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Job requirements
Essential
9 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Evidence of clinical management and leadership skills
- Experience
Evidence of working across NHS organisational boundaries
- Education, Qualifications and Training
Consultant or equivalent accountable grade with a current licence to practise
- Education, Qualifications and Training
Affiliated to a Designated Body
- Education, Qualifications and Training
Minimum 3 years working at Consultant, GP Principal or Equivalent Grade
- Education, Qualifications and Training
Annual appraisals leading to revalidation
- Education, Qualifications and Training
Formal Support of your host Trust guaranteeing availability when on call
- Education, Qualifications and Training
Appropriate professional indemnity
- Education, Qualifications and Training
Evidence of clinical management and leadership
Desirable
8 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Education, Qualifications and Training
Advanced Life Support (ALS)
- Education, Qualifications and Training
Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS)
- Education, Qualifications and Training
Major Incident Medical Management (MIMMS)
- Education, Qualifications and Training
Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS)
- Education, Qualifications and Training
Strategic Leadership in a Crisis
- Education, Qualifications and Training
Fellowship/Diploma in Immediate Care (Royal College of Surgeons)
- Education, Qualifications and Training
Experience in NHS Emergency Planning & Preparedness
- Education, Qualifications and Training
Experience of working across organisational boundaries and developing multi-disciplinary professional partnerships
Job overview
Are you an experienced senior clinician with the ability to provide calm, strategic leadership during major/critical incidents and mass casualty events.
North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint highly credible and experienced Strategic Medical Advisers (SMA). As an SMA you will be trained to support the Trust’s response to major and critical incidents and mass casualty events. For clarity this does not include NEAS escalation or surge commitment.
This is a unique and influential opportunity for a Consultant, GP Principal or equivalent senior clinician to be trained and accredited in specialist skills of emergency preparedness, resilience and response. In the event of activation you will ensure that NEAS continue to provide the most effective clinical care possible when we are in the most challenging circumstances faced by an NHS ambulance service.
Recognising that the need for activation of the SMA hopefully is rare, there is an ask of post holders that they engage to bring in additional medical skill into NEAS.
Main duties of the job
The Strategic Medical Adviser plays a critical role in supporting the Trust’s Strategic Commander during major/critical incidents and mass casualty events. Based in “Gold command” you will be the most senior clinical adviser within the command structure. You will provide expert strategic oversight and clinical leadership to support operational decision-making and patient flow across the region.
You will work closely with NEAS command and operational teams, blue light partner agencies, acute Trusts, ICB, NHS England and more to coordinate clinical resources, support casualty distribution and help maintain safe and effective services during incidents.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please ensure you refer to the job description attached for more information about the role and its responsibilities
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 Strategic Medical Advisor with North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It is listed as a Advisor role. The advertised salary is £14,547 Per Annum. The contract type is Ad-hoc: On call rota. The application deadline is 27 Oct 2026.
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