Job overview
This is an Emergency Medicine Consultant post to join the current Consultant body at The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (THH) in providing acute and emergency services to a busy local acute hospital with a comprehensive and diverse range of medical and surgical services.
The post holder will play a key role in realising our ambition to build a high quality clinical service. The successful applicant will be a committed clinician with a track record of excellent clinical service delivery, quality improvement, teaching and training. It is a requirement of the post that every doctor takes part in annual job planning and annual appraisal as part of the revalidation of cycle.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will report to the Clinical Lead of Emergency Medicine and be responsible to the Divisional Director for Unplanned Care at The Hillingdon Hospital. The job plan will be negotiated annually. There is a 10 PA and 9 PA post available. A full 10 PA post will comprise of 8.5 direct clinical care (DCC), 1.5 supporting professional activities (SPA), the latter includes clinical and educational supervision, audit and personal CPD. The 9 PA post will be adjusted accordingly pro rata.
In line with the job planning policy, 1.5 SPA will be paid to all consultants’ core SPA activities (including appraisal, CPD). A further 1 SPA is available for identified activities required by the department/hospital which will be agreed as part of job planning. Personal CPD must be included as part of annual appraisal which is mandatory and required for the revalidation process.
The post holder will, together with his or her consultant colleagues and other health care professionals in the Directorate, provide an effective and comprehensive service for Emergency department and support continuing service developments.
We are particularly keen to recruit candidates with an interest in clinical leadership and paediatric emergency medicine, including the opportunity to undertake departmental leadership responsibilities such as Clinical Lead or Paediatric Emergency Department Lead roles.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and main responsibilities.
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Proven teaching experience
- Experience of clinical audit and enable delivery of good practice
- Evidence of quality and service improvement
Desirable
- Previous experience of participation in research.
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC Registration with License to Practice
- FRCEM
- Entry on the General Medical Council (GMC) Specialist Register via one of the following: • Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) (the proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of the interview) • Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) • European Community Rights
Desirable
- Higher degree e.g. MD, PhD
Skills, knowledge and abilities
Essential
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, enthusiasm and approachability.
- Well-developed effective leadership and management skills – NHS Leadership Framework.
- Demonstrates ability, initiative, drive to contribute to the strategy, deliver and support change and improve services for patients placing care at the heart of the service
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This advert is for Consultant - ED with The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Uxbridge, London, England. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Emergency Medicine role. The advertised salary is £113565.00 to £150569.00. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 12 Aug 2026.
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