Specialist Doctor in Emergency Medicine

Doncaster & Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS FT; Worksop; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 112,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent hospital trust in the UK is seeking a Specialist Doctor in Emergency Medicine to strengthen their team. Responsibilities include managing emergency patients, assisting junior doctors, and enhancing service delivery across the department. Ideal candidates will have extensive clinical experience and a strong commitment to teaching. The role offers competitive pay and extensive benefits, supporting both personal and professional development in a collaborative environment.

Benefits

NHS Pension Scheme

Generous holiday entitlement

Comprehensive health and wellbeing support

Training opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience and enthusiasm for clinical teaching.
• Full registration with the GMC is mandatory.
• Skills in resuscitation and trauma management required.

Responsibilities

• Manage a wide range of emergency patients.
• Assist junior doctors with patient management.
• Provide leadership within the Emergency Department.

Skills

Clinical teaching of postgraduate doctors

Ability to identify sick adult patients

Resuscitation and stabilization

Ability to provide conscious sedation

Knowledge of Audit principles

Education

MBChB/MBBS or equivalent

Fully registered with the GMC

ALS (or equivalent)

Completed 12 years' medical work

Job description

Go back Doncaster & Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS FT

Specialist Doctor in Emergency Medicine

The closing date is 24 December 2025

The successful candidate will contribute to emergency care across the Division of Medicine and will work as a Trust Doctor as part of the Emergency Department team with a full shift rota. The current rota is calculated at an average 10 PAs per week. We have forged close links between our Acute Medicine and Emergency Medicine Teams. As part of the Consultant led team the successful applicant will provide shop floor input and leadership.

Main duties of the job

Key Duties of the Post:

• Managing a whole spectrum of emergency patients
• Assistance and supervision of the F1, F2 and GPST doctors with the management of patients
• Strengthening the delivery of a high-quality Emergency Medicine service across the hospital and community
• Developing further links between Emergency Medicine and Acute Medicine
• Developing innovative practices in clinical patient management, focusing on high quality care
• Developing a subspecialty interest

About us

DBTH is one of Yorkshire's leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000. Our services are based over three main hospital sites and several additional services employing over 7,000 colleagues.

At DBTH we have a comprehensive framework of behaviours that guide us in our daily working lives, these form the DBTH Way. We pride ourselves on our commitment to the values of We Care and now the DBTH Way builds upon these foundations, providing further clarity on what it means to embody these values in our everyday interactions.

As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.

We offer a range of benefits to support our people including:

• Extensive range of learning opportunities
• NHS Pension Scheme
• Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditions
• Comprehensive health and wellbeing support
• NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice scheme
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers

Job responsibilities

Key competencies required for this position:

• Resuscitate and Stabilize (SLO3): Ability to identify sick adult patients, perform resuscitation, stabilization, and recognize appropriate cessation at the entrustment level of 4
• Possession of an up-to-date ALS (or equivalent) certificate
• Care for injured patient (SLO4): Completion of ATLS or ETC or equivalent trauma course able to demonstrate the skills at the entrustment level of 4
• Ability to identify sick paediatric patients, resuscitate and stabilize them. Possession of an APLS or EPLS (or equivalent) certification and able to demonstrate the skills at the entrustment level of 4
• Fracture/Dislocation Manipulation – able to demonstrate the skills at the entrustment level of 4
• Ability to provide conscious sedation independently
• Dealing with complex and challenging situations in the workplace (SLO6). Should be able to demonstrate as senior clinician overnight at DRI and Bassetlaw

Person Specification

Teaching and training

• Experience of and enthusiasm for clinical teaching of postgraduate doctors and other healthcare professionals
• Academic achievements/evidence of familiarity with research methods which have resulted in publications

Audit and Research

• Knowledge of Audit principles and evidence of participation in and completion of audit projects and the implementation of outcomes
• Critical Appraisal Skills
• Evidence of knowledge of research methodology

Personal Qualities

• Ability to use IT Systems - inc Word, Excel, PowerPoint Outlook
• Evidence of innovation
• Evidence of continual learning and development
• Understands self (strengths and weaknesses) and impact of behaviour on others

Qualifications

• MBChB/MBBS or equivalent
• Must be fully registered with the GMC and applicants must continue to hold a Licence to Practise
• ALS (or equivalent)
• FRCEM or equivalent achieved
• Completed a minimum of 12 years' medical work (either continuous period or in aggregate) since obtaining a primary medical qualification, of which a minimum of 6 years should have been in a relevant specialty in the Specialty Doctor and/or closed SAS grades. Equivalent years' experience in a relevant specialty from other medical grades including from overseas will also be accepted
• Must meet the criteria set out in the Specialist grade generic capabilities framework
• EPALS / APLS (or equivalent)
• ATLS / ETC (or equivalent)
• Working as locum consultant in emergency medicine experience

Experience and Achievements

• Must be able to demonstrate clinical experience and competence in all aspects of Emergency Medicine at a standard capable of leading the department overnight (EPIC)
• Capacity to apply sound clinical knowledge relevant to the role

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.

Doncaster & Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS FT

£100,870 to £111,441 a year (pro rata)