Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine

Main area Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine Grade Consultant Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week Job
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Employer Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Gloucester Royal Hospital Town Gloucester Salary £109,725 - £145,478 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 30/03/2026 23:59

Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine Consultant

At Gloucestershire Hospitals, our people are at the heart of everything we do. As the county’s largest employer, we are proud to provide high-quality acute, elective, and specialist services to more than 650,000 people across our county. Our care is delivered across Gloucestershire Royal, Cheltenham General and Stroud Maternity Hospital.

With over 9,000 employees representing more than 95 nationalities, bringing together a mix of cultures and experiences to the care that we deliver. Whether you’re beginning your NHS journey or looking to take the next step in your career, this is an exciting time to join us. We’re investing heavily in innovation, research, and transformation, with more than 100 active clinical studies and major developments underway across our hospitals.

We take pride in working as one team, driven by a shared ambition to grow, develop, and continually improve. Every contribution is valued and by combining our collective strengths, we support not only our diverse communities but one another. You can expect a warm, supportive culture and colleagues who are passionate about teamwork, professional development and delivering exceptional care. We offer structured development programmes, mentoring and leadership opportunities to help you progress in your career.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels they belong. By joining our Trust, you will benefit from a comprehensive package that includes flexible working opportunities, generous annual leave, the NHS pension scheme, competitive bank rates, local discounts, access to on-site nurseries, reduced public transport costs, reward and recognition schemes and a wide range of health and wellbeing initiatives.

Be part of Gloucestershire Hospitals, explore your future with us today.

Job overview

Did you choose Emergency Medicine for interesting pathology, to treat the full array of patients and clinical presentations? Do you value working with a great team, living in a beautiful area with nationally excelling schools and internationally renowned sporting and cultural events? Come to Gloucestershire.

We see 145,000 ED attendances a year. 25% of these are children. We see the highest number of major trauma cases of all Major Trauma Units in the South West region. A busy DGH with a dedicated and innovative EM consultant team. £39 million pounds were invested in a newly extended and refurbished Emergency Department and Acute Medical Unit, completed in January 24 providing excellent facilities.

The departments have segregated Paediatric areas, are well supported by SDECs for medical and surgical specialties, co-located Primary care services, 24/7 onsite PPCI and interventional radiology  team deliver consultant led care from 8am until midnight with non-resident on call overnight, working 1:6 weekends via an annualised and self-rostered job plan. A strategy for reduced antisocial hours for our senior workforce is in place and the post could be filled on a whole or part time basis.

* Successful applicants will only be working in Gloucestershire Royal Hospital Emergency Department.

Main duties of the job

The responsibilities of our posts are the following objectives:

4 to ensure the delivery of a high-quality patient-centred clinical service

4 to provide effective leadership to all staff engaged in that same task

4 to sustain and develop teaching and research wherever appropriate

4 to work in accordance with our trust’s procedures and operating policies

4 to support the business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty, the Medical Division and our Trust

4 to work within the framework of team decisions

4 to take a whole systems approach to working with the wider health community both NHS and social services

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