Specialty Doctor in Urgent Treatment Centre
| Posting date: | 16 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | £61,542.00 to £99,216.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £61542.00 - £99216.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 March 2026 |
| Location: | BLACKBURN, BB2 3HH |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9435-26-0058 |
Summary
Job Summary Specialty Doctor in Urgent Treatment For entry to the Speciality Doctor grade, applicants must have at least four years of post-registrationtraining, of which at least two years must be in a speciality training programme in Emergency Medicine (forexample, ACCS) or must be able to demonstrate comparable skills and competencies for example havingcompleted General Practitioner Training.The job title of the post is Speciality Doctor in Urgent Treatment Medicine. The post is paid on theSpeciality Doctor scale. Applicants wishing to work part-time would be considered.Job Plans are specific to the post and generally 10 PA posts with a split of 8.5 DCC and 1.5 SPA.The department has experience of supporting doctors in CESR (previously Article 14) applications, andagain this would be encouraged for suitable experienced doctors. Duties of the Post The postholder is expected to work on the middle grade tier in the Urgent Treatment Centre provide therelevant expertise and experience necessary to ensure the efficient primary management of urgenttreatment cases. The postholder will be required to work with the other team members in the managementof the department workload. The postholder will also be expected to provide supervision to the juniormembers of the team.The postholder will be expected to undertake full clinical duties including the running of clinics or assessingand managing acutely unwell patients, along with patients presenting with injuries both major and minor.The care may very occasionally include initial resuscitation where appropriate. The postholder will beexpected to manage the caseload within urgent treatment and organise immediate management and planfor discharge or where required referral for follow up. The referral could be to GPs to an appropriatespecialist team for continued hospital care or to other services.The postholder will be expected to follow the various guidelines and protocols issued in the department. Inthe case of major trauma cases, cardiac arrests and critically ill patients attending the department, thepostholder will be expected to act in a team leadership role, following appropriate life support guidelines.Postholders would be expected to gain and maintain certification in ALS, ATLS etc and APLS or recognisedequivalents to these courses.In light of the changing work practices, the work programme may need to be varied in the future. This willbe done only after consultation with the incumbent of the post. As duty hours require the incumbent beingpresent in the department, no on-call or residential accommodation is offered with this post.In exceptional circumstances, additional duties outside normal rostered hours may be required to ensurethe continuation of essential patient care. So far as is consistent with the proper discharge of the aboveduties, the postholder may be required to deputise from time to time for absent colleagues.A mentoring process will be in place to make sure that the professional and personal development of thepostholder are maintained. The Consultants will act as mentors and will meet with the postholder on aregular basis.Teaching, Audit & Research The postholder will be expected to participate in teaching and training of junior doctors, medical students,nurses and paramedical staff as directed by the Clinical Lead. The postholder will also be expected toparticipate in the educational programme and attend relevant postgraduate courses in accordance with thelocal and national CME requirements.The postholder will also be expected to participate in the departmental audit programme. Clinical researchwill be encouraged. Emergencies and Unforeseen Circumstances The postholder accepts that they will also perform duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseencircumstances, without additional remuneration at the request of the Clinical Lead or the on-call Consultant.It has been agreed between the professions and the Department that while the postholder accepts that theywill perform such duties, it is stressed that additional commitments arising under this heading areexceptional and the postholder should not be required to undertake work of this kind for prolonged period oron a regular basis.It is the responsibility of the Clinical Lead to determine whether a particular situation can be described asan emergency. Study and Training Postgraduate study is encouraged. In-service training is available and clinical meetings are held in theDepartment. There is an excellent postgraduate medical centre at Royal Blackburn Hospital whichprovides excellent library facilities and an active teaching programme, including guest speakers, clinicalconferences and departmental tutorials. Study leave is awarded at the discretion of the Clinical Lead. The Department The Emergency Department is located at the Royal Blackburn Hospital a newly built PFI hospital with fullyintegrated Paediatric and adult areas with Resus, PACS system, and fully supported by CCU and ITUAssessments Units, X-ray, CT and MRI facilities. There is a hospital trauma team and cardiac arrest ismanaged in house.In additional to the main Emergency Department which takes primarily ambulance cases, there are 2Urgent Treatment Centres catering to minor injuries and illnesses assessing both walk-in and appointedpatients. One is situated in Burnley General Hospital and other co-located within the Emergency Department at Royal Blackburn Hospital. The Emergency Department has an 8 bedded resuscitation area (with 1 bed designated for paediatricpatients) with 42 major cubicles. The two Urgent Treatment Centres have examination cubicles, staff base,separate adult and children waiting areas, reception and all facilities to see minor injury and illness. Thedepartment receives excellent support from the Intensive Care Unit, Medical Assessment Unit and SurgicalAssessment Unit, Paediatrics, Orthopaedics, ENT and Maxillofacial Surgery. Serious burns andneurosurgical patients are transferred to the regional centre at Preston or Manchester.The Departments have annual attendances of approximately 170,000 across the three sites.The Acute Medical Unit has been established both for medical patients referred from the EmergencyDepartment and Urgent Treatment Centre and for direct GP referrals. Patients who are referred by theirGP to other specialities are ordinarily directed straight to the appropriate ward or assessment area. Thereare ambulatory medical and surgical day emergency care units.There are currently 18 Consultants and two Specialists who work on the Consultant Rota in post in the unit.1. Mrs Georgina Robertson, Clinical Director2. Dr Neil Prater3. Dr Charles Thomson, Deputy Medical Director for Clinical Effectiveness4. Dr Shanthi Siva5. Dr Anna Kirby-Bailey6. Dr Fahad Shaik7. Dr Mohamed Sohail8. Dr Ali Gillani (Specialist)9. Dr Rajendran Garlapati10. Dr Rafeeq Sulaiman11. Dr Mehdi Teeli, Deputy Clinical Director12. Dr Ahmad Alabood13. Dr Helen Turner14. Dr Jawad Saleemi15. Dr Aamir Soohail16. Dr Sukhbir Bhullar17. Dr Badal Sarin (Specialist)18. Dr Maad Jasim19. Dr Claudia Spalding (Paediatric Consultant)Burnley UTC is lead by two Consultant General Practitioners, Dr Zulfikar Aslam and Dr Raju Uppalapati.Other Clinicians include 4 higher specialist trainees, 28 speciality doctors, 57 junior doctors made up ofACCS & GP trainees, junior clinical fellow and foundation year 1 and 2 doctors. We also have AdvancedCare Practitioners, Emergency Nurse Practitioners, Physicians Associates and First ContactPhysiotherapists. We train staff of all grades and have medical students of various years from UCLAN andLancaster University in the department. Terms and Conditions of Service This post is subject to the Terms and Conditions of Service for Speciality Doctors England 2021.The appointee will be required to live within 10 miles or 30 minutes travel time by car from the RoyalBlackburn Hospital. The Trust will reimburse certain expenses relating to removal and relocation whenrequired, the expenses refunded shall reflect actual costs involved but will not exceed £8,000. If relocationis required this must be discussed as interview.A satisfactory medical examination is a condition of employment for medical and dental staff in theNHS.Candidates are requested to note that any person recommended for appointment inconnection with this post will be referred to the D.B.S. for their clearance.