Consultant in Emergency Department: Sponsorship Available

  • Full Time
  • United Kingdom
  • 113,565 to 150,569 £ / Year

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

We are delighted to invite applications for two Consultant posts in Emergency Medicine at West Suffolk Hospital. This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic, forward-thinking team that is passionate about delivering high-quality, patient-centred emergency care. Working in a friendly and open district general hospital.

What We’re Looking For

Are you passionate about Emergency Medicine? Do you bring strong core EM skills, alongside the ambition to develop subspecialty interests that can benefit our service or patient groups? If you have a special interest area you’d like to explore or grow, we are ready to support your development.

Come and Visit Us

We warmly welcome informal visits or conversations about the role — please don’t hesitate to get in touch. We’d be happy to show you around and discuss how we can support your career in Emergency Medicine.

Please See Full Job Description attached for details

Interviews to be held on Friday, 23rd October 2026

Main duties of the job

The Role

We are looking for two exceptional Emergency Medicine clinicians to join our consultant team. We welcome applicants with an interest or expertise in areas such as:

o Resuscitationo Ultrasoundo Clinical governanceo Medical leadershipo Teaching and education

The post is offered on an annualised rota on a 1:10 on-call basis, designed to provide flexibility while maintaining robust senior coverage across the department.

Please See Full Job Description attached for details

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • MBChB or MBBS or equivalent
  • FRCEM or equivalent
  • ALS or equivalent certification
  • ATLS or equivalent certification
  • APLS or equivalent certification
  • Entry on GMC Specialist Register and hold a licence to practise or be eligible for entry on the Register (within six months of completion of Certificate of Completion of Training) at time of interview.

Desirable

  • Instructor status in life support course

Experience

Essential

  • Evidence of thorough training in Emergency Medicine
  • Able to offer expert clinical opinion on all aspects within EM. Able to take full and independent responsibility for delivering service without direct supervision.

Desirable

  • Substantive work in UK Emergency Medicine
  • Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT in relevant specialty

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • All applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English that are adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues which could be demonstrated by one of the following that applicants have undertaken undergraduate medical training in English. ? PLAB1 ? PLAB2 If applicants believe that they have adequate communication skills, but do not fit into one of the examples they need to provide evidence.
  • Has a thorough knowledge and understanding of “Good Medical Practice” from the GMC and meets its requirements
  • Ability to work as an effective part of a multidisciplinary team
  • Ability to build good working relations with peers & staff
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills

Technical Skills

Essential

  • Able to organise and prioritise workload
  • An understanding of accountability for patient care

Clinical Governance

Essential

  • Understanding of clinical governance and ability to demonstrate personal continuing development
  • Participation in QIP
  • Understanding of patient safety and risk management

Desirable

  • Evidence of implementing relevant evidence-based medicine
  • Experience of guideline appraisal

Research

Essential

  • Interest in research and commitment to support research or skills in critical appraisal.

Desirable

  • Recent published clinical research in peer reviewed journal
  • Experience of literature appraisal

Management Ability

Essential

  • Demonstrable leadership qualities
  • IT literacy
  • Ability to share departmental management duties
  • Time management skills

Desirable

  • Evidence of management experience or training

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).

Closing Date: 16 September 2026

To apply for this job please visit apps.trac.jobs.