Specialty Doctor in Emergency Medicine

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust; Guildford; On-site; GBP 64,000 - 103,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust in Guildford is seeking Specialty Doctors in Emergency Medicine to join the ED team. The post supports 10 PAs per week, with a recently redeveloped ED and opportunities to contribute to service redesign and quality improvement.

The department offers CESR pathways, regular teaching, and a focus on leadership development. Mentoring and dedicated study leave are available to enhance professional growth within an established Trust.

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration is required.
• MRCEM and FRCEM are essential.
• CESR program involvement welcomed with regular teaching.

Responsibilities

• See new patients in A&E and provide on-site supervision for junior doctors.
• Lead department at night as the on-call senior with consultant on-call from home after midnight.
• Mentor CESR applicants and provide protected study leave for CPD and quality projects.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Team leadership

Communication skills

Teaching & simulation

CESR mentoring

Education

MRCEM

FRCEM

Master in Emergency Medicine

GMC registration

ATLS/APLS/ALS provider

Job description

Employer Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal Surrey Hospital Town Guildford Salary £63,696 - £102,689 per annum, dependent on experience Salary period Yearly Closing 18/10/2026 23:59

Specialty Doctor in Emergency Medicine

MC75

Job overview

We are seeking enthusiastic Specialty Doctors in Emergency Medicine to join the existing ED team FOR 10 PAs per week. It is an exciting time to join our team as the new ED has recently opened; the £8M redevelopment plan has delivered a bigger footprint and new Paediatric, Major and CDU areas. There is considerable scope for the successful candidates to be involved in service re-design and quality improvement projects, shaping the Departments future development and improvement of patient care.

The department has a CESR program which includes regular teaching and rotations to ITU and Anaesthesia. Our middle grades are selected with the long‑term view of career development and retention. This creates an up‑skilled, motivated and progressive middle grade work force.

The department’s many attributes include regional accreditation as a Trauma Unit, established as regional point of care ultrasound (POCUS) training centre with daily teaching run by accredited trainers. We also boast multi professional simulation sessions and dedicated teaching in addition to our unique CESR program.

Main duties of the job

The primary duties of the post are to see new patients within the ED, and to be an on‑site source of advice, help and supervision for more junior doctors in the ED. This is a senior post and specialty doctors will be the doctor in charge of the department at night with a consultant on call from home after midnight.

The successful candidate will be working on the Middle Grade rota (see attached) and accountable to the EM ConsultantsWe expect for the candidate to have good leadership skills, ability to manage the Department, including flow through the ED.

The successful candidate will have a dedicated mentor (supervisor) and 1 SPA (pro rata) for training, CPDs and quality improvement projects, plus budgeted study leave days

Working for our organisation

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.

We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.

We have received an overall Good rating from the CQC with Medical care (including older peoples care), End of Life Care and Maternity services being deemed Outstanding by the CQC.

Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

It is an exciting time to join our team. We have been selected by HEE KSS for the CESR project and received the CHKSS award for Patient Safety 2019. We have completed a £8 Million redevelopment of the Emergency Department which has produced a bespoke ED transforming the way we deliver Emergency and Urgent care to our local population. The team is flexible with several special interests such as point of care ultrasound (POCUS), teaching and simulation. We welcome new ideas and diversity and the Trusts focus is on empowering clinical leadership.

Dedicated mentoring for CESR applicants by CESR Consultants will take you through the application process.

Practical experience will be delivered via simulation and workshops where you are at the centre of the learning experience.

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust is a leading modern general hospital and specialist centre for cancer services and treatment, based in Guildford.

The Trust serves a population of 330,000 for emergency and general hospital services, mainly from West Surrey, East Hampshire and North Sussex and 1.3 million people for cancer services. The Trust celebrated its 150th birthday on 27 April 2016. We have good working relationships with Guildford and Waverley CCG, and Surrey Heartlands STP.

As a NHS Foundation Trust, we have a 32-strong Council of Governors and over 8,000 public members. The hospital has an annual income of more than £200 million and employs around 3,500 people, making us one of Guildfords largest employers.

Each year the Trust sees around 215,000 outpatients, admits 58,500 patients for treatment and 70,000 patients attend our Emergency Department. The Trust is also a centre of excellence and training for minimal access surgery and regional hub for ENT and pathology services.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Full registration with the General Medical Council
• Provider status in ATLS, APLS and ALS or equivalent (exceptional circumstances they might be completed after appointment but within reasonable time frame e.g. 6 months)
• MRCEM
• FRCEM
• Master relevant to Emergency Medicine

Skills

• High commitment to clinical work
• Demonstrable commitment to clinical leadership
• Evidence of maintaining clinical knowledge and skills
• Excellent inter-personnel, communication and presentation skills
• Ability to apply sound clinical knowledge and judgement to problems
• Ability to prioritise clinical need maximising safety and minimising risk
• Extended training in ultrasound
• Experience in teaching and/or simulation
• Evidence of leading department / ESLEs

Experience

• Four years post graduate training/experience with at least 2 years in Emergency Medicine or a relevant specialty.
• Demonstrable experience working clinically in the NHS
• CPD - Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development
• Active involvement in QI
• Have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy/national guidance/CQC/ and appreciate the implications of this on engagement
• QI course completed / QIAT
• Currently working as Registrar level

Personal Attributions

• Demonstrate ability to work with colleagues as part of a team
• Commitment to personal development
• Approachability
• Adaptable and flexible
• Management, Leadership and Initiative skills
• Active interest in research and commitment to clinical innovation

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.