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Consultant in Emergency Medicine

2 days ago

Worcester

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking to recruit a Consultant in Emergency Medicine. Successful candidates will join a team of 18 consultants. The Directorate provides services across 3 hospital sites within the county of Worcestershire. As a Trust we are actively involved in developing the training program for students from the Three Counties Medical School based in Worcester which opened in September 2023. We look forward to establishing links with the new Medical School in addition to well-established relationships with the University of Birmingham and the University of Warwick. As part of the Consultant Advisory Appointment Committee, shortlisted candidates will be asked to provide a 5 minute presentation on the topic: What digital innovations do you think will benefit patients in WANHST Emergency departments. AAC interview date: 4th December 2026 This job description was approved by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine on 20th July 2026. As part of the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Cross-County Emergency Medicine Directorate, you will have the opportunity to work at both Worcestershire Royal Hospital and the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch. You will be joining us at an exciting time as both our departments have seen significant investment to improve facilities for patients and rest and training facilities for staff. In Summer 2023 the Trust opened a multi-million-pound state-of-the-art Urgent and Emergency Care centre on the Worcestershire Royal Hospital site, with co-located EM, Acute Medicine, Radiology and SDEC services to transform our activity. Situated between the calm tranquillity of the Malvern Hills and the hustle-and-bustle of Birmingham City Centre, Redditch offers the best of both worlds. You could be a short distance away from beautiful countryside for outdoor pursuits, or a short distance away from dining at Michelin-starred restaurants or visiting the many theatres, museums and music venues of Birmingham. Nearby towns such as Bromsgrove have schools rated as being Outstanding by Ofsted for those who are already raising young families, or those who are just about to embark on that lifelong journey. If you want something supportive, sustainable and geared towards delivering quality, innovative patient care, choose Worcestershire, Where Our People Matter. Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond. The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester. Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them. We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do. Being open and honest Ensuring people feel cared for Showing respect to everyone We are committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement by embedding the principles of our Improvement System. We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer. Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check (at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs. This job description, together with the job plan, will be reviewed annually and agreed with the Clinical Director and Divisional Director, on behalf of the Chief Medical Officer, to ensure that it continually reflects the areas of work, clinical responsibility of the post and purchaser requirements. • A suitably experienced post-holder will be expected to provide a clinical service in the relevant specialty to patients of the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust and to General Practitioners., • The post-holder will be expected to provide a service to patients of the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, General Practitioners and to attend multi-disciplinary meetings. The successful candidate will be expected to work within multi-disciplinary teams in providing high quality clinical care. It is anticipated work will be undertaken on three sites and closer to the patients home. The Trust is seeking to extend services to GP surgeries/health centres etc and job plans may be revised in due course., • The post-holder will provide support to the A& E department and acute medicine to ensure timely appropriate care and patient flow through the hospital., • The post-holder will provide consultation and advisory service to clinical colleagues in the Trust and Primary Care., • Full GMC Registration with a Licence to practise., • Entry on Specialist Register in Emergency Medicine (or CCT expected within 6 months of interview date) via CCT, CESR (CP) or European Community Rights., • Success in Intercollegiate Specialty Examination or overseas equivalent, • FRCEM or equivalent, • ALS, ATLS/ETC and APLS/EPLS/EPALS provider., • Instructor for Advanced Life Support courses, • Higher degree, • Postgraduate qualification in education, • Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems, • Ability to supervise postgraduate research, • Recognised Clinical/ Educational, • Supervisor in accordance with the GMC and Academy of Medical Educators Framework, • An awareness of current specialty specific developments and initiative., • Publications in relevant peer- reviewed journals in the last 5 years, • Evidence of having undertaken original research., • Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining (UK) CCT/Portfolio Pathway (formally known as CESR) in Emergency Medicine., • Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on range of problems both emergency and elective within specialty., • Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients., • Expertise in sub-specialty., • Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively., • Ability to advise on efficient and smooth running of specialist service., • Ability to organise and manage outpatient priorities., • Ability to manage and lead the specialty firm and multi-disciplinary team., • Experience of audit management and conducting clinical audit., • Ability to manage and lead specialist unit and working parties as appropriate., • Ability to use the evidence based and clinical audit to support decision making., • Ability to teach clinical skills to medical, nursing staff and other disciplines., • Experience of teaching clinical skills to undergraduates and postgraduates., • Ability to supervise postgraduate research., • Ability to work in a team., • Enquiring, critical approach to work., • Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies., • Commitment to Continuing Medical Education., • Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local regional or national levels., • An understanding of the current NHS environment, particularly in relation to reforms, initiatives and issues., • Able to meet the travel requirements of the job and return to the hospital within 30 minutes when on call. 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