Specialty Doctor in Emergency Medicine: Sponsorship Available

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Cross site working across Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle & West Cumberland Hospital, Whitehaven

We are excited to present the opportunity for two capable and experienced specialty doctors within Emergency Medicine at NCIC. The successful candidates will work as part of our ‘Senior Decision Maker’ rota alongside Higher Specialist Trainees and RCEM Credentialed Senior Advanced Clinical Practitioners

You will be actively involved in departmental management activity, quality improvement, and governance. You will be encouraged to develop your knowledge, skills, and experience in these non-clinical aspects of emergency medicine. You will help provide support and training to our composite medical workforce of postgraduate doctors in training, clinical fellows, and advanced practitioners.

Main duties of the job

  • Be involved in the initial reception and management of patients attending the ED.
  • As a capable and experienced ST4+ clinician, you will be expected to independently manage the department overnight, ensuring the delivery of safe and effective patient care
  • Be involved in the full spectrum of Emergency Department patients including resuscitation and assessment of seriously injured and ill patients, dealing with complex cases, paediatrics and minor injuries.
  • Assist the consultants and senior nurses in the running of the shop floor, ensuring that patients are seen by appropriate staff in a timely fashion and that junior staff are appropriately supervised along with nursing staff and medical students.
  • Assist in maintaining flow of patients through the department and support national Quality Indicators.
  • Undertake some administrative responsibilities, for example, reviewing x-ray and pathology results.
  • Have the facility under the auspices of the Emergency Consultant to develop special interest for clinical research and to undertake audit projects or support audit projects of the junior medical staff.
  • Share the responsibility of conducting an observation ward round in the Emergency Department
  • Actively attend, participate and contribute towards teaching sessions for his/her own team as well as colleagues of varying levels
  • Maintain and develop own skills and learning
  • Maintain professional standards and obligations as set out by the GMC
  • Adhere to Trust Policies and Guidelines

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

  • Full GMC Registration with Licence to Practice.
  • MBBS or equivalent medical degree
  • Current certification in: ALS/ACLS, ATLS/ETC, and APLS/EPLS
  • Evidence of progress towards MRCEM (e.g. 2/3 examinations passed)

Desirable

  • MRCEM fully completed
  • Evidence of progression towards FRCEM

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

  • Can demonstrate successful completion of foundation competencies or equivalent
  • Minimum of at least four years’ full-time postgraduate experience (or its equivalent gained on a part-time or flexible basis) at least two of which will be in Emergency Medicine or it’s allied specialties (acute medicine, anaesthetics, intensive care, or paediatrics).
  • Minimum of 12 months working in Emergency Medicine with evidence of knowledge, skills, and experience equivalent to a minimum of RCEM Entrustment Level 2b across all clinical RCEM SLOs
  • Minimum of 12 months working for an NHS organisation

Desirable

  • Evidence of knowledge, skills, and experience equivalent to RCEM Entrustment Level 3 across all clinical RCEM SLOs
  • Minimum of 3 months in Anaesthesia and/or Intensive Care Medicine
  • Experience of working in Paediatrics – general or emergency medicine.
  • POCUS experience

Management & Administrative

Essential

  • Ability to organise and prioritise workload and delegate responsibilities.
  • Ability to maintain accurate, and legible records.

Desirable

  • Experience of common emergency medicine management tasks

Teaching

Essential

  • Experience of and commitment to teaching undergraduate and postgraduate multi-professional medical workforce
  • Ability to motivate and support multidisciplinary team.

Research, Audit and Clinical Governance

Essential

  • Experience of quality improvement and/or medical audit

Desirable

  • Experience of research and Clinical Governance.

Communication skills and abilities

Essential

  • Demonstrates skills in spoken and written English.
  • Ability to communicate and relate well with other members of staff and patients.
  • Demonstrate experience of working in a team, values the input of other health professionals in the team and Trust.

Desirable

  • IT Skills.
  • Ability to deliver presentations

Continued Professional / Personal Development

Essential

  • Demonstrable evidence of lifelong learning.
  • Reflective approach to personal development with an ability to acknowledge and effectively manage poor performance.
  • Participation in appropriate peer review processes.

Personal Attributes

Essential

  • Ability to know own limitations & when to seek advice
  • High ethical and professional standards
  • Professional integrity & respect for others
  • Ability to travel to fulfil the requirements of the post.
  • Willingness to learn

Desirable

  • Leadership skills

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).

Closing Date: 13 October 2026

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