CONSULTANT IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE | Barts Health NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 28 April 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £109,725 - £145,478 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 May 2026 |
| Location: | London, E1 1FR |
| Company: | Barts Health NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7972104/259-MED7972104RLH |
Summary
BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST
THE ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL
CONSULTANT IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE
FULL TIMESubstantive Posts
We are delighted to invite applications for a substantive consultant post in Emergency Medicine at the Royal London Hospital.
The successful candidates will join a highly motivated, consultant led team delivering high quality emergency care to East London. The department receives a full range of emergencies from the local area, in addition to major trauma from North East London and Essex, with a total of 210,000 urgent and emergency patients seen each year.
Our multidisciplinary clinical team includes nurses, technicians, clinical practitioners, and physician associates working alongside resident doctors and consultants.
All of our team are dedicated to team well-being and the highest standards in clinical care and patient safety. The department has good working relationships with acute specialities, a friendly working atmosphere, a strong teaching programme and welcomes innovation.
The post includes clinical duties across all areas of the department including the resuscitation room, major trauma, major emergencies, injuries, virtual emergency care areas, SDEC and observation medicine for both adult and paediatric patients. Post holders will join a consultant team providing a 24/7 consultant presence ensuring the highest levels of emergency care.
The post’s core role is general emergency medicine. The department welcomes applicants with a specialist interest including but not confined to:
Ultrasound
We are looking to grow our ultrasound programme in the department and those with further qualifications in ultrasound practice, delivery and training would be supported to develop this structure.
Medical technology and Clinical AI
As AI is transforming our society and environment, we are committed to ensuring that our department invests in the appropriate skills and infrastructure to boost our adoption and productivity with AI. The department is currently piloting the use of ambient AI scribes and use of AI in rostering/allocations and would welcome an individual with this interest.
SDEC/EEMAC
Our department has a strong Specialty and Emergency SDEC. We have plans to build on this structure to include further pathways for improved UEC delivery.
Community Emergency Medicine
With strong associations to pre-hospital care with LAA and the PRU, we look to enhance our links with in- hospital and community teams to ensure our local population are delivered care in the right environment.
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
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Direct clinical care of adult and paediatric patients across the full spectrum of emergency presentations
Supervising care provided by junior medical and non-medical staff
Providing shop floor teaching, advice and education to the clinical team
Reviewing and managing patients admitted to the department’s observation units and SDEC units
Supervising and contributing to Barts Health emergency telemedicine services and may include community outreach emergency medicine
Resus consultant receiving and managing major emergency calls and leading the resuscitation room team
Working with partners from across North East London to deliver integrated emergency care
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This advert closes on Sunday 31 May 2026