Specialty Doctor in Emergency Medicine and Urgent Care

Specialty Doctor in Emergency Medicine and Urgent Care

NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor

Main area Emergency Medicine Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor Contract Permanent Hours 10 sessions per week (Full time 10 PA's) Job ref 372-MED-MD204-C

Employer Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Huddersfield & Calderdale (Cross-site) Town Huddersfield & Calderdale Salary £63,696 - £102,689 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 19/11/2026 23:59

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics.

We are committed to recruiting to our values. Leading One Culture of Care underpins our values by creating an environment, tone and behaviours across all parts of the Trust that are fundamentally rooted in compassionate care.

We are open to considering a wide range of flexible working arrangements. There are opportunities to flex the days of the week, hours and times of work and place of work including: part-time, job-share, flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home when appropriate. Please talk to us during the interview process to discuss any flexibility that you may require.

We received our Silver Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers. This means that we provided its statement of intent to support all Defence personnel and we welcome application to work for us.

Our Future Plans

The Department of Health and Social Care has awarded capital funding to invest in local health services at both Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary. This is a significant investment and an opportunity to enhance services for our populations in Calderdale and Huddersfield and West Yorkshire for generations to come. To find out more, please visit

Job overview

We are inviting applications in the Emergency Medicine Department at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust for Trust doctors at Registrar.

The role will be an entirely clinical role at middle grade level within the department and the successful candidate will work with the current team in supporting and developing the department. Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust is heavily invested in providing an excellent Urgent and Emergency Care system for our population. We are looking to recruit motivated and enthusiastic doctors to provide care in the Emergency Departments and/or our Urgent SDEC (uSDEC)

Main duties of the job

The Emergency Departments at Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary are currently led by 23 consultants who work across both sites providing 16hr shop-floor cover 7 days a week at both sites and on-call cover beyond that. Specialty Doctors, Higher Specialty Trainees and ST3+ grade doctors provide 24 hour shop-floor cover at both sites.

There is a consultant led Trauma Team at Huddersfield, which has been designated as a Major Trauma Unit in the West Yorkshire Regional Trauma Network. Both Huddersfield and Calderdale have 4 resuscitation bays, including a dedicated paediatric resus area, with X-ray and ultrasound facilities. There are separate majors and minors areas with a play-room available for Families with Younger Children in both departments.

Successful candidates will be involved in the design and delivery of these exciting new additions to regional Emergency Services. As a speciality doctor in the ED we are dedicated to developing you and your interests. Depending on your interests and performance we have various programs we can support including entry on to our CESR program (from which previous candidates have been appointed as consultants)

Working for our organisation

We employ more than 6,500 staffwho deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals,Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, healthcentres and in patients’ homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.

We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children’s and young people’s services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.

We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.

We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation. Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS– yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boardslisten to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members – patients, staff andthe local community.

Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in thechanges to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holders will be clinically and educationally responsible to the Clinical Director for Emergency Care

• Will be responsible for the general clinical management of patients attending the Emergency Department.
• Will be expected to comply with the Emergency Departments and Trust’s policies, and to maintain their skills and knowledge through CPD.
• Will be expected to participate in the day-to-day training and supervision of junior medical staff and with all other training/teaching activities facilitated by the department.
• Will be expected in exceptional circumstances to cover his/her colleagues for unpredicted short-term absence.
• May be asked in exceptional circumstances to assist the Ambulance Service in the care of patients at the scene of the accident, as part of the Mobile Medical Team.
• May be called to the department when a Major Incident is declared.
• Will be expected to participate in the development of emergency treatment protocols.
• Will be expected to take an active role in clinical audit and the clinical governance process
• Will be expected to take an active role in the appraisal process
• Will provide professional supervision and encourage the development of all Doctors and ACPs within the Emergency Department.
• Will ensure their own practice is up to date: this will include taking responsibility for own clinical professional development and participation in the Trust appraisal system.
• Will share responsibility for data protection arising out of the use of computers.
• Will comply with all relevant Trust policies and procedures.
• The successful applicant will be expected to register with the Royal College of Emergency Medicine for CPD

Person specification

Qualifications

• MRCEM or equivalent
• Applicants must have Full Registration with the General Medical Council and hold a Licence to Practise

Experience and Achievements

• Must have 4 years post graduate experience including 2 years within the Emergency Medicine Specialty
• Must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in all aspects of the Emergency Medicine specialty
• Understanding current issues within Emergency Medicine and the future direction of the specialty
• Understanding current issues within the wider NHS
• Attendance at a recognised management course
• Shows ability to work with and lead others across professions

Teaching and Training

• Experience of and enthusiasm for clinical teaching of postgraduate doctors and non-medical staff.
• Academic achievements/evidence of familiarity with research methods which have resulted in publications
• Training in clinical and educational supervision
• Attendance at a teaching course
• Formal qualification in teaching/education

Audit and Research

• Knowledge of Audit principles and evidence of participation in and completion of audit projects
• Critical Appraisal Skills
• Evidence of knowledge of research methodology
• Good communication and empathy skills with patients
• Evidence of willingness to participate in a multi-disciplinary team environment to provide an integrated service
• Ability to work as a member of a team, both through communication and sharing workload
• Ability to manage high pressure situations e.g. clinical crisis
• Ability to prioritise and organise workload and co-ordinate staff
• Ability to integrate the care of a patient by many and various other clinical staff
• Willingness to work flexibly to deliver clinically effective and cost effective healthcare

Practical/Intellectual Skills/Personal Qualities

• Evidence of continual learning and development
• Understands self (strengths and weaknesses) and impact of behaviour on others
• Evidence of innovation

General

• Eligibility to work in the UK
• Ability to work in various locations throughout the network of services provided by Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
• For areas requiring EPP Clearance (Exposure Prone Procedures), this will also be a requirement of the health screening
• An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required with the Disclosure and Barring Service

Our vision is to provide One Culture of Care for one another in order that we can provide compassionate care for the people who use our services. We are passionate about creating a workplace where we work together to get results, encouraging colleagues to have their say, in order to co create the change we want to see. We take pride in the diversity of our workforce that’s why we encourage applications from all. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants.

We understand that more applicants are using 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.

If you are appointed to a post, information will also be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records system. The Inter-Authority Transfer (IAT) process is a critical and beneficial component of ESR and following interview your previous NHS employment data, if applicable will be transferred from your current / most recent employer.

You may be required to undertake a DBS. The Trust will administer the DBS check on your behalf and will recover the cost (Enhanced £46.40, Standard £25.40 or Basic £25.40) from your salary when you commence in post (including Internal staff). You will also be required to participate in the DBS Update Service and pay the £15 cost per year. This is a condition of your employment.

CHFT is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients.

If you have any questions please contact for assistance.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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