Locum Consultant in Emergency Medicine

Main area Emergency Medicine Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant Contract Fixed term: 6 months (possibility of extension) Hours Part time - 8 sessions per week Job ref 218-T2-LCT-8050316-A

Site University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire Town Coventry Salary £113,565 - £150,569 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 06/11/2026 23:59

Job overview

Interviews will be conducted w/c 22nd June 2026

The Adult Emergency Department sees over 150,000 patients per year. The department serves the City of Coventry (population 325,000) but is also the receiving hospital for large parts of the midlands for major trauma cases and major incidents as part of the national trauma network. University Hospital, Coventry provides a number of tertiary services to an extended population and thus the ED receives a significant number of emergency admissions for sub-regional specialties; including interventional cardiology, stroke medicine, oncology, renal medicine and neurosurgery. The department has strong links with the local Primary Care Trusts and Ambulance Service and has developed innovative cross-sector initiatives to support admission avoidance and promote community care.

The Emergency Department is recognised regionally and nationally as outstanding in its commitment to and achievement in Emergency Medicine Education and training. The consultant team form faculty on a number of renowned courses. UHCW were awarded the RCEM Training Department of the Year Award in 2017 and were nominated for an HSJ award in 2018.

Main duties of the job

This appointment will be 8PA’s with 1.5 PA’s of core CPD with a further 0.5PA’s of portfolio (SPA) 6 Pas of Direct Clinical Care activities (DCC) will be used flexibly working in ED in Coventry. You will be part of the Consultant full shift cover, providing shop-floor consultant presence 17 hours everyday, and resident on-call cover (making up the remainder of the PA balance). Work is divided into 4hrs/PA in hours and 3hrs/PA out of hours. Night shifts are resident on call with the consultant present on the shop floor until 01:00 and from then on resident in the on call room. Night shifts are valued at a premium tariff with a shift being a minimum of 4 PA’s.

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.

We are extremely proud of our skilled employees across our hospital sites in Coventry and Rugby, with high quality patient care positioned at the heart of everything we do.

Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a national and international leader in healthcare.

By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities.

There has never been a better time to join our team.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further details regarding this post, please refer to the detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

Person specification

Education & Qualifications

• Meets all Essential
• Meets all desirable

Experience/ Knowledge

• UK CCT or within 6 months of CCT, to hold by time of appointment. CESR. Those applying via the CESR route must have an application submitted to the GMC at the time of application and hold CESR at the time of appointment. Broad clinical experience
• Advanced training & special interest in a subspecialty such as paediatric EM. Significant experience working at consultant level.

Management & Administrative

• Ability to achieve objectives. Ability to work within a multi-professional and multi-disciplinary framework. Good organisational skills.
• Experience in clinical governance leadership roles.

Teaching & Training

• Ability to design and deliver talks/lectures/workshops effectively. Experienced in demonstrating clinical procedures/techniques to other healthcare professionals. Commitment to continuing medical education. Ability to organise and participate in and evidence of teaching and training undergraduate and postgraduate students. Appraisal and assessment training skills.
• Instructor on life support course (e.g., ALS, APLS, ATLS, ETC, EPLS) or other EM-related skills. Experience in directing clinical courses or conferences.

Research, Audit & Clinical Governance

• Experience and familiarity with completing the complete audit cycle. Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical practice. Knowledge of clinical governance issues. Interest and awareness of research methodology.
• Research experience, roles as lead investigator. Knowledge and experience of grant applications. Publication in peer reviewed journals.

Communication Skills & Abilities

• Caring attitude to patients. Enquiring, critical approach to work. Excellent interpersonal. Credible and persuasive presence both amongst clinical and management colleagues. Ability to listen and communicate effectively (written, public, speaking, and presentational).
• Thorough and detailed knowledge of medical audit, medical education, current clinical and medical best practice. Understanding of the Clinical Governance process. Ability to lead, communicate, liaise, and negotiate with others. Ability to advise on the efficient and smooth running of a specialist service. Ability to motivate, innovate and support staff of all disciplines. Ability to manage and lead a clinical team. Competent in basic information technology. Ability to supervise, appraise, coach and mentor trainee and other doctors.

To ensure that we provide world-class patient care, UHCW recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. Therefore, if you are invited to interview, you will be undertaking a Values Based Interview/Assessment, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.
Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust’s Values and Behaviours which can be accessed on the right side of this page under the job description.
The Supporting Information Section in your application should therefore reflect your understanding of the Trust’s Values and associated Behaviours. You will be expected to provide us with examples from work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviour.

The Trust is committed to Equal Opportunities within the workplace. All vacancies will be considered for Job Share unless otherwise stated. All applicants who have a disability and who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be interviewed. Where a post has an overwhelming response, this Trust may use random selection in order to reduce numbers to interview, any disabled applicants will automatically be guaranteed an interview and will be exempt from this process.

In submitting an application form, you authorise University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust to confirm from your previous or current NHS employer and other prior employers; previous NHS service details and personal data held about you, including Occupational Health data (inoculations and screening tests). This data will be transferred using NHS Electronic Staff Record and third-party systems via an automated process and only used for the purposes of obtaining and maintaining accurate employment records, should you be appointed to the post.

UHCW NHS Trust, by virtue of its Green Plan, is committed to ensuring that the way we provide services minimises the impact on the environment and the future health of the public e.g. zero waste to landfill, reducing our carbon footprint and increasing our recycling and reuse percentages.

If you are successful at interview you will receive a conditional offer of employment and we’ll ask you for information so that we can carry out pre-employment checks. You must successfully complete all pre-employment checks to progress to a final unconditional offer.

We must confirm the identity of our staff and their right to work in the United Kingdom. We will ask you to submit proof of your identity and right to work documents via a secure digital platform approved by the Home Office, named TrustID. Alternatively, you may be asked to attend our office with original documents.

Depending on you level of exposure with patients you may be required to undertake a Standard or Enhanced DBS. The cost of this check will be charged to you and will be deducted from your salary over the first 3 months of employment at the current rate.

All correspondence will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk/SPAM folders

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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