Specialty Doctor in Emergency Medicine

Specialty Doctor in Emergency Medicine

The closing date is 02 February 2026

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 aim 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 24-hour UTC at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital with a further 7 community UTCs in the region.

To 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.

Critical Care in East Kent Hospitals is at an exciting period of redevelopment, having attracted national investment to deliver a critical care hub for Kent and Medway. A new 24-bed Intensive Care Unit is being built at the William Harvey Hospital, to include bespoke training facilities, including dedicated space for in-situ simulation training. This new appointment reflects the expansion in critical care.

Our team has a burgeoning research portfolio, including high-profile national studies. We work closely with other specialties and offer opportunities to combine specialisms. We offer a forward-thinking approach to flexible working and portfolio careers. Our package of benefits includes an additional payment to thank you for choosing to work at our trust and help you get settled in - like a contribution to your house deposit or new car.

We offer relocation expenses for permanent staff, 27-33 days' annual leave (dependant on experience at the grade) and active support for study, quality improvement and patient safety work as part of our 'We care' improvement journey, and medical education and research.

Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in Documents to download. If you have further queries please don’t hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

• 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
• 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.

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