# Specialty Doctor in Emergency Department > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialty-doctor-in-emergency-department/6e228e54-c8f2-40c8-889c-0415ad76723c - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialty-doctor-in-emergency-department/6e228e54-c8f2-40c8-889c-0415ad76723c.md ## Summary - **Status:** Closed - **Employer:** West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Emergency Medicine - **Grade:** Senior - **Salary:** £63,696 - £102,689 Pro Rata Per Annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 6 sessions per week (Permanent) - **Closing date:** 2026-08-24T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-21T14:00:57.412Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Suffolk/Bury_St_Edmunds/West_Suffolk_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Specialty_Doctor_Emergency_Department/Specialty_Doctor_Emergency_Department-v8227033 - **Employer website:** https://www.wsh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This Specialty Doctor post at West Suffolk Hospital is an exciting opportunity to join the middle grade rota in the Emergency Department, delivering high quality care for patients of all ages and supervising junior clinicians. The role includes managing undifferentiated emergencies, contributing to trauma care, and upholding the standards of both the Trust and the Royal College of Emergency Medicine. Please See Full Job Description attached for details Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts, we will close vacancies before the stated closing date once the first 50 applications are received. Therefore, please apply as soon as possible. ### Main duties of the job - You will be part of the multidisciplinary clinical team as specialty doctor in the Emergency Department. - Provide high quality care, knowledge, and skills for the patients either directly or by supervision and floor management of the junior clinical staff - To maintain the standards of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine and the West Suffolk Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - To assume clinical responsibility for patients brought to the department by the emergency services, self-referring or referred by GP - Dealing with unexpected emergencies including those resulting from infectious diseases like COVID-19 - To be part of Trauma Team co-ordinated management of major trauma - To be immediately available for opinion, guidance and advice on any patient seen by a junior clinician in the ED at any time during the rostered duty shift - To assist in conducting follow-up review of patients where considered appropriate by the Consultants - To contribute to the production of departmental clinical management guidelines in line with evidence-based best practice - To attend in the event of a hospital Major Incident call if available and off duty - Maintain patient confidentiality - Identify and act appropriately upon Safeguarding issues in children appropriately ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The department is a 24/7 unit dealing with unselected patients of all ages. Patients referred from General Practitioners to Surgical and Medical specialties are seen and assessed by the relevant doctors in the Emergency Assessment Unit or ED. The facilities in the ED include: - 2 Receptions and three waiting areas, one dedicated to children - Triage room - Three Resuscitation bays (one fully paediatric equipped) - Fully Independent Infectious controlled area especially for receiving COVID patients. - Eight low dependency cubicles - Three bay ENP zone including eye cubicle - Separated Paediatric Emergency Unit - X-ray facility for ED within footprint of the department - Relatives room - Fully equipped teaching room with Monitor solely for ED use ### 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 ### Team **Essential** - Enjoy teamwork and work cooperatively with others. - Demonstrate leadership skills, and the ability to manage the clinical floor and prioritise activities of the team. - Able to support the department in a professional manner. ### Eligibility **Essential** - Full GMC registration with a licence to Practise. - At least 2 years’ experience of NHS Emergency Medicine working at ST3+ level. **Desirable** - Four years postgraduate training. ### Teaching, audit and research **Essential** - Active participation in clinical audit - Contribute to teaching and learning of others in the clinical setting **Desirable** - Experience of emergency department research ### Qualifications and experience **Essential** - MBBS or equivalent - MRCEM **Desirable** - FRCEM ### Acute care (knowledge and skills) **Essential** - Ability to assess, recognise and initiate management of the acutely ill patient - Play an effective part in advanced life support - ATLS, ALS and EPLS **Desirable** - Trauma team lead experience ### Clinical care (Knowledge and skills) **Essential** - Able to manage a full range of conditions of those presenting to ED. - Communication skills which are clear, fluent and articulate in English - Level 1 ultrasound or equivalent **Desirable** - Knowledge and understanding of UK health systems - Awareness of current issues in the NHS ### Communication and interpersonal skills **Essential** - Ability to establish good working relations with patients, carers and multidisciplinary colleagues - Able to communicate effectively in spoken English to enable effective communication with patients and colleagues. - All applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English that are adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues which could be demonstrated by one of the following: - PLAB 1 - PLAB 2 However, if applicants believe that they have adequate communication skills but do not fit into one of the examples they need to provide evidence. **Desirable** - Evidence of team working skills - Evidence of leadership skills - Understand the responsibilities of being an employee of the NHS ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 583.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10559763) - [person specification (pdf, 104.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10559764) ## 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.