Consultant in Emergency Medicine | University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Overview

Are you a passionate and forward-thinking Emergency Medicine Consultant ready to make a real impact? Milton Keynes University Hospital is seeking an exceptional clinician to join our dynamic team and help shape the future of emergency care. We're looking for someone who brings more than just clinical excellence—someone with the energy, vision, and leadership to help us become one of the top-performing emergency departments in the country.

If you thrive in a collaborative, fast-paced environment and are committed to delivering outstanding patient care, we want to hear from you. Candidates must hold full registration with the General Medical Council and be on the Specialist Register (or within 6 months of obtaining CCT at the time of interview).

Milton Keynes University Hospital, in proud partnership with the University of Buckingham, is a University Teaching Hospital committed to advancing patient care through cutting-edge research and education. With a "Good" rating from the CQC and significant investment underway, this is an exciting time to join our team and grow your career. As a medium sized general hospital, we provide a full range of general medical and surgical services, including a busy Emergency Department, Maternity, and Paediatrics.

We are expanding and enhancing our facilities to meet rising demand and improve access to care for all our communities. We also offer a growing portfolio of specialist services. In January 2025 we opened our state-of-the-art Radiotherapy Centre, bringing advanced cancer treatment closer to home. Our services also include neonatology, specialist surgical care, and a wide range of diagnostics, supported by the new Community Diagnostic Centre at Whitehouse Health Centre.

Further investment is underway, including the construction of Oak Wards and the Women and Children s Centre, set to open by 2030. For further information about Milton Keynes please visit MKUH.

• Provision of Emergency services, to receive, diagnose and treat all categories of accidents and emergencies as may attend the department. To arrange for the appropriate transfer of patients to in-patient facilities, outpatient referral or discharge to primary care as indicated.
• The successful candidate will participate in an on-call out of hours rota on a one in twelve basis. The Consultant Rota is based on self-rostering. Weekend frequency is one in six weekends.
• Professional supervision and management of junior medical staff.
• Responsible for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and for contributing to postgraduate and continuing medical education activity.
• Responsibilities to develop Emergency services and participate in multidisciplinary meetings in relation to these services.
• Requirement to participate in audit, clinical governance, annual job plan and appraisal.

The successful candidate will be expected to work with local managers and professional colleagues in the efficient running of services and will share with consultant colleagues in the contribution to management. Subject to the provisions of the Terms and Conditions of Service, the appointee will be expected to observe the Trust s agreed guidelines and procedures, drawn up in consultation on clinical matters, and to follow the local and national employment and personnel policies and procedures.

The successful candidate will be expected to make sure that there are adequate arrangements for hospital staff involved in the care of their patients to be able to contact them when necessary. All medical and dental staff employed by the Trust are expected to comply with hospital health and safety policies, Clinical Governance, and other risk management policies. The successful candidate agrees to have responsibility for the training and supervision of junior medical staff, medical students and other professional staff who work with them and will devote time to this activity on a regular basis.

If appropriate, the successful candidate will be named in the contracts of doctors in training grades as the person responsible for overseeing their training and as the initial source of advice to such Doctors on their careers. Involvement in research is encouraged. The post holder will be required to submit any service or research development plans, particularly those which have resource implications, to the Clinical Director for agreement prior to implementation.

For those that are dual accredited, there may also be an opportunity to maintain skills linked to their other specialty, e.g., ICM, PHEM, Acute Medicine, Paediatrics, which may be included in their core job plan. Due to close ties between the hospital and the University of Buckingham Medical School, opportunities will also arise to take on roles in the development of our future doctors which include the delivery of lectures and leading clinical blocks.

This is a 10PA contract, 7.5PA DCC and 2.5 PA SPA, but options may arise to take on…