Job summary
Join us and help make a real difference to our Trust.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a locum Consultant in Emergency Medicine to join our friendly, enthusiastic Emergency Department team at University Hospitals Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust (UHDB), based at the Royal Derby Hospital site. This is a 12 month fixed term opportunity to cover maternity leave, until December 2027.

The RDH Emergency Department currently operates over three areas - Resus and Majors Adult ED, Ambulatory Adult ED and a Urgent Treatment Centre to provide excellent care for the patients in our community.

Main duties of the job

• Responsible for the care and treatment of patients in your charge and personal performance of clinical duties as agreed in your job plan, allowing for all proper delegation to, and training of your staff.
• Responsible for maintaining awareness of professional guidelines and acting in accordance with them.
• Responsible for the professional supervision, training and management of junior medical staff, carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and contributing to postgraduate and continuing medical education activity locally, regionally and nationally as appropriate.
• Provision of an out of hours service with your Consultant colleagues including on-call rota commitments, as indicated in the enclosed job plan.

About us
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development.
• On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes.

Key Facts about our Trust:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma and Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.

Details
Date posted: 03 November 2026
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Consultant
Salary: £113,565 to £150,569 a year per annum
Contract: Locum
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 320-MDR-8405719-GM
Job locations: Royal Derby Hospital, Derby, DE22 3NE, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

• Maintenance of the highest clinical standard in the management of patients presenting to the emergency department.
• To work with the ED paediatric lead consultant and other colleagues to provide quality care and cover for paediatric patients in the children's ED.
• To share with colleagues responsibility for the day to day management of the ED as well as service development and speciality interfacing.

More details regarding these points are included in the JD provided.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• FRCEM or equivalent
• Full GMC Registration with a license to practice
• ATLS/ETC and ALS certification
• APLS or PALS certification

Desirable

• MIMMS/HMIMMS Instructor status
• Further higher qualification relevant to the specialty
• Subspecialty qualification in Acute Medicine
• Evidence of entry on GMC Specialist Register; OR Have CCT or be within 6 months of attaining CCT at time of interview AND entry on GMC Specialist Register by date of commencement; OR Evidence that the GMC is processing the Specialist Registration application (MUST be provided prior to interview)

Clinical Experience

• Essential: Broad range of relevant experience in Emergency Medicine; Evidence of independent clinical practice; Evidence of ability to lead and work within multidisciplinary team; Experienced in making clinical decisions and managing risk
• Desirable: Subspecialty interest/experience or additional Emergency Medicine expertise; 1 year NHS experience

Management Experience

• Essential: Experience of formal presentations
• Desirable: Management training on an accredited course

Teaching Experience

• Essential: Evidence and experience of supervising and teaching resident doctors and medical students; Evidence of ability to and experience of teaching clinical skills
• Desirable: Formal training in educational methodology; Formal Appraisal and Educational/Clinical Supervisor skills

Audit and Research Experience

• Essential: Experience of audit in practice; Experience of and commitment to clinical audit and/or Quality Improvement Projects (QIP); Evidence and ability to assess and apply evidence-based research into every day clinical practice; Evidence of relevant academic and research achievements relevant to the specialty; Evidence of ability to supervise audit; Formal training in educational methodology
• Desirable: Evidence of recent research and development activity relevant to specialty, publications or service development work; Publications in nationally and internationally recognised peer-reviewed journals on subjects relevant to the specialty; Evidence of ability to supervise research

Other Attributes

• Desirable: Evidence or feedback demonstrating positive attitudinal attributes; Experience of leadership or evidence of leadership potential

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 NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Royal Derby Hospital, Derby, DE22 3NE, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Assistant Clinical Director, Dr Julian Wilson-Gallaher, julian.wilson-Gallher@nhs.net, 01332340141

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship are welcome.