Consultant in Emergency Medicine

Overview

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking to appoint Consultants in Emergency Medicine to join the Urgent & Emergency Care Directorate, working at Charing Cross Hospital. These posts offer the opportunity to practise Emergency Medicine at scale within one of the UKs leading Academic Health Science Centres, delivering high-quality care to diverse patient populations in a Type 1 Emergency Department. The role is predominantly clinical, providing senior clinical leadership and decision-making within busy emergency departments, while also offering protected non-clinical time to support professional development.

Consultants are encouraged to develop interests aligned to service needs and personal career goals, including education, quality improvement, leadership, research, frailty, mental health, major trauma or same-day emergency care. We welcome applications from both newly appointed and experienced consultants, and we are committed to flexible and supportive job planning. Posts may be based at a single site or include cross-site working by agreement, supported through annual team job planning.

At Imperial, we value kindness, collaboration, expertise and aspiration, and we are seeking colleagues who share these values and are motivated to contribute positively to patient care, team culture and service improvement. The post holder will provide consultant-level emergency care and leadership within the Emergency Department, working collaboratively with multidisciplinary colleagues to ensure safe, timely and compassionate care for patients.

The post holder is expected to demonstrate the Trusts values in everyday practice: being kind in interactions with patients and colleagues, collaborative in multidisciplinary working, expert in clinical practice and decision-making, and aspirational in driving improvement and innovation. Through strong leadership, professionalism and teamwork, the successful candidate will help shape the future of Emergency Medicine at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust while delivering outstanding care to patients.

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. Youll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme.

Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities. We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

• Delivering senior decision-making across the full range of emergency presentations
• Providing visible clinical leadership in resuscitation, majors, rapid assessment and SDEC areas
• Supporting patient flow, clinical prioritisation and risk management
• Teaching, supervising and supporting junior doctors and other members of the multidisciplinary team
• Contributing to clinical governance, audit, quality improvement and patient safety activity
• Supporting service development, innovation and transformation within Emergency Medicine
• Job plans include flexibility to support educational roles, leadership development, research or service improvement work, aligned to both individual strengths and departmental priorities
• Consultants are encouraged to role-model professionalism, kindness and inclusive leadership, contributing to a positive learning environment and a culture of continuous improvement
• Be a senior clinical leader within the Emergency Department, contributing to high-quality patient care, team development and service improvement

• Providing safe, effective and patient-centred emergency care
• Maintaining professional standards and GMC specialist registration
• Supporting and supervising junior doctors, fostering a positive learning culture
• Participating in audit, governance, quality improvement and incident review
• Working collaboratively with nursing, managerial and specialty colleagues
• Contributing to service planning, transformation and strategic objectives
• Demonstrating the Trust's values in everyday practice: kindness, collaboration, expertise and aspiration

Maintaining professional standards and GMC specialist registration. The post holder will work as a senior clinical leader within the Emergency Department, contributing to high-quality patient care, team development and service improvement.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.