Barts Health NHS Trust

Consultant in Emergency Medicine

The closing date is 12 April 2026

Job summary

Barts Health NHS Trust

Consultant in Emergency Medicine

10 PA Post

Whipp Cross Hospital

Our busy, forward thinking Emergency Department is looking for exceptional Consultants in Emergency Medicine to help drive high quality care, innovate clinical practice, and support our dedicated multi professional team.This is more than a job -- it's an opportunity to shape the future of emergency care in a high acuity, high paced environment where no two days are the same.________________________________________

Main duties of the job

What We're Looking For-

You'll be a dynamic, enthusiastic, and forward thinking Emergency Medicine Consultant who is:o GMC registered with CCT (or within 6 months of completion)o Experienced in leading clinical teams under pressureo Committed to delivering safe, compassionate, evidence based emergency careo Excited about service development, digital innovation, education, or researcho A natural collaborator who thrives in fast-paced, multicultural environments________________________________________

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Details

Date posted

13 March 2026

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£109,725 to £145,478 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

259-MED7871264WXH

Job locations

Whipps Cross Hospital

Whipps Cross Road

London

E11 1NR


Job description

Job responsibilities

What Were Looking For-

Youll be a dynamic, enthusiastic, and forward thinking Emergency Medicine Consultant who is: GMC registered with CCT (or within 6 months of completion) Experienced in leading clinical teams under pressure Committed to delivering safe, compassionate, evidence based emergency care Excited about service development, digital innovation, education, or research A natural collaborator who thrives in fast-paced, multicultural environments________________________________________

Job description

Job responsibilities

What Were Looking For-

Youll be a dynamic, enthusiastic, and forward thinking Emergency Medicine Consultant who is: GMC registered with CCT (or within 6 months of completion) Experienced in leading clinical teams under pressure Committed to delivering safe, compassionate, evidence based emergency care Excited about service development, digital innovation, education, or research A natural collaborator who thrives in fast-paced, multicultural environments________________________________________

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • MB ChB or equivalent
  • Full GMC Registration with a license to practise
  • FRCEM or equivalent ('equivalence' must be confirmed by HEE/GMC) and entry onto the specialist register for emergency Medicine

Desirable

  • MRCP or equivalent additional higher qualification
  • additional higher qualification
  • Experience as a locum Consultant experience or acting up MD MSc

General Professional Training

Essential

  • Entry on the Specialist Register in Emergency Medicine, or that at time of interview the applicant can produce evidence that he/she is within six months of CCT date and is expected to achieve CCT
  • ALS, ATLS, APLS provider

Desirable

  • Instructor status in Advanced Life Support Courses, MIMMS provider

Level of Responsibility Achieved now

Essential

  • Appropriate for level of experience with evidence of continual professional development, quality improvement and annual appraisals
  • Able to apply knowledge and experience to practice
  • High standard of documentation
  • Able to manage patients with on-going medical and surgical critical care needs in the resuscitation room

Desirable

  • Experience in Acute Medicine and/or other acute specialty

Audit and Quality improvement

Essential

  • Evidence of completing the audit cycle or completing a quality improvement project.

Desirable

  • Quality improvement training

Governance and risk management

Essential

  • Understanding of risk as it relates to Emergency medicine, with evidence of risk management
  • Reporting incidents - understanding how and when and can demonstrate examples of shared learning
  • Quality Assurance
  • Evidence of participation in Clinical Governance activities
  • Evidence of learning from an incident or event
  • Understanding own role within safeguarding

Desirable

  • Lead investigator of a serious incident investigation
  • Attendance at departmental and Trust Governance meetings.

Teaching Skills

Essential

  • Experience of undergraduate and Postgraduate teaching.
  • Enthusiastic teacher

Desirable

  • Organising a training Programme.
  • Written a curriculum and developed a training programme. Qualification in teaching
  • Evidence of appropriate development towards clinical supervision

Research and Publications

Essential

  • Understands importance of research and evidence-based medicine.

