Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
20 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Clinical Governance
Awareness of the requirements of clinical governance, with particular reference to the specialty.
- Qualifications & Training
Fully registered with GMC.
- Qualifications & Training
Completed a minimum of 12 years medical work (either continuous period or in aggregate) since obtaining a primary medical qualification, of which a minimum of 6 years should have been in a relevant specialty
- Qualifications & Training
Meets the criteria set out in the generic capabilities’ framework for the specialist grade which has been developed by AoMRC, BMA and NHS Employers4,5.
- Research/Teaching/Publications
Demonstrable teaching ability and research experience.
- Research/Teaching/Publications
Commitment to participate in research throughout the Emergency Medicine Service.
- Research/Teaching/Publications
Willingness to undertake teaching of clinical staff at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.
- Professional Practice/ Clinical Skills
Evidence of first-rate professional practice.
- Professional Practice/ Clinical Skills
Able to demonstrate clinical skills in managing the full range of patient presentations as defined in the Royal College Emergency medicine Curriculum
- Further training, eg, Management, Audit
Experience of clinical audit and education
- Further training, eg, Management, Audit
Evidence of completion of audit project including implementation of recommendations
- Further training, eg, Management, Audit
Evidence of delivering Quality Improvement Projects
- Further training, eg, Management, Audit
Evidence to provide clinical leadership for audit programmes
- Interpersonal, communication and team working skills
Evidence of management experience
- Interpersonal, communication and team working skills
Evidence of good team working with peers and other senior colleagues.
- Interpersonal, communication and team working skills
Flexible attitude and good communication skills.
- Interpersonal, communication and team working skills
Ability to integrate into and share leadership of a multidisciplinary team
- Interpersonal, communication and team working skills
Commitment to the provision of emergency services throughout the Bristol community, and to continuing professional development.
- Interpersonal, communication and team working skills Any other general requirements
Prepared to work to job specification
- Interpersonal, communication and team working skills Any other general requirements
Must be able to meet on-call requirements
Desirable
16 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Clinical Governance
Completion of formal courses in aspects of clinical governance.
- Clinical Governance
Formal experience in the development of patient safety systems as pertaining to Emergency Medicine.
- Qualifications & Training
Higher degree eg MSc, PhD, MD.
- Qualifications & Training
Instructor in one or more life support courses (ALS/ATLS/PALS/APLS or equivalent).
- Qualifications & Training
Additional sub-speciality training qualifications, particularly in : PEM
- Research/Teaching/Publications
Published research and audit.
- Research/Teaching/Publications
History of designing and leading regional or national studies.
- Research/Teaching/Publications
Peer reviewed publications
- Professional Practice/ Clinical Skills
Evidence of extended clinical skills in areas pertinent to acute and emergency care including but not exclusive to: Intensive Care medicine, Pre hospital medicine, point of care ultrasound, advanced airway management
- Further training, eg, Management, Audit
Completion of formal courses in clinical audit & education
- Further training, eg, Management, Audit
Participation in or delivery of management training courses
- Further training, eg, Management, Audit
Formal training in QIP methodology
- Interpersonal, communication and team working skills
Recognised leadership skills and qualifications
- Interpersonal, communication and team working skills
Has demonstrated ability to well work under pressure and in difficult circumstances
- Interpersonal, communication and team working skills
To be able to demonstrate team leadership skills and work on own initiative.
- Interpersonal, communication and team working skills
Formal training in Clinical Leadership
Job overview
Want to work in a progressive and dynamic Emergency Department?
We are seeking energetic, effective and enthusiastic Specialists with the passion to develop and deliver high quality emergency care at Weston General Hospital.
We pride ourselves on our excellent patient care; our strong relationships between our clinical, nursing and management teams; our standing as a Bronze accredited GreenED; and our commitment to constant improvement through our research and teaching.
Interested? We would love you to come and visit us!
We are seeking to recruit highly motivated and clinically focussed individuals as Specialists in Emergency Medicine. The successful candidates will join our existing team of 14 Consultants and Specialists. The team are committed to improving and advancing the quality of Emergency Care and deliver excellent training available locally and nationally. The successful candidate will work within a well-established and supportive multidisciplinary team. You will be based at the Weston General Hospital ED, part of Bristol NHS Foundation Trust (BFT).
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the job
The hospital serves a resident population of around 212,000 people in North Somerset with over 70% of people living in the four main towns, Weston, Clevedon, Portishead and Nailsea. A further 5.1 million day trippers and 375,000 staying visitors increase this base population each year.
This is a busy Accident & Emergency department which operates between 0800hrs – 2200hrs. The department offers full emergency care services and sees approximately 56,000 patients annually. A Same Day Emergency Care Service (SDEC), Seashore Centre (Paediatrics) and a Medical Day Unit all support Urgent and Emergency care at the Weston Division. The department also provides a specific Geriatric Emergency Medicine Service (GEMs) supported by both the Frailty SDEC and the hospital Older Persons Assessment Unit (OPAU).
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Join a dynamic multidisciplinary team of senior medical, nursing, and management staff delivering and advancing high-quality Emergency Care across North Somerset and the surrounding areas. This busy coastal Emergency Department manages over 160 patients daily, offering a broad and complex case mix of patients of all ages. The role involves providing senior clinical presence on the shop floor from 08:00 to 00:00, seven days a week, with additional on-call responsibilities.
The appointee will lead the diagnosis, treatment, and management of patients in the adult Emergency Department and contribute to care within the ED Observation Unit. Close collaboration with the hospitals Assessment units, Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC), ICU, and specialty teams is essential to ensure seamless, patient-centred care. Emergency staff retain responsibility for immediate care, while ongoing management is coordinated with relevant specialties.
As a Specialist at Weston General Hospital Emergency Department you will get to strike a unique balance of hands on patient care and department management as the Emergency Physician In Charge (EPIC)
The post includes leadership responsibilities during major incidents and supports emergency admissions under on-call specialty teams.
Applicants must demonstrate commitment to clinical excellence, teamwork, teaching, and service development.
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.
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This advert is for Specialist in Emergency Medicine with University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust in Weston-super-mare, England. It is listed as a Senior Medical doctor Emergency Medicine role. The advertised salary is £104,401 - £115,341 pa pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 17 Sep 2026.
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