Speciality Doctor in Emergency Medicine

Overview

Job Summary

Are you a proactive and ambitious doctor seeking to join a dynamic and evolving Emergency Department in West London? Join our team at Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and play a crucial part in our mission to deliver excellent emergency clinical care and shape the future of our service.

This part-time, 12-month fixed-term post is an opportunity to join an innovative, forward-thinking team. As we move towards building the new Hillingdon Hospital, you will be instrumental in ensuring our patients continue to receive high-quality, safe, and compassionate care.

What The Role Offers:

• Deliver evidence-based medicine in a fast-paced environment.
• Work collaboratively with our GP-led Urgent Care Centre to ensure seamless patient flow and the right care at the right time.
• Benefit from a departmental philosophy that prioritises education and training, with regular formal and informal teaching, journal clubs, and opportunities for secondments.
• Contribute to our ongoing research and quality improvement projects, helping us to continually improve patient outcomes.
• Work within a supportive environment that adheres to the new Specialty doctor contract changes of 2021.

If you are a motivated clinician looking to make a significant impact on an emergency service, we want to hear from you.

Our department is dedicated to delivering evidence-based emergency medicine while upholding the highest operational standards. We are driven by a philosophy of continuous improvement, supported by a co-located, GP-led Urgent Care Centre that ensures patients are streamed efficiently to the most appropriate level of care.

We are proud of our vibrant educational culture. The department prioritises teaching and training, offering regular opportunities for professional development, including bedside teaching from consultants, board rounds, internal training days, and journal clubs. These have been instrumental in the success of our trainees and Trust doctors in their RCEM examinations.

Furthermore, we foster a strong commitment to quality improvement and research, empowering our team to constantly enhance the treatment and care we provide for our patient population.

The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has a thriving and expanding Emergency Department with a secure future which saw approximately 165,000 attendances in 2019-19 (including attendances to our co located UCC). In addition approximately 100 patients per day are seen in the Minor Injuries Unit at our Mount Vernon Hospital site.

The department has a history of innovation in patient care and has a continuing personal development programme to support on-going service development.

You will have the opportunity to help shape the future direction of the department and take part in Hospital-wide initiatives to improve Emergency Care and the patient experience.

The post holders will be expected to participate fully in the provision of general services in Emergency Medicine, including governance issues and the ED improvement plan, which includes the next phase of our Resuscitation service development.

Date posted: 12 February 2026

Pay scheme:
Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade:
Specialty Doctor

Salary: £61,542 to £99,216 a year incl. HCA £2,162

Contract:

Fixed term

Duration: 12 months

Working pattern:
Part-time

Reference number: 394-075MS25

Hillingdon Hospital, Pield Heath Road, Uxbridge, UB8 3NN

Job responsibilities

• Provide excellent direct clinical care for patients presenting to the ED, while working to maintain operational standards.
• Be responsible for the initial assessment, management and discharge or referral of patients to specialist teams.
• Provide timely and effective review of those patients initially assessed by the post-holder (or handed over by junior or Consultant colleagues), both in the main department and of those patients subsequently admitted to the Clinical Decision Unit.
• Provide clinical advice and support to the one FY1, Senior House Officers and nursing staff on the management of individual patients and ensure appropriate prioritisation of patient care.
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