Consultant in Emergency Medicine

Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Applications are invited for a substantive full-time (10 PA) Consultant in Emergency Medicine at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a forward-thinking, innovative Emergency Department with an established reputation for high-quality patient care, education, quality improvement and service development.

The successful candidate will join a supportive team of twelve Emergency Medicine Consultants and one Specialist Doctor delivering consultant-led emergency care within one of the North East’s most integrated Emergency Care Centres.

We particularly welcome applicants with subspecialty interests or expertise that will complement and strengthen our existing team, and we are committed to supporting consultants in developing their own clinical, educational, leadership and research interests.

Main duties of the job

The appointed Consultant will be expected to collaborate with multidisciplinary professional colleagues to strive to ensure the best, most streamlined levels of care for our patients. We operate an open and honest culture within the organisation.They are expected to observe the Trusts agreed policies and procedures, and to follow the approved standing orders, financial instructions and standards of conduct. In particular, where they manage employees of the Trust, they will be expected to follow both national employment law and local people policies and procedures. They will be expected to make sure that there are adequate arrangements for hospital staff involved in care of patients to be able to contact them when on call.There are opportunities for the appointed consultant to develop a specialist interest to complement the department and Trust.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

  • Full GMC Registration, with licence to practise
  • Entry on the GMC Specialist Register for Emergency Medicine, or within 6 months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training at time of interview.
  • FRCEM or equivalent
  • ALS, APLS, ATLS provider status or equivalent

Desirable

  • ALS, APLS, ATLS Instructor
  • MIMMS, EMSB
  • CEM Core ultrasound skills

Experience

Essential

  • Significant Experience in Emergency Medicine
  • Involvement in clinical audit and quality improvement
  • Experience in teaching and supervision of junior colleagues and medical students

Desirable

  • Educational Supervision experience or training
  • Published research / Publication in Journals
  • Presentation at regional, national or international EM meetings

Skills, Knowledge and Aptitude

Essential

  • oAbility to assess and treat the full spectrum of acutely ill or injured adult and paediatric patients
  • oAbility to manage and co-ordinate the Emergency Department
  • oEffective oral and written communication skills
  • oMeet the requirements of the GMC’s Good Medical Practice.

Desirable

  • Evidence of management/organisation of unscheduled care systems
  • IT skills
  • Organisation skills

Disposition

Essential

  • oCommitment to teaching and continuing education
  • oCommitment to clinical development of emergency pathways
  • oAbility to work closely with the current consultants and senior nurses
  • oAbility to work co-operatively with others

Desirable

  • oCommitment to continuing professional development (CPD) and continuing medical education
  • oEvidence of teaching/educational supervision 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: 2 August 2026

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