Locum Consultant in Emergency Medicine

Job summary

POST 1YEAR --from 1st November 2026

We have an exciting opportunity within Emergency Medicine here at Colchester Hospital. We are looking for a new Locum Consultant to join our team in Emergency Department covering a sabbatical.

At ESNEFT there is a significant scope for motivated Consultants to take a lead in shaping the future of emergency care on both a local and regional level.

The role is full time role which will include on call commitment. We encourage independent thinking and the change to develop a portfolio career.

At ESNEFT there is a significant scope for motivated Consultants to take a lead in shaping the future of emergency care on both a local and regional level. The Trust will support Consultants in developing a special interest within Emergency Medicine such as Academic Emergency Medicine, Paediatric Emergency Medicine, Trauma, Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine (PHEM) and Emergency Ultrasound.

Main duties of the job
Successful candidates will have the opportunity to enjoy the variety of clinical practice that comes from working in a busy district general hospital whilst developing their own special interest both clinically and non-clinically. You will be responsible, along with the other Consultants for developing and maintaining the high standard of care we provide to our patients. This post will be part of the full Emergency Department Consultant rota.

ESNEFT is committed to the highest standard of recruitment to ensure we attract and employ the very best candidates. To meet this standard we have developed a detailed and thorough selection event for our short-listed candidates.

The Selection and shortlisting process as well as the interviews are conducted in line with current national practice for consultant appointments in the NHS. It may include evaluation in the following:

• Qualification and technical skills
• Values, ethics and behaviours
• Creativity and innovation
• Leadership and professionalism
• Strategic thinking and business awareness
• Delivery
• Organisational and people development
• Partnership and collaborative working

On submitting your application, please ensure you provide accurate reference details observing the following:

About us
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We have invested in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation has brought what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Job responsibilities
If you are currently an SpR we require one reference from your Training Programme Director for your rotation and two references from Consultants you are currently working for or have recently worked for (within the last 2 years)Clinical responsibilities

If you are currently a Consultant we require one reference from your Clinical Lead and two references from Substantive Consultants you are currently working with or have worked with.

The key duties and responsibilities are

Provide senior clinician services to Emergency Department/Ambulatory Emergency Care Unit as follows:

• Clinical and administrative responsibility for the proper functioning of the Emergency Department
• To develop joint protocols for the management of emergency cases
• Develop standards, procedures and robust systems in the Emergency Department to ensure safe, high quality and efficient patient care from the point of entry into Emergency Department to admission or discharge from Emergency Department
• Agree and ensure clear processes for handover and triage from Emergency Department
• Supervision of the junior medical staff
• You will be expected to work with other members of the Emergency Medicine Team to provide adequate clinical care in Adult and Paediatric Emergency Medicine
• Emergency consultants provide clinical care cover 16 hours a day Monday to Friday and 14 hours direct clinical care over the weekend
• The post-holder will be expected to take an appropriate share in the management and administrative workload of the Department.
• The department actively encourages the development of specialist interests within the Emergency Medicine field

Person Specification
Interview
Essential

• Full GMC
• FRCEM certificate holder
• ATLS, EPALS or APLS, ALS Provider
• Broad experience in Emergency Medicine in the UK

Desirable

• ATLS, APLS, ALS / EPLS instructor
• Sub-specialty PEM CCT
• Current NHS experience as consultant

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).