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Verify your eligibility directly with the employer even though sponsorship is offered. International candidates must confirm their visa/work permit requirements with Medway NHS Foundation Trust before applying.
Job Details
Company: Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Location: Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Job Title: Consultant in Emergency Medicine
Salary: £109,725 to £145,478 per annum / pro rata
Schedule: Full-time
Employment Type: Permanent
Language: English
Education: Experience
Experience: Qualifications
Essential Qualification: Appropriate training in Emergency Medicine
Desirable Qualification: Not provided
Essential Experience: Extensive experience in emergency medicine and related fields which would be appropriate to CESR requirements
Contact: Dr Adebayo Da-Costa (Consultant in Emergency Medicine)
Email: [email protected]
Phone: Not provided
Apply Instructions: Apply via NHS Jobs website
Certificate of Sponsorship: Certificate of Sponsorship
Employer Website: https://www.medway.nhs.uk/
Application Deadline: The closing date is 12 November 2025
Job Summary
Medway NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting for a Consultant in Emergency Medicine who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People. This position offers an excellent opportunity for highly motivated professionals to join our highly-functioning, award-winning, and supportive team. As we expand our consultant workforce from thirteen to sixteen, we are looking for individuals who can provide excellent clinical care and supervision with robust shop-floor leadership and inspiring education.
About Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved. Our culture and values are what drives the Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation. Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious environment.
Our Values
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust. We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies/procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
Flexible Working
The NHS are striving towards “we work flexibly” as a workforce. We want to ensure that you can work in a way that is best for us, our patients, and importantly for you. We offer many flexible working opportunities, and we would be happy to discuss how we might accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you.
Staff Benefits
All of our substantive & fixed term employees can enjoy a range of staff benefits, including access to a gym, an active health and wellbeing programme, an on-site nursery, and a cycle to work scheme. We are taking positive action to ensure that we can attract, recruit and retain the best talent and would welcome more applicants from under-represented groups.
Emergency Department at Medway
The Emergency Department at Medway has a strong reputation for education and simulation, for all staff. Our focus on high quality development has been reflected in our recent CQC report and HE Deanery Quality Visit. We are progressive with diversification of workforce, compassionate leadership and flexible working conditions to aid recruitment and retention.
Clinical Services
We are a major acute centre and designated Trauma Unit, with additional services on site. There is a large Critical Care department, a Tertiary Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, and the regional Urological Cancer Centre. These facilities provide an excellent environment for emergency medicine professionals to develop their skills and knowledge.
Teaching and Training
The consultant will supervise and train the junior and middle grade doctors in emergency medicine, Physician Associates (PA), Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACP) and the Emergency Nurse Practitioners (ENP). We have a strong commitment to education and development for all staff at all levels.
Specialist Opportunities
Dual accreditation is welcomed, for example, Paediatric EM or ICU. Pre-hospital opportunities are being developed with our local partners for a planned Physician Response Unit. This provides additional career development opportunities beyond the traditional emergency department setting.
Person Specification – Qualifications
Essential qualifications include extensive experience in emergency medicine and related fields which would be appropriate to CESR requirements. Applicants must hold FRCEM or equivalent qualification, full GMC Registration with license to practice, and have specialist registration in Emergency Medicine or be within 6 months of CCT.
Person Specification – Experience
Essential experience includes appropriate training in Emergency Medicine, experience of teaching doctors in training and undergraduates, experience of clinical audit, and being a provider for ALS, APLS, ATLS (instructor status is desirable).
Person