Locum Consultant in Emergency Medicine: Sponsorship Available

  • Full Time
  • United Kingdom
  • 113,565 to 150,569 £ / Year

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

A Locum Consultant in Emergency Medicine provides senior clinical leadership within the Emergency Department (ED), delivering expert assessment, decision-making, and management of acutely unwell or injured patients while overseeing the performance, safety, and development of the multidisciplinary team. The post holder will;

  • Lead the delivery of high-quality, timely emergency care for patients presenting with undifferentiated and complex conditions.

  • Provide senior clinical decision-making to support safe flow through the ED and into inpatient or community pathways.

  • Ensure clinical governance, patient safety, and service improvement remain central to departmental practice.

This is a fixed term Locum Consultant post for 6 months.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will:

Specifically adopt, in conjunction with colleagues, an active role in the planning, development and delivery of the Emergency Service for the Directorate.

Provide direct input to patients; contribute to multi-disciplinary teams and lead the coordination of care for patients within Preston and Chorley Hospitals.

Participate in the Consultant on-call rota at the Royal Preston Hospital and Chorley and South Ribble Hospitals with additional cover during colleague’s absence.

Assume a continuous commitment for the care of patients, even if employed less than full time, and ensure that adequate arrangements are made for leave and off duty periods.

Promote high professional standards of clinical care for patients, both through direct patient care and by the maintenance of continuing professional development.

Develop close links with General Practitioners operating in the area.

Exercise the freedom to develop specialist elements of the services to reflect perceived priorities within available resources.

Clinical duties will include all those duties normally expected of a Consultant in a similar sized Emergency Department in the United Kingdom.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Full GMC Registration and Licence to Practice
  • FRCEM or other equivalent Royal College Postgraduate Examination (MRCP, FRCS, FRCA, MRCPCH) or equivalent. FCEM

Experience

Essential

  • A career directed towards Emergency Medicine with evidence of interest in the specialty.
  • Wide range of experience in Emergency Medicine.

Desirable

  • Significant additional experience in subspecialty interest.
  • Instructor on one or more advanced life support courses.

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: 24 August 2026

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