Specialty Doctor in Emergency Medicine
Posted 3 hours 29 minutes ago by NHS
The closing date is 12 October 2025
Emergency Medicine in East Kent Hospitals is at an exciting period of redevelopment, having attracted national investment to rebuild both Emergency Departments at William Harvey Hospital, Ashford and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital, Margate.
Our Emergency Departments provide innovative and fast-paced integrated emergency care to a wide range of patients from East Kent. It is our intention to develop into an academic and research unit in emergency medicine for Kent. The Emergency Departments, one at the William Harvey Hospital (WHH), Ashford and the other at the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital (QEQMH), Margate, each offer a full 24 hour emergency service. The Emergency Departments are supported by co-located Urgent Treatment Centres, a 24hour UTC at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital with a further 7 community UTCs in the region.
Main duties of the jobTo provide high quality care to patients including clinical leadership and supervision of junior medical staff, ensuring the highest standards of clinical care are provided to all patients attending the ED.
To be proactive in ensuring that all patients receive rapid assessment, treatment and clinical decision making, whilst ensuring that the Emergency Access Standards are adhered to, ensuring that we deliver safe, high quality care.
Patient safety, dignity and care are the highest priority and at the centre of all that we do. Whilst on duty in the department the ED consultant will provide highly visible and focussed clinical leadership - working in conjunction with the nurse in charge of the shift and the SpR/specialty doctor lead to ensure that there is effective and timely communication between the clinical team maintaining optimal patient flow.
To be proactive in the Care Group's clinical governance agenda and take on leadership roles to support continuous learning and improvement, thereby abiding by the clinical and corporate governance policies of the Trust. To liaise with clinicians and managers within and outside the department to address issues arising that affect the services.
About usWe are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference'.
We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.
We're on an exciting journey of transformation. With a new Medical School at the centre of our community, a focus on research, clinical leadership and making our trust a rewarding and friendly place to work, there's never been a better time to join us.
Job responsibilitiesPlease scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in Documents to download. If you have further queries please contact the line manager using the contact details below.
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Person Specification Qualifications and training- 3 years' experience in Emergency Medicine
- Minimum of English Level 2 (GCSE grade C or equivalent), ILETS, or graduate of a UK Medical School
- Other degrees, e.g. BSc, MSc, MD
- Experience in ITU/Paediatrics/Medicine/Anaesthetics
- ATLS/APLS
- Wide and extensive experience in all aspects of Emergency Medicine
- MRCEM
- Special interest within or outside of Emergency Medicine
- Evidence of participation in or an understanding of audit, complaints management, root cause analysis/serious incident investigation, plus morbidity/mortality meetings and Structured Judgement Reviews
- Vigilant about safety; speak up on behalf of those who can't
- Respect people and their dignity
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.
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working, Compressed hours, Term time hours