# Locum Consultant in Emergency Medicine > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for North Bristol NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-consultant-in-emergency-medicine/7524be75-6813-48be-bda9-c8d24a44acdb - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-consultant-in-emergency-medicine/7524be75-6813-48be-bda9-c8d24a44acdb.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** North Bristol NHS Trust - **Location:** Southmead Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Emergency Medicine - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113565.00 to £150569.00 - **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed term) - **Employment type:** Full time - 10 sessions per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-15T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-01T09:21:00.568Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8295324 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8295324?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.nbt.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Our Emergency Department is challenging, rewarding and unlike anywhere else. We believe the best patient care comes from people who support one another, regardless of job title. Our department has also been featured in a BBC documentary, “Emergency 24/7”, providing an authentic insight into the realities of modern emergency care and showcasing the professionalism, resilience and teamwork that define our staff. Why Join Us? This is more than consultant post in a busy major trauma centre—it's an opportunity to help shape the future of a growing Emergency Department. We offer a varied role across the Emergency Department and Minor Injury Unit, opportunities to develop trauma care skills, and the chance to work alongside an experienced, supportive multidisciplinary team. The Emergency Department at Southmead Hospital sees between 300 and 350 patients per day, with a wide variety of conditions predominantly from the North of Bristol but from the region as part of the Trusts tertiary services. Please note the JD for this role does not have RCEM approval due to the differences with the SPA split within the job plan. Applicants should have a CCT or be within twelve months of achieving this at the date of interview or be listed on the GMC’s specialist register to be eligible for application for a substantive post. CESR applicants are welcome and must have their CESR in place at the time of interview. ### Main duties of the job The successful applicant will work with the established 29 Consultants and 2 Specialists in a rota including evening, weekend and overnight sessions as part of their job plan. The successful applicant will be expected to take a role in our new (co-located) minor injuries unit, as well as working with the other Consultants on the shop floor, enabling the Department to meet National Service Frameworks and Government targets. The appointee will be contractually accountable to the Bristol Foundation NHS Trust for the provision of services. The appointee will be managerially responsible to the Chief Executive through the Divisional Director. All Consultants are required to undergo an annual appraisal carried out in accordance with the Trust policy. Consultants are also required to take an active and co-operative approach to their job planning, which will be reviewed on an annual basis by their clinical Director. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Research **Essential** - Knowledge of the principles involved in research - Evidence of involvement in clinical research **Desirable** - Additional academic experience and qualifications e.g. PhD - Evidence of publication of peer reviewed academic papers - Proven track record in research leadership or delivery. ### Teaching and Training **Essential** - Experience of teaching medical undergraduates & postgraduates - Proven teaching ability - Experience of supervising trainees. - Knowledge of teaching to a multidisciplinary team **Desirable** - Formal teaching/ education qualification - Educational Supervisor training completed. - Demonstrated excellence in teaching and educational leadership ### Training & Experience **Essential** - Minimum 2 yrs of NHS experience - Minimum of 8 years postgraduate experience including three years as a Registrar in an approved training post, or equivalent. Part of this period may be in a post of equivalent responsibility and training potential. - Training in diagnosis and treatment of Emergency Medicine conditions. **Desirable** - Advanced resuscitation skills, experience of observation Medicine ### Management & Leadership **Essential** - Evidence of management training and evidence of learning from it - Ability to organise efficient and smooth running of a specialist service - Ability to cope with and effectively organise the workload of a consultant - Ability to practice independently as a consultant - Ability to take on responsibility and show evidence of leadership - Ability to work under pressure and cope with setbacks **Desirable** - Evidence of management/leadership experience and/or qualifications and courses ### Qualifications & Training **Essential** - FRCEM or equivalent - CCT in Emergency Medicine or within 6 months of completion and eligible for entry to the GMC Specialist Register at the time of appointment. CESR applicants are welcome and must have their CESR in place at the time of interview. - Full registration with the GMC **Desirable** - Higher academic qualification (e.g. MD or MS). ### Clinical Governance and Audit **Essential** - Evidence of recent CME/ reasonable training progression at this stage of career. - Experience in audit project and written up Knowledge of contemporary NHS management issues. - Knowledge of political context within which we operate. **Desirable** - Completion of a general management course or programme ### Clinical Knowledge and Skills **Essential** - Up to date knowledge and experience of relevant specialty - Ability to provide independent consultant-level clinical decision making. - Knowledge of NHS priorities with reference to specialty **Desirable** - Broad range of IT skills ### Personal Abilities and Aptitudes **Essential** - Ability to adapt and respond to changing circumstances - Awareness of personal limitations **Desirable** - Additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national levels - Trained as a Consultant Appraiser ### Interpersonal, communication and team working skills **Essential** - Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, clinical colleagues, support staff and other colleagues. - Good knowledge of, and ability to use, spoken and written English. - Ability to present effectively to an audience, using a variety of methods, and to respond to questions and queries - Ability to develop effective working relationships on an individual and multiprofessional basis with all levels of staff both within and across divisions - Ability to be a flexible team member ## Documents - [dbs charges information (pdf, 71.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3004) - [dbs charges information (pdf, 148.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2401) - [emergency medicine fixed term consultant (pdf, 551.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10635917) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.