Locum Consultant in Emergency Medicine: Sponsorship Available

University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust

Job summary

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.

Job Title: Locum Consultant in Emergency Medicine

Start Date: 14th December 2026

Contract Type: Fixed term

Duration: 4.5 months

Purpose for Fixed Term: Covering Other Absence

Further details about the role can be found in the job description below.

Main duties of the job

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic consultant to work in the Emergency Department at University Hospital Southampton (UHS). As part of our team, you will work collaboratively with colleagues, helping to deliver excellent services and ensuring the highest standards of patient care.

University Hospital Southampton is a major teaching centre for the University of Southampton offering opportunities for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and excellent facilities for research and clinical care. It is also the regional Major Trauma Centre with neurosurgery and cardiothoracics on site.

Here at UHS, we are passionate about career development. Emergency medicine allows you to use a huge range of clinical skills to assess and prioritise patients. We believe there is no better environment for you to thrive.

You will be working alongside experienced colleagues in both adult and paediatric ED, all with a wide range of interests including education, prehospital medicine, simulation, quality improvement, trauma, and critical care. Development of portfolio careers is encouraged, and individuals’ skills and interests nurtured.

You will be joining a strong team of Emergency Care Consultants, Associate Specialists and Consultant Paediatric Emergency Physicians.

The ED medical team is complemented by an experienced nursing team including a Consultant Nurse as well as a team of ACPs and ENPs.

Person Specification

Qualifications, Training & Experience

Essential

  • MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
  • GMC registration with a licence to practise
  • Appropriate knowledge base, and ability to apply sound clinical judgement to problems
  • Completed registrar training programme in Emergency Medicine
  • Wide range of experience in Emergency Medicine at Registrar and/or Consultant level

Desirable

  • CCT awarded or imminent within 6 months
  • Completion of exit examination
  • Experience in other health care systems

Aptitudes and Skills

Essential

  • Evidence and ability to work effectively in multi-professional teams
  • Understanding of equality and diversity and how this affects patients, visitors and staff
  • Evidence and ability to communicate and liaise effectively with patients and colleagues (verbal and written communication skills in English)
  • Demonstrate good organisational skills including ability to prioritise effectively and meet deadlines
  • Demonstrate the ability to be calm, compassionate, and able to respond efficiently to various circumstances, which may change rapidly
  • Evidence of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
  • Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary Emergency Department
  • Demonstrate enthusiasm and leadership skills

Living the Trust Values

Essential

  • Able to demonstrate behaviours that meet the Trust Values: Patients First
  • Able to demonstrate behaviours that meet the Trust Values: Always Improving
  • Able to demonstrate behaviours that meet the Trust Values: Working Together

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: 12 October 2026

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