Job overview
We are looking for enthusiastic, experienced, and caring Emergency Physicians to join our team.
We want individuals who can provide clinical leadership in a busy emergency department. We are building a supportive team striving for excellence. We are committed to developing a team that will transform how we work.
Some highlights include:
- 8:2 DCC: SPA job plan
- Brand new department refurbishment due to be completed this December.
Previous Applicants Need Not Apply.
Main duties of the job
Our speciality doctors are all provided with SPA time in addition to their core SPA, this is job planned to deliver activity to support the transformation of the department.
We would like you all to be or become approved educational supervisors and support our delivery of a programme of “Excellence in Emergency Medicine Education”.
For those interested in progressing further once you have completed initial RCEM exams we will support you to complete a CESR process. We can support all necessary placements within the organisation a typically one a year and have a track record of our staff completing the process and obtaining specialist registration.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please ensure you read the Job description and Person Specification attached to the advert in full before applying.
Person specification
Personal Skills
Essential
- Ability to work under pressure
- Good organisational and leadership skills
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- The ability to communicate effectively in English
- Team Player
- Good Initiative
- Leadership qualities
Professionalism
Essential
- Enthusiasm and commitment to the speciality
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Evidence of ability to work at a minimum entrustment level of 3 in all areas of RCEM curriculum
- Able to prioritise clinical needs, time and workload
- Ability to take independent responsibility for the management of all ED presentations
- Understand the importance of effective team working
- Ability to assess, recognize and initial management of the acutely ill patient and play an effective part in the advanced life support
- Knowledge of UK health system, practices and values
- Computer Literate
- Ability to practice evidence based medicine
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Quality Improvement
Essential
- Understand the principles of audit and clinical governance
Education & Qualifications
Essential
- Primary medical qualification.
- Evidence of achievement of CT1/2/3 ACCS Emergency Medicine Competences
- 4 Years post qualification Foundation Programme
- 2 Years in Emergency Medicine
- Minimum of 1 Year in Emergency Medicine as ST3+
- ALS
- EPALS or APLS
- ATLS or ETC
Desirable
- MRCEM
- Experience in Acute Medicine & Critical Care Medicine at level of ACCS
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This advert is for Specialty Doctor Emergency Medicine with Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Blackpool, North West, England. It is listed as a Senior Medical doctor Emergency Medicine role. The advertised salary is £63,696 - £102,689 pa pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 06 Aug 2026.
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