Consultant in Emergency Medicine: Sponsorship Available

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Working Full Time – 10 sessions per week

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Emergency Department is entering an exciting period of clinical workforce expansion which represents the most significant expansion of the ED Consultant team in recent years.

We are seeking applicants who will join in our commitment to providing high quality, consultant delivered emergency care. You will also make a major contribution to the training & development of our junior medical staff and wider team. We welcome applications from established consultants as well as those looking for their first substantive consultant post. Applications from candidates with a special interest or dual CCT are encouraged.

This ED is one of the major emergency departments for Cheshire, Merseyside and North Wales and currently handles around 80,000 cases per annum. The Department deals with the full range of surgical and medical emergencies and has full back up (Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Pathology and Critical Care), together with the normal range of in-patient specialties found within an acute hospital. The department’s many attributes include regional accreditation as a Trauma Unit, delivery of stroke thrombolysis, established use of emergency ultrasound, in-situ simulation and being one of the best performers in the region against national indicators.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will be responsible for the care of all self referred patients and patients attending via Welsh and North-West Ambulance Services.

Clinical

The appointee will be responsible for the care of:

  • All self-referred patients.
  • Patients attending after 999 or 111 calls.
  • Specialty patients referred by their General Practitioner may be assessed in the department but are under the care of the admitting speciality team unless the urgency of their condition dictates a need for input from the emergency department.

Non-clinical

  • Taking part in teaching.
  • Supervising Audit projects
  • Development and promotion of evidence-based practice and guidelines
  • Active contribution to the departmental Clinical Governance structure
  • Multi-disciplinary team working including community services.

Weekday on-call (1600hrs to 2400hrs and on-call) commitment is on a fixed day basis (Mon to Thur) at a frequency of 1:12 (one shift every 3 weeks).

Weekend cover is provided at a frequency of 1:6, consisting of:

1600hrs to 2400hrs and on-call – Fri/Sat/Sun (1:12)

0800hrs to 1600hrs – Sat/Sun (1:12)

Person Specification

Registration

Essential

  • On Emergency Medicine Specialist Register of the General Medical Council or within 6 months of CCST date on the date of interview.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Current ALS, ATLS, APLS,

Desirable

  • Higher degree, ALS, ATLS, APLS Instructor Status

Experience

Essential

  • Wide clinical experience in Emergency Medicine
  • Extensive experience and interest in teaching Relevant experience in undertaking and organisation of Audit and ability to present evidence.
  • Experience of application of evidence-based medicine to current practice

Desirable

  • Demonstrable motivation to develop a special interest
  • Relevant recognised educational qualification
  • Publications relevant to post, experience of qualitative and quantitative research

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: 1 September 2026

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