Employer Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type NHS
Site Salford Royal Hospital
Town Salford
Salary £109,725 - £145,478 per annum/pro rata
Salary period Yearly
Closing 05/10/2025 23:59
Overview
Consultant
Job overview
The Emergency Department are actively seeking qualified Consultant within the area or for those who are looking to relocate and commence employment as a substantive Consultant.
This is an exciting opportunity to join one of the largest NHS hospitals in the whole of the UK, including our brand-new Major Trauma Centre building which is due to open in 2024.
You will join a team of 25 Emergency Medicine Consultants, 2 Specialists working at Consultant level, 4 Ambulatory Paediatricians and 3 Paediatric Emergency Nurse Consultants.
The sucessful candidate will participate in delivering the full spectrum of Emergency Care across the Emergency Village, which includes our brand-new state of the art Emergency Receiving Area (ERA) situated within our new Major Trauma Centre building.
* If you have a keen interest in research, there are many opportunities open to you within the Major Trauma Centre. Our services based within the building have a strong research-ethos.
* You can be part of a series of exciting firsts, including the installation of the RAPTOR theatre, the first hybrid major trauma theatre in the UK.
* If you’ve got a head for heights, you can be proud to work in a building, which introduces a helipad to the Salford Royal’s site and crucially, gets the sickest patients to hospital even faster.
* You can be a part of a Trust with a team dedicated to training and educating clinicians of the future.
Main duties of the job
Unscheduled care of adult and Paediatric patients presenting to A&E with a broad spectrum of clinical conditions.
Delivery of trauma care in the new trauma and resuscitation center
Morning ward rounds in the Emergency Village
Shop floor clinical supervision of junior medical staff, nurse clinicians and nurse practitioners over the whole of the unscheduled care service. Participation in multi-disciplinary meetings related to direct patient care.
Patient related administration including complaint handling, police statements and coroners’ reports.
Working for our organisation
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/
Person specification
Qualifications
* FRCEM
* Completion of a recognized training programme in emergency medicine
* To be formally recognized as Clinical Supervisor as defined by the GMC Trainer Standards
* Primary Medical Qualification (e.g. MBChB)
* To be formally recognized as Educational Supervisor as defined by the GMC Trainer Standards
Professional Registration
* Registration on the GMC Specialist Register-CCT or within 6 months of obtaining CCT
Experience & Clinical Skills
* Experience of the whole spectrum of emergency medicine including paediatric emergency medicine and observational medicine.
* Evidence of continuing personal and professional development and keeps up to date with medical advances.
* Knowledge and appreciation of the core legal, ethical and political issues which govern medical practice.
* Understanding of the importance of evidence-based practice. Up to date ALS, APLS, ATLS or ETC provider
* Instructor status on one or more life support courses
Skills & Abilities
* Evidence of good organisation and leadership skills
* Practical skills as outlined in RCEM curriculum
* High levels of interpersonal and communication skills
The NCA is proud to serve a diverse population and is committed to delivering inclusive, accessible care. We value individuality and aim to build a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. Applications are welcomed from individuals of all backgrounds, identities, and beliefs.
We also warmly welcome interest from serving and ex-personnel, and their relatives. Please identify that you are a member of the armed forces community on your application form to be entitled to a guaranteed interview (subject to essential criteria being met). As a Disability Confident Employer, guaranteed interviews are also available to disabled applicants when essential role requirements have been met.
Vacancies may close early if sufficient applications are received, or if an internal redeployee has been identified.
For fixed-term roles, current NHS staff will be considered for secondments, while fixed-term contracts will be offered to external (non-NHS) applicants.
The NCA does not accept unsolicited CVs from agencies. Read more about this here .
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Name Dr Martin Thomas Job title Clinical Director, Emergency Medicine Email address Martin.Thomas@srft.nhs.uk Telephone number 0161 206 1376
Additional information
Dr Carel Kruger, Clinical Lead, Emergency Medicine
via the secretaries - 0161 206 1376
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