Consultant in Emergency Department in Cambridge

Main area Emergency Department Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week (There is an annualised rota which includes weekends, lates and overnight on-call shifts.) Job ref 179-8157397-MSC

Employer West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site West Suffolk Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Town Bury St Edmunds Salary £113,565 - £150,569 Pro Rata Per Annum Salary period Yearly Closing 16/09/2026 23:59

Consultant in Emergency Department

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Job overview

We are delighted to invite applications for two Consultant posts in Emergency Medicine at West Suffolk Hospital. This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic, forward-thinking team that is passionate about delivering high-quality, patient-centred emergency care. Working in a friendly and open district general hospital.

What We’re Looking For

Are you passionate about Emergency Medicine? Do you bring strong core EM skills, alongside the ambition to develop subspecialty interests that can benefit our service or patient groups? If you have a special interest area you’d like to explore or grow, we are ready to support your development.

Come and Visit Us

We warmly welcome informal visits or conversations about the role — please don’t hesitate to get in touch. We’d be happy to show you around and discuss how we can support your career in Emergency Medicine.

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Interviews to be held on Friday, 23rd October 2026

Main duties of the job

The Role

We are looking for two exceptional Emergency Medicine clinicians to join our consultant team. We welcome applicants with an interest or expertise in areas such as:

The post is offered on an annualised rota on a 1:10 on-call basis, designed to provide flexibility while maintaining robust senior coverage across the department.

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Working for our organisation

#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community

We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.

The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.

Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.

We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.

With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.

We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyone's voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.

Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

About Our Emergency Department

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.

Our department includes:

• A majors and resuscitation area
• A Rapid Assessment and Treatment (RAT) zone
• A dedicated additional majors unit with single cubicles for managing infectious patients
• A paediatric emergency area
• A minor injuries and illnesses unit

We are committed to meeting national performance standards and continually strive to enhance the care and experience of every patient who walks through our doors.

The children requiring emergency care in the West Suffolk area are lucky to have a dedicated 24/7 children's area within the main emergency department. This area is mainly self-contained and has its own triage room, 6 trolley spaces (split into 2 bays) and its own waiting area, which is situated near to the ED x-ray and allows Children to been seen and treated with minimal contact with adult patients. The area also has its own dedicated facilities such as toilets, a kitchen area, sluice, drug prep area, and triage room.

Currently we have 3 consultant paediatricians working clinical PAs in ED to help support with the clinical education of the junior doctors and the treatment of patients. We currently have funding for three paediatric nurses per shift and are actively recruiting to fill some vacancies, as recently some staff nurses have progressed to more senior posts and to become trainee ENPs.

The paediatric nursing team includes a band 7 lead, band 6 nurses and experienced band 5 nurses, all of whom have extensive clinical experience in the assessment and treatment of children who require emergency care. The paediatric nurses are all EPALS provider trained, and the team also have one EPALS and one PILS instructor among them who work with the resuscitation team to deliver training across the trust.

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Person specification

Qualifications

• MBChB or MBBS or equivalent
• FRCEM or equivalent
• ALS or equivalent certification
• ATLS or equivalent certification
• APLS or equivalent certification
• Entry on GMC Specialist Register and hold a licence to practise or be eligible for entry on the Register (within six months of completion of Certificate of Completion of Training) at time of interview.
• Instructor status in life support course

Experience

• Evidence of thorough training in Emergency Medicine
• Able to offer expert clinical opinion on all aspects within EM. Able to take full and independent responsibility for delivering service without direct supervision.
• Substantive work in UK Emergency Medicine
• Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT in relevant specialty

Knowledge and Skills

• 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 that applicants have undertaken undergraduate medical training in English. PLAB1 PLAB2 If applicants believe that they have adequate communication skills, but do not fit into one of the examples they need to provide evidence.
• Has a thorough knowledge and understanding of “Good Medical Practice” from the GMC and meets its requirements
• Ability to work as an effective part of a multidisciplinary team
• Ability to build good working relations with peers & staff
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Technical Skills

• Able to organise and prioritise workload
• An understanding of accountability for patient care

Clinical Governance

• Understanding of clinical governance and ability to demonstrate personal continuing development
• Participation in QIP
• Understanding of patient safety and risk management
• Evidence of implementing relevant evidence-based medicine
• Experience of guideline appraisal

Research

• Interest in research and commitment to support research or skills in critical appraisal.
• Recent published clinical research in peer reviewed journal
• Experience of literature appraisal

Management Ability

• Demonstrable leadership qualities
• IT literacy
• Ability to share departmental management duties
• Evidence of management experience or training

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.