Locally Employed Doctor - Medical Rotation (AUGUST 2025)

Job summary

UHB has a highly successful Locally Employed Doctor (LED) training programme, introduced in 2008 and now invites applications for core training in medical specialities commencing in August 2025.

Following a highly acclaimed Emergency/Acute Medicine programme UHB have now launched our LED Core Training Programme. The programme is aimed at training doctors in the competencies required for the successful completion of core training in General Medicine or ACCS. The posts include training in all the competencies required by the respective Royal College for either core medical training, ACCS training or core surgical training and includes rotational placements in key medical specialties as a rotational LED.

This recruitment is for August 2025 commencement - therefore interviews will be scheduled for March/April 2025. There will be no updates to your application during this time as shortlisting will take some time. Please do not call/email as we will be unable to update until shortlisting has been completed.

***Due to the volume of applications please do not chase before this time. If you have not heard from us by April 2025 please assume you have not been successful with your application. Do not send CV's via email as these will not be accepted - if you wish to be considered apply online via this advert.

The post may close earlier than the advertised date if we are inundated with applications.***

Please regularly check your spam folder for any correspondence concerning the interview and updates.

Main duties of the job

The posts are not HEE recognised training posts but will train doctors in a similar way and with the competencies required for future progression.

UHB is one of the countries leading hospitals and one of the most consistently high performing Trusts in the NHS. It has been rated 'excellent' for leadership and provides high quality of clinical and non-clinical services and excellent management.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trustwide

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trustwide

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)

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