Closing date: 28 August 2026

Job summary
Are you looking for a welcoming and supportive department in which to develop your skills? With our part-annualised work pattern, generous SPA allowance, collaborative and inclusive team ethic, and excellent clinical facilities, we offer a great place to work.

We are looking for a friendly and enthusiastic colleague at any stage of their consultant career to join our popular and well-regarded team.

Our award-winning hospital, in a fantastic location provides genuine opportunities for a great work-life balance.

Main duties of the job
Consultants have a responsibility to the Chief Executive and a commensurate authority in respect of the reasonable and effective use of such hospital resources and staff as they use and influence. Each Consultant is expected to deliver their service within the agreed resources available, supported by the responsible Service Manager. In addition, there is a collective responsibility falling on all Consultants to consult with colleagues, and hence to co-ordinate their individual activities, in order to ensure that the particular clinical service with which they are involved operates effectively.

The Trust places a high importance on excellence in clinical practice. Full participation in ensuring compliance with the Trust's Clinical Governance process is required.

Maintain and process all information concerning patients, staff, contractors or the business of the Trust to which the post holder has access, without divulging such information to any third party or make use of information gained in the course of employment, except where this is clearly within the remit of the post holder and the other party's responsibility.

About us
The Emergency Department is a state of the art £6.2million newbuild completed in December 2014 with a 4-bed resuscitation room (1 dedicated paediatric bay), 16 majors treatment rooms including an eye/ENT room, an isolation room, facilities for patients with dementia, and internal CBRN decontamination facilities.

There are separate paediatric and adult waiting areas, and a chaircentric observation area with long ranging views over the Yorkshire countryside. X-ray facilities and a plaster room are within the department and there is an excellent departmental ultrasound machine.

We have a new co-located Urgent Treatment Centre which also has separate paediatric and adult waiting areas which opened in July 2024.

CT services are co-located and supported by 24/7 on-site radiographer cover supporting timely access to CT. There is an excellent co-located psychiatric liaison nurse service.

The department benefits from a purpose built adjacent multispecialty Acute Assessment Unit and Ambulatory Care Unit enabling high quality same-day emergency care (SDEC), and strong collaborative relationships with inpatient specialty colleagues.

Our ED sees over 75,000 patients per year of which around 15,000 are children.

Details
Date posted: 31 July 2026
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Consultant
Salary: £113,565 to £150,569 a year pro rata per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number: 423-8053877
Job locations: Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, Skipton Road, Steeton, BD20 6TD, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
For full details of this job vacancy, please see attached full job description and person specification.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
• Entry on the GMC Specialty
• Revalidated (or in state of readiness for future)

Desirable

• Other Relevant Qualification (eg BSc)
• ALS, ATLS or ETC, APLS

Clinical Experience
Essential

• Entry on the GMC specialist register via CCT (proposed date must be within 6 months), CESR or European Community Rights
• Extensive experience of the full range of Emergency Medicine presentations

Management Experience
Essential

• Understanding of management issues, clinical governance, service planning and development and quality improvement
• Willingness to lead service developments

Desirable

• Demonstrated ability to manage eg project work, mentoring junior staff
• Demonstrated ability to take on leadership role

Teaching Experience
Essential

• Evidence of teaching experience

Desirable

• Formal training in teaching methods eg Train the Trainers course
• Demonstrated ability in teaching and training

Clinical Goverance & Audit
Essential

• Evidence of participation in audit
• Good oral and written communication skills
• Logical thinking, problem solving and decision making
• Team working and leadership skills

Desirable

• Understanding and willingness to follow clinical governance agenda

Additional information
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.

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see the NHS Careers website.

Employer contact details
Contact: Paul Jennings
Email: paul.jennings@nhs.net
Phone: 01535292298