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Main area Emergency Medicine Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor Contract Permanent Hours
- Full time
- Part time
10 sessions per week (includes nights, weekends and evenings) Job ref 382-DOC33-26-A
Site Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Town Blackpool Salary £63,696 – £102,689 pa pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 01/06/2026 23:59
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, with services covering the local authority areas of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The Trust is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) supporting a population of around 1.6 million people.
We have three main hospitals providing acute services to around 330,000 local residents. The organisation also provides specialist tertiary care for cardiac and haematology services, delivers community health services to over 445,000 residents including those in North Lancashire and hosts the National Artificial Eye Service across England. Plus, we provide urgent and emergency care services to an estimated 18 million people who visit the seaside resort each year. We employ over 7000 people from 68 different countries.
We welcome and encourage application from anyone with protected characteristics, as well as supporting reservists and Veterans who are looking for a rewarding and challenging career within the NHS.
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals encourages flexible working in all our roles to support staff in maintaining healthy home‑life balance. Working patterns such as: part time working, self‑rostering, compressed hours, annualised hours, term time, reverse term time and flexitime working can be explored.
Job overview
We are looking for enthusiastic, experienced, and caring Emergency Physicians to join our team.
We want individuals who can provide clinical leadership in a busy emergency department. We are building a supportive team striving for excellence. We are committed to developing a team that will transform how we work.
Some highlights include:
- 8:2 DCC: SPA job plan
- Brand new department refurbishment due to be completed this December.
Main duties of the job
Our speciality doctors are all provided with SPA time in addition to their core SPA, this is job planned to deliver activity to support the transformation of the department.
We would like you all to be or become approved educational supervisors and support our delivery of a programme of “Excellence in Emergency Medicine Education”.
For those interested in progressing further once you have completed initial RCEM exams we will support you to complete a CESR process. We can support all necessary placements within the organisation a typically one a year and have a track record of our staff completing the process and obtaining specialist registration.
Working for our organisation
If you have 4 years’ experience post registration at least 2 in Emergency Medicine and at least 1 at an ST3 level, then we want to hear from you. If you have significant senior experience overseas and are looking to move to the UK we can offer an initial 6 months at tier 3 to allow for a smooth transition.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please ensure you read the Job description and Person Specification attached to the advert in full before applying.
Person specification
Education & Qualifications
- Primary medical qualification.
- Evidence of achievement of CT1/2/3 ACCS Emergency Medicine Competences
- 2 Years in Emergency Medicine
- Minimum of 1 Year in Emergency Medicine as ST3+
- ALS
- EPALS or APLS
- ATLS or ETC
- MRCEM
- Experience in Acute Medicine & Critical Care Medicine at level of ACCS
Knowledge & Skills
- Evidence of ability to work at a minimum entrustment level of 3 in all areas of RCEM curriculum
- Able to prioritise clinical needs, time and workload
- Ability to take independent responsibility for the management of all ED presentations
- Understand the importance of effective team working
- Ability to assess, recognise and initial management of the acutely ill patient and play an effective part in the advanced life support
- Knowledge of UK health system, practices and values
- Computer Literate
- Ability to practice evidence based medicine
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Professionalism
- Enthusiasm and commitment to the speciality
Quality Improvement
- Understand the principles of audit and clinical governance
Personal Skills
- Ability to work under pressure
- Good organisational and leadership skills
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- The ability to communicate effectively in English
Any invitation to interview will be sent to the email account stated on your application form.
If the role you have applied for requires a Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS) check we will administer this as part of your pre‑employment checks. Please note, you will be required to repay the cost on appointment. This will be collected via a salary deduction. You can choose whether to pay this over 1-3 months from your salary or as a one‑off payment on commencement in post. The level of check required depends on the role that you have been offered. Currently the charges are – Basic DBS check £25.50, Standard DBS check £25.50 and Enhanced DBS check £53.50.
You are encouraged where possible, to register for the DBS update service. This is an annual registration fee of £16. By registering for the update service you will not have the additional cost of repeated disclosures.
Should you withdraw your application, you may be required to reimburse the cost of the DBS check.
DBS checks remain free of charge for volunteer positions.
By submitting an application for this vacancy you are confirming your agreement to the above in the event you are successfully appointed.
The DBS Code of Practice can be accessed here.
Please ensure that you read the Person Specification attached below as your application will be judged against this.
Please note that every effort will be made to keep the vacancy live until published closing date, though there may be instances where such interest is generated, that for administrative reasons the post may close earlier.
Please note that in line with national NHS guidelines this Trust operates a strict non‑smoking policy. Members of staff are not permitted to smoke on Trust premises or grounds at any time nor take breaks during working hours for the purposes of smoking.
The Trust does not offer interview expenses to shortlisted candidates unless indicated in the advert.
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.
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