emergency Nurse Practitioners.
• Actively support and promote a culture of high quality patient care through multi-disciplinary Clinical Governance, audit activities and quality improvement projects.
• Actively engage in the non-clinical and administrative work that underpins excellence in clinical care.
• Act in a way that is consistent with UHL's five values.
• Work with the Clinical Governance team to enhance patient safety.

Job responsibilities

Background

This post is part of a strategy to provide increased consultant cover from 08:00 01:00 and overnight 20:00-08:00 7-days per week in the Emergency Department.

Principle Elements of the Post

• Participate in the delivery of high quality Consultant led shop floor clinical care for the Emergency Department.
• Provide on-call cover and cover for Major Incidents.
• Ensure high clinical standards are met through structured supervision of Specialist Registrars, Junior Doctors, Emergency Care Practitioners and Advanced Nurse Practitioners.
• Deliver and promote excellence in teaching of medical students, paramedics, doctors, nurses and Emergency Nurse Practitioners.
• Actively support and promote a culture of high quality patient care through multi-disciplinary Clinical Governance, audit activities and quality improvement projects.
• Actively engage in the non-clinical and administrative work that underpins excellence in clinical care.
• Act in a way that is consistent with UHLs five values.
• Work with the Clinical Governance team to enhance patient safety.
• Support and oversee the placement of students in the department and act as a clinical teacher.
• Facilitate delivery of undergraduate teaching as directed by the departmental undergraduate education lead.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Completed or within 6 months of CCT
• GMC registered
• MB BS or Equivalent
• FCEM or equivalent; provider status for life support courses eg APLS, ALS, ATLS
• Membership of RCEM and other professional bodies affiliated to Emergency Medicine

Management

• Willingness to work in a cohesive manner as a member of the team and shared philosophy
• Evidence of completed projects led by the applicant
• Capacity to manage/prioritise time and information effectively; capacity to organise own workload.
• Knowledge of clinical governance issues
• Demonstration of previous successful leadership at senior level
• Management training on an accredited course

Communication Skills

• Clear, fluent and articulate in Written English
• Empathic and sensitive; capacity to take others’ perspectives and treat others with understanding

Teaching

• Demonstrate enthusiasm and commitment to teaching.
• Interest in clinical education.
• Experience of, and commitment to teaching postgraduates.
• Enthusiastic and ability to inspire others.
• Past experience of medical education.
• Willingness to develop new approaches to teaching.
• Higher qualification in medical education.
• Ability to lead others and deliver change.

Experience

• Experience of working as part of a large, multidisciplinary team including those involved in caring for older people.
• Experience of working in UK Emergency Departments.
• Clinical Knowledge and Expertise: Appropriate knowledge base and ability to apply sound clinical judgment to problems; demonstrates clear, logical thinking/analytical approach; understands evidence based practice.
• Willingness to develop skills and experience in areas of interest.

Audit and Research

• Experience in, and commitment to medical audit.
• Understanding and interest in research relevant to older people.
• Ability to appraise research critically.
• Ability to supervise juniors undertaking research projects.
• Evidence of improvement of service delivery in previous posts.
• Undergone training in teaching and willingness to organise relevant audit activities.
• Evidence of recent research and development activity.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust