Locum Consultant in Emergency Medicine

Job overview

POST 1YEAR --from 1st August 2026 to 1st August 2027

We have an exciting opportunity within Emergency Medicine here at Colchester Hospital. We are looking for a new Locum Consultant to join our team in Emergency Department covering a sabbatical.

At ESNEFT there is a significant scope for motivated Consultants to take a lead in shaping the future of emergency care on both a local and regional level.

The role is full time role which will include on call commitment. We encourage independent thinking and the change to develop a portfolio career.

At ESNEFT there is a significant scope for motivated Consultants to take a lead in shaping the future of emergency care on both a local and regional level.  The Trust will support Consultants in developing a special interest within Emergency Medicine such as Academic Emergency Medicine, Paediatric Emergency Medicine, Trauma, Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine (PHEM) and Emergency Ultrasound.

Main duties of the job

Successful candidates will have the opportunity to enjoy the variety of clinical practice that comes from working in a busy district general hospital whilst developing their own special interest both clinically and non-clinically.  You will be responsible, along with the other Consultants for developing and maintaining the high standard of care we provide to our patients. This post will be part of the full Emergency Department Consultant rota.

ESNEFT is committed to the highest standard of recruitment to ensure we attract and employ the very best candidates. To meet this standard we have developed a detailed and thorough selection event for our short-listed candidates.

The Selection and shortlisting process as well as the interviews are conducted in line with current national practice for consultant appointments in the NHS. It may include evaluation in the following:

• Qualification and technical skills
• Values, ethics and behaviours
• Creativity and innovation
• Leadership and professionalism
• Strategic thinking and business awareness
• Delivery
• Organisational and people development
• Partnership and collaborative working

On submitting your application, please ensure you provide accurate reference details observing the following:

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• If you are currently an SpR we require one reference from your Training Programme Director for your rotation and two references from Consultants you are currently working for or have recently worked for (within the last 2 years)Clinical responsibilities
• If you are currently a Consultant we require one reference from your Clinical Lead and two references from Substantive Consultants you are currently working with or have worked with.

The key duties and responsibilities are

Provide senior clinician services to Emergency Department/Ambulatory Emergency Care Unit as follows:

• Clinical and administrative responsibility for the proper functioning of the Emergency Department
• To develop joint protocols for the management of emergency cases
• Develop standards, procedures and robust systems in the Emergency Department to ensure safe, high quality and efficient patient care from the point of entry into Emergency Department to admission or discharge from Emergency Department
• Agree and ensure clear processes for handover and triage from Emergency Department
• Supervision of the junior medical staff
• You will be expected to work with other members of the Emergency Medicine Team to provide adequate clinical care in Adult and Paediatric Emergency Medicine
• Emergency consultants provide clinical care cover 16 hours a day Monday to Friday and 14 hours direct clinical care over the weekend
• The post-holder will be expected to take an appropriate share in the management and administrative workload of the Department.
• The department actively encourages the development of specialist interests within the Emergency Medicine field