Locum Consultant in Emergency Medicine

NHS; Swindon; On-site; GBP 105,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking a dedicated Locum Consultant for their Emergency Department. In this role, you will join a friendly team of senior medical staff, delivering high-quality care and training to junior colleagues. This position offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic environment, managing a diverse range of patient presentations while contributing to service improvements. With a strong commitment to teamwork and patient-centric values, this role is perfect for those looking to make a meaningful impact in emergency medicine. Join us in providing exceptional care to our community!

Qualifications

• Must be fully registered with the GMC and hold CCT or equivalent.
• Experience in leading multi-professional teams and managing clinical care.

Responsibilities

• Provide general clinical ED sessions and senior input into patient care.
• Participate in out of hours consultant rota and clinical audits.

Skills

Emergency Medicine Expertise

Multidisciplinary Team Leadership

Clinical Care Management

Teaching and Training

Education

Fully registered with the GMC

CCT or equivalent

FRCEM or equivalent

Job description

Job summary

This role is a new consultant post within the Emergency Department; the appointed candidate(s) will join an existing team of senior medical staff including Consultants & SAS doctors. On joining the department, you will become part of a well-established, friendly team and will help us continue to drive forward improvements in the service that we provide to our patients. This is a Locum Consultant post for 12 months.

As a senior member of the team, you will become a key part in the delivery of training and supervision to our junior colleagues.

We are a large District General Emergency department seeing a broad spectrum of patients and presentations. We have a collocated Urgent Treatment Centre for minor illness and injury management as well as an observation ward supported by a 24-hour mental health liaison service. We have a large team of medical, nursing and allied health care professionals providing a high quality efficient service for our patients allowing us to have flexibility in avoiding admissions where possible.

We have a strong collaborative relationship with Acute Medicine, working together to improve quality and flow for patient care at the front door.

The successful candidate will provide general clinical ED sessions and senior input into patient care, ensuring appropriate discharge and hospital admission, along with management and leadership.

Main duties of the job

The Duties outlined below are not definitive and may be changed in accordance with the needs of the service.

1. Clinical Duties:
2. Multidisciplinary team working is a key component of the working within the Trust and involves regular MDT discussions with colleagues.
3. Providing evidence-based care for patients in a multidisciplinary setting.
4. Continuing responsibility for the care of patients in your charge, including all administrative duties associated with patient care (with secretarial support).
5. Development of sub-specialty interests that fit in with Division needs and the strategic direction of the Trust.
6. Responsibilities for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties are required, and for contributing to undergraduate and post-graduate and continuing medical education activity.
7. Provision of cover for Consultant colleagues' periods of leave in accordance with arrangements agreed within Trust policy.
8. Participation in clinical audit and in continuing medical education.
9. Conducting suitable duties in cases of emergencies and unforeseen circumstances.
10. The post holder will participate in an out of hours consultant rota, detailed within the job plan section.
11. With other colleagues enable senior input into patients journey through the ED enhancing quality and Consultant 'sign off.
12. Maintain the hours of availability of immediate Consultant opinion.
13. Enhance the reputation of the department through multi-disciplinary education & training and research.

About us

Our STAR values are at the heart of everything we do. You can expect to see them in the way we act and the way we treat each other. Our values make us who we are. We will expect your values and behaviours to reflect the STAR Values of the organisation:

Service: We will put our patients first.

Teamwork: We will work together.

Ambition: We will aspire to provide the best service.

Respect: We will act with integrity.

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, where the Cotswolds meet the West Country, enjoys enviable local support and excellent partnership working. It serves the local population of Swindon, Wiltshire and parts of Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and West Berkshire. The hospital is ideally located near junction 15 of the M4, London, Bristol and Oxford can all be reached within 1 hour by road or rail.

Date posted: 23 April 2025

Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade: Consultant

Salary: £105,504 to £139,882 a year per annum

Contract: Fixed term

Duration: 12 months

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 249-7123947

Job locations:

Great Western Hospital

Marlborough Road

Swindon

SN3 6BB

Job description Job responsibilities:

Management and Leadership Responsibilities: All staff in each Division are managerially accountable through their Lead Clinician to the Associate Medical Director, who has overall responsibility for the services within the Division. Consultants are key members of the Division and are accountable and responsible for leading changes to service that will improve the patient experience.

Further details can be found on the attached Job Description.

Person Specification Qualifications Essential:

• Fully registered with the GMC.
• CCT (or equivalent for non-UK applicants of equivalent status), or be accredited (or equivalent), and be on the GMC Specialist Register in the specialty appropriate for this consultant post at the time of taking up the consultant appointment. Alternatively, candidates can hold or be within 6 months of their CCT at interview.
• FRCEM (UK) or equivalent.

Clinical Experience Essential:

• Clinical training/experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT.
• Expertise in full range of Emergency conditions.
• Ability to lead a multi-professional team and take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients.
• Sub-speciality interests will be supported.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship: Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here.

UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details:

Employer name: Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address:

Great Western Hospital

Marlborough Road

Swindon

SN3 6BB

Employer's website: https://www.gwh.nhs.uk/