MERIT Doctor

Job overview

MERIT Doctor

Location: North West England (regional on-call requirement)

The Medical Emergency Response Incident Team (MERIT) provides senior medical advisory support to the Ambulance Service during major, critical, and complex incidents.

This is a strategic and operational advisory role, not a frontline intervention post. MERIT Doctors support command decision-making by providing expert medico-legal and clinical advice to Tactical and Operational Commanders, ensuring safe, effective, and coordinated casualty management across the system.

You will contribute to high-level decision-making in dynamic, high-risk environments, supporting the wider multi-agency response in line with national doctrine (e.g. JESIP and NHS ECU guidance).

Main duties of the job

• Provide on-call medical advisory support (24/7 rota) to NWAS command structures
• Undertake roles including:
• Tactical Medical Advisor (TMA)
• Operational Medical Advisor (OMA)
• Casualty Clearing Station Medical Lead (CCSML)
• Advise on:
• Triage strategies (e.g. TST, MITT)
• Casualty management and flow
• Use of specialist clinical resources (e.g. HEMS, BASICS, SORT)
• Clinical risk, ethics, and medico-legal considerations
• Support multi-agency interoperability in line with JESIP principles
• Maintain clear documentation, communication, and escalation within command structures
• Contribute to post-incident learning, debriefs, and system improvement

Recruitment Process

• Application review followed by virtual interview
• Successful candidates will undergo onboarding, training, and integration into the MERIT rota

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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