Consultant in Accident and Emergency: Sponsorship Available

Health and Community Services

Job summary

Interviews for this post are scheduled for 15th January 2027 with a pre-interview engagement day on 14th January 2027. Attendance in person is required on both days. Please take these dates into consideration when applying.

Health and Care Jersey are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and dynamic substantive Consultant in Accident and Emergency to join our welcoming consultant body.

Main duties of the job

Lead and supervise the resuscitation, assessment, treatment and ongoing management of patients with life-threatening injury and illness within the Emergency Department. Work closely with Primary Care, hospital specialties and external services to ensure coordinated, high-quality patient care. Assess, review and manage patients across Resus, Majors and Minors areas, acting as Consultant in Charge and leading clinical shifts when required.

Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to maintain performance against the Emergency Department 4-hour safety standard and associated quality measures. Participate in the Consultant on-call rota and provide clinical advice and support to primary care colleagues, consultants and wider services. Deliver personalised, evidence-based care plans, undertake timely reviews and interventions, and contribute to multidisciplinary team meetings where appropriate.

Maintain accurate medical records, including discharge documentation, and ensure appropriate clinical coding, audit and service monitoring. Adhere to local prescribing policies and infection prevention and control requirements, including current COVID-19 guidance. Provide clinical supervision, support and guidance to resident doctors and emergency nurse practitioners.

Provide cover for colleagues during periods of absence and demonstrate flexibility, adaptability and innovation to meet changing service needs, recognising that responsibilities may evolve in line with operational requirements.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Primary Medical Degree
  • Full Registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) with a Licence to practise, for overseas candidates it is mandatory that a licence is obtained prior to appointment.
  • Higher Specialty qualification: FRCEM or equivalent European Qualifications for Specialist Registration
  • To have obtained CCT and be on specialist register
  • To have obtained CESR and be on specialist register or,
  • Within 6 months of obtaining CCT with recommendation of programme director
  • ALS, ATLS/ETC, APLS/EPLS provider status

Desirable

  • Higher Degree MSc, MD or PhD or equivalent
  • ALS, ATLS/ETC, APLS/EPLS trainer status
  • Relevant experience at a consultant level in a similar setting
  • Leadership skills in managing change within healthcare services

Experience

Essential

  • Wide experience in emergency medicine
  • Evidence of successful interface between secondary and primary care
  • Enthusiastic Teacher
  • Management responsibility/leadership experience

Desirable

  • Participation on an emergency medicine on-call rota at a consultant level

Specialist Experience

Essential

  • Ultrasound qualifications

Desirable

  • Major Trauma Centre experience
  • Pre-Hospital experience
  • Specialist interest

Leadership and Management Skills

Essential

  • Ability to work flexibly with colleagues to provide services
  • Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, motivating and influencing others through their enthusiasm
  • Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GPs, management teams and external stakeholders
  • Highly motivated
  • Able to work within a multidisciplinary team
  • Experience of teaching, training and supervision of junior medical staff and undergraduate students
  • An understanding of and ability to demonstrate ability to
  • Empower others
  • Lead through change
  • Influence strategically
  • Collaborative working
  • Drive for Improvement
  • Demonstrate Integrity

Personal Attributes

Essential

  • Able to work flexibly in a changing health service
  • Ability to work as part of a team
  • Effective communicator

Other

Essential

  • Participation in clinical audit and risk management activities
  • Demonstrates a commitment to safeguarding young people and vulnerable adults
  • Evidence of annual appraisal

Desirable

  • Experience of service planning and development
  • Evidence of research and publication in peer reviewed journals
  • IT literate
  • All employees are required to:
  • ensure appropriate job plan is in place
  • adhere to the Standards in Public Services
  • understand your personal responsibilities in respect of health and safety at work
  • Undertake mandatory training, assessments, and appraisals within mandated timescales

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: 22 November 2026

To apply for this job please visit www.jobs.nhs.uk.