Job Summary
We are looking for a motivated and innovative Specialist Grade in Emergency & Urgent Care (equivalent to General Practitioner with Specialist interest in Emergency & Urgent Care) to work in the Emergency and Urgent Integrated Care Departments at Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust. This role may suit an experienced General Practitioner looking for a new challenge.

The successful applicant will work as an integral member of our multidisciplinary team, comprising of nursing staff, advanced clinical practitioners, junior and senior clinical fellows along with our substantive Consultant Physicians in Emergency Medicine and Urgent Care.

Main Duties of the Job
Clinical responsibilities will include:

• Working alongside other members of the Emergency Medicine multi-disciplinary team to deliver high quality healthcare in the Emergency and Urgent Integrated Care Departments across both our Pinderfields and Dewsbury sites.
• An interface role between primary care and secondary care looking at how we can support getting patients to the right service in a timely fashion.
• Developing clinical pathways which span the primary care/secondary care interface.
• Contributing to clinical governance and quality improvement within urgent and emergency care.
• Contributing to the ongoing education of the multidisciplinary team in urgent and emergency care.
• Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in assessment, diagnosis and management of patients presenting to the Emergency Department and Urgent Integrated Care Stream.
• Development of services and pathways across the primary and secondary care interface between ED, UIC, and acute medicine.
• Provide senior support, leadership and formal clinical supervision to medical trainees and advanced clinical practitioners (ACPs).

About Us
We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff members work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield).

Committed to continuous improvement, we prioritise our people and values so we can deliver excellent patient experience. Our team is friendly, passionate and always seeking better ways to work through research and innovation.

We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces for honest conversations and to share ideas, thoughts and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion.

As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers, home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer-friendly policies, and more.

If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

Job Responsibilities
About the Role
We are looking for a motivated and innovative Specialist Grade in Emergency & Urgent Care (equivalent to General Practitioner with Specialist interest in Emergency & Urgent Care) to work in the Emergency and Urgent Integrated Care Departments at Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust. This role may suit an experienced General Practitioner looking for a new challenge.

Main Duties
Clinical responsibilities will include:

• Working alongside other members of the Emergency Medicine multi-disciplinary team to deliver high quality healthcare in the Emergency and Urgent Integrated Care Departments across both our Pinderfields and Dewsbury sites.

Please see the attached full job description for an example weekly timetable.

Essential Person Specification Requirements
To meet the requirements of this role, applicants must demonstrate the following essential criteria:

• Practices within the professional values and behaviours expected of all doctors as set out in GMC Good Medical Practice and the Generic Professional Capabilities Framework including current licence to practice from the GMC
• Demonstrates the underpinning subject-specific competences i.e. knowledge, skills and behaviours relevant to the role setting and scope
• Clinically evaluates and manages a patient, formulating a prioritised differential diagnosis, initiating an appropriate management plan, and reviewing and adjusting this depending on the outcomes of treatment
• Manages the difficulties of dealing with patients with complexity and uncertainty in the care of patients; employing expertise and clinical decision-making skills of a senior and independent/ autonomous practitioner.
• Critically reflects on own competence, understands own limits, and seeks help when required
• Communicates effectively and is able to share decision-making with patients, relatives and carers; treats patients as individuals, promoting a person-centred approach to their care, including self-management.
• Respects patients’ dignity, ensures confidentiality and appropriate communication where potentially difficult or where barriers exist e.g. using interpreter and making adjustments for patients with communication difficulties
• Demonstrates key generic clinical skills around the areas of concern; ensuring humane interventions, prescribing medicine safely and using medical devices safely.
• Adheres to professional requirements, participating in annual appraisal, job planning and reviews of performance and progression.
• Awareness of legal responsibilities relevant to the role, such as around mental capacity and deprivation of liberty data protection, equality and diversity.
• Applies basic principles of public health; including population health, promoting health and wellbeing, nutrition, exercise, vaccination and illness prevention.
• MBBS or equivalent Full GMC registration with a license to practice
• Full Registration and a Licence to Practice with the General Medical Council OR be eligible for the same and have this prior to commencement
• Previous experience working independently within an NHS emergency, urgent or acute care setting.
• Experience work effectively in a busy, high-pressure clinical environment.
• A minimum of 12 years full time postgraduate training (or equivalent gained either part time or through Less Than Full Time Training) since obtaining a primary medical qualification
• A minimum of 6 years’ experience in the Specialty Doctor/SAS Grade or equivalent in Emergency Medicine specialty or similar specialty
• Eligibility to work in the UK
• Disclosure + Barring Service (DBS) clearance

For the full Person Specification, including desirable criteria for the role, please refer to the attached document within the job description.

Contact Information
For further information please contact in the first instance, Dr Richard Gorman, Head of Clinical Services and Consultant for Emergency Medicine, 01924 542214

Be Part of MY Team
We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients’ homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.

We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.

If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

Application guidance: We understand that more applicants are using artificial intelligence (AI) technology to help with their applications. While these tools can be useful, they cannot fully capture your skills, knowledge, and experience. It’s important that you personalise your application. Relying solely on AI is not recommended, as it may reduce your chances of success. Our screening process is thorough, so if you have used AI, please make sure to disclose this on your application form.

Application tips: If you need help with your application, take a look at the tips on our careers site.

Our Benefits

• Access to the NHS pension plan
• Generous holiday allowance of 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing with 5 and 10 years of service
• Exceptional employee health and wellbeing services
• Extensive benefits and support, including: onsite nurseries and childcare salary sacrifice scheme, home electronics scheme, cycle to work scheme, car lease salary sacrifice scheme, working carers support and advice, carers network and carers passport, flexible working options and family and carer-friendly policies, established staff networks, and career progression, training and support

Skilled Worker Sponsorship
You can find out more about skilled worker and health and care visas on our careers site.

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.

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.