Desirable

  • Paper presented at Academic meetings. Publications

Personal (Transferable skills)

Essential

  • Team working
  • Shows decision making and judgement
  • Demonstrates adaptability
  • Works under pressure
  • Evidence of effective delegation
  • Communicates sensitively with patients and their families and colleagues.

Desirable

  • Demonstrates breadth of thinking
  • Demonstrates initiative
  • Demonstrates resilience
  • Positive role model

Other Requirements

Essential

  • To be able to demonstrate behaviours in keeping with the Barts Health WeCare values.
  • Acts with honesty and integrity
  • Demonstrates commitment to safe and compassionate patient care
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • MB ChB or equivalent
  • Full GMC Registration with a license to practise
  • FRCEM or equivalent ('equivalence' must be confirmed by HEE/GMC) and entry onto the specialist register for emergency Medicine

Desirable

  • MRCP or equivalent additional higher qualification
  • additional higher qualification
  • Experience as a locum Consultant experience or acting up MD MSc

General Professional Training

Essential

  • Entry on the Specialist Register in Emergency Medicine, or that at time of interview the applicant can produce evidence that he/she is within six months of CCT date and is expected to achieve CCT
  • ALS, ATLS, APLS provider

Desirable

  • Instructor status in Advanced Life Support Courses, MIMMS provider

Level of Responsibility Achieved now

Essential

  • Appropriate for level of experience with evidence of continual professional development, quality improvement and annual appraisals
  • Able to apply knowledge and experience to practice
  • High standard of documentation
  • Able to manage patients with on-going medical and surgical critical care needs in the resuscitation room

Desirable

  • Experience in Acute Medicine and/or other acute specialty

Audit and Quality improvement

Essential

  • Evidence of completing the audit cycle or completing a quality improvement project.

Desirable

  • Quality improvement training

Governance and risk management

Essential

  • Understanding of risk as it relates to Emergency medicine, with evidence of risk management
  • Reporting incidents - understanding how and when and can demonstrate examples of shared learning
  • Quality Assurance
  • Evidence of participation in Clinical Governance activities
  • Evidence of learning from an incident or event
  • Understanding own role within safeguarding

Desirable

  • Lead investigator of a serious incident investigation
  • Attendance at departmental and Trust Governance meetings.

Teaching Skills

Essential

  • Experience of undergraduate and Postgraduate teaching.
  • Enthusiastic teacher

Desirable

  • Organising a training Programme.
  • Written a curriculum and developed a training programme. Qualification in teaching
  • Evidence of appropriate development towards clinical supervision

Research and Publications

Essential

  • Understands importance of research and evidence-based medicine.

Desirable

  • Paper presented at Academic meetings. Publications

Personal (Transferable skills)

Essential

  • Team working
  • Shows decision making and judgement
  • Demonstrates adaptability
  • Works under pressure
  • Evidence of effective delegation
  • Communicates sensitively with patients and their families and colleagues.

Desirable

  • Demonstrates breadth of thinking
  • Demonstrates initiative
  • Demonstrates resilience
  • Positive role model

Other Requirements

Essential

  • To be able to demonstrate behaviours in keeping with the Barts Health WeCare values.
  • Acts with honesty and integrity
  • Demonstrates commitment to safe and compassionate patient care

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Barts Health NHS Trust

Address

Whipps Cross Hospital

Whipps Cross Road

London

E11 1NR


Employer's website

https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Barts Health NHS Trust

Address

Whipps Cross Hospital

Whipps Cross Road

London

E11 1NR


Employer's website

https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Clinical Director

Dr Tony Sebastian

Tony.Sebastian@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

13 March 2026

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£109,725 to £145,478 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

259-MED7871264WXH

Job locations

Whipps Cross Hospital

Whipps Cross Road

London

E11 1NR


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