Consultant In Children and Young Peoples Emergency Medicine

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated Consultant in Children and Young People’s Emergency Medicine to join a friendly, dynamic and forward thinking Children’s Emergency Department at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. NUH is a Major Trauma Centre for the East Midlands, with a dedicated Children’s and Young People’s Emergency Department based within Nottingham Children’s Hospital.

We are looking for a team player with a passion for delivering high quality, compassionate care to children and young people, who will contribute to our ambition to develop one of the leading Children’s Emergency Departments in the UK, delivering excellent care without exception.

We are seeking candidates with excellent clinical, communication and leadership skills, whose primary focus is safe, effective and child centred emergency care. You must be committed to supporting education, research, quality improvement and health promotion, all of which are central to our service and future development. The successful candidate will be supported by a senior mentor during their first year and given protected time to develop special interests aligned to departmental and Children’s Hospital priorities.

Come and visit us to learn more about our department, our people and our plans for the future.

Main duties of the job

Day to day, you will contribute to the Children and Young People’s Emergency Department consultant clinical rota, providing senior clinical leadership on the shop floor and taking responsibility for the assessment and management of acutely unwell and injured children and young people. This includes leadership of paediatric resuscitation and major trauma, working closely with the wider Children’s Hospital and Major Trauma Centre teams.

You will be expected to demonstrate effective leadership across the multi professional team and play an active role in the education, supervision and development of doctors in training, advanced clinical practitioners, nurses and other learners within the department. You will contribute to clinical governance activity, including audit, quality improvement, incident review and service development. All consultants are expected to be GCP certified and to actively support recruitment to research studies within the department.

Non shop floor duties are integral to the successful running of a busy Children’s Emergency Department. There are a range of opportunities to contribute to the leadership and governance of CYPED and the Children’s Hospital, including involvement in education, research, service improvement and departmental development.

You will be encouraged and supported, with protected time, to develop specialist interests aligned to departmental strategy and the wider priorities of Nottingham Children’s Hospital.

Person Specification

Professional Registration

Essential

• Full GMC registration
• Eligible to be included on the Specialist Register
• CCT in Paediatric Emergency Medicine OR CCT in Emergency Medicine with PEM sub-specialty training OR CCT in general paediatrics with substantial PEM experience

Qualifications/Development

Essential

• MRCPCH, FRCEM or Equivalent ATLS, APLS or equivalent
• Evidence of Level 3 Safeguarding Children

Desirable

• Higher professional degree or qualification or training

Teaching, Education & Research

Essential

• Evidence of participation in QIPs / Clinical Audit.
• Able to teach and support junior staff effectively

Desirable

• Higher degree or qualification in healthcare education
• Higher degree or qualification in research methodology
• Higher degree or qualification in quality improvement
• Original Research Publications

Management Skills

Essential

• Knowledge of the attributes of effective leaders and high performing teams.
• Knowledge of the place of the ED in the wider NHS and the Urgent and Emergency Care Pathway
• Ability to develop, present and operationalise ideas for service development/delivery.
• Evidence of being involved with a significant change management programme.
• Ability to lead teams and delegate appropriately.

Desirable

• Evidence of leading a significant change management programme
• Higher degree or other qualification in leadership and management

Clinical Skills/Experience

Essential

• Minimum of 7 years post-graduation experience
• Able to communicate with children of all ages.
• Able to communicate empathically with children and their families.
• Effective Team leader in Paediatric Emergency Medicine situations

Desirable

• Specific training or qualification in communication skills
• Specific training or qualification in patient safety and/or human factors

Personal Skills and Qualities

Essential

• Able to work flexibly in a changing health service
• Able to use the Trust’s IT support systems
• Team Player, Resilient, Independent worker
• Works well under pressure Patient, tactful, diplomatic

Closing Date: 12 July 2026