Consultant in Emergency Medicine

7 days ago


Ashford, Kent, United Kingdom East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust Full time

As part of our workforce transformation, we are looking to appoint Consultants in Emergency Medicine to work in our Emergency Departments at The William Harvey Hospital in Ashford and The Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital in Margate.


We offer our consultants the option of a 10 or 12 PA job plan (7.5DCC/2.5SPA or 9DCC/3SPA) which includes a flexible shift rota between 08:00 - 22:00 weekdays and 8 hours at weekends.

Specific individual requirements will also be accommodated where possible, including the ability to have fixed weekdays off or part time positions.


  • A £10,000 recruitment premium will be paid on commencement and £10,000 after 12 months' service. To be repaid (pro rata %) if you leave within 12 months of either payment.
A new medical school opened in east Kent from 2020, offering 100 training places per annum.

We have been working closely with university partners and other Kent Trusts to see this to fruition and would strongly welcome applicants who may be interested in joint academic and clinical appointments.

In addition to the development of others, we are keen to support the professional and academic study of our consultant body.

This includes support to study post-graduate qualifications such as MBA or MSc or undertaking academic research.


Our emergency medicine consultants are supported by an EM workforce consisting of 25 Middle Grade/ Speciality Doctors, in addition to higher trainees (2) and ACCS posts (4).

We support the development of our junior grade workforce by offering special interest posts, a CESR completion route and have a cohort of trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioners supported by our Acute Care Nurse Consultants.

Now is an exciting time to join the Urgent & Emergency Care Group at East Kent Hospitals. We are one of the Top Ten trusts in England for improvements in our emergency care access standards.

We have also recently invested £6.2m in improvements across our emergency floor and are looking innovatively about our workforce models across the emergency floor.


The Kent & Medway Medical School (KMMS) is Kent and Medway's first ever medical school, bringing together the existing centres of excellence in health and medical education provided by the two universities, and local healthcare organisations such as East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust.

It will offer a new model of patient-focused medical education.

Please see the attached Job Description for a detailed look and overview of the job and responsibilities.

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