Locum Consultant in Emergency Medicine | London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

London North West Healthcare NHS Trust; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A university teaching NHS organization in the UK is seeking an Emergency Medicine Consultant to provide clinical leadership in their busy departments. The role involves overseeing clinical services, participating in quality improvements, and training junior medical staff. Ideal candidates should have qualifications in Emergency Medicine, with a dual qualification in paediatric medicine being desirable. This position requires collaboration with various clinical teams to enhance emergency services across multiple sites.

Qualifications

• Experience in a leadership role within an Emergency Department.
• Knowledge of clinical governance and safeguarding adults.
• Ability to manage and train junior medical staff.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the provision of high-quality clinical services.
• Lead training and audit activity within the department.
• Collaborate with the nursing and clinical teams.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Emergency medicine

Quality Improvement

Collaboration skills

Recruitment of medical staff

Education

Qualifications in Emergency Medicine

Dual qualification in paediatric medicine

Job description

London North West University (LNWH) Hospitals seeks dynamic, skilled individuals to join their Emergency Medicine Consultant team across our two Emergency Departments at Northwick Park and Ealing Hospitals. This post will be a 12 month fixed term role.

Providing clinical leadership to the Emergency Departments (EDs) at both Ealing and Northwick Park sites, in co‑operation with the Clinical Directors. The EDs are currently involved in many Quality Improvement activities and are looking for established or newly qualified consultants to be part of the team. (Dual qualification in paediatric medicine is desirable but not essential).

Key Responsibilities

• To oversee and ensure the provision of high quality clinical services within the Emergency Department and to lead appropriate training and audit activity.
• To collaborate in the development of Emergency services both in terms of the facilities available and new systems, processes and procedures.
• To be responsible, with the Nursing Shift Leader, for efficient floor management including deployment of junior medical staff.
• To collaborate with the Lead Clinician and the Senior Nurse Management Team in the development and implementation of medical policy for the running of the department.
• Participation in the medical advisory and liaison work of the hospital Medical Staff Committee and to share the workload of the involvement in any other committees relating to the Emergency Department, for example Clinical Governance, Safeguarding Adults, Transfusion, Major Incident etc.
• Ensuring the use of the computer systems within the department by education and direction of junior doctors’ activity.
• To co‑operate with the consultant team in the recruitment and appointment of junior medical staff in consultation with the Department of Human Resources and the ED Senior Nurse Management Team. He/she will also be expected, when required, to involve themselves with the recruitment and appointment of the registrar and, when necessary, of nurses in the department. He/she will help to organise and give guidance to the deployment of junior staff duties including allocation and supervision of clinical work where necessary.

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond. Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

Major Services

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top‑rated hyper‑acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper‑acute rehabilitation units in the UK.
• St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease.
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice.
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.

This advert closes on Sunday 4 Jan 2026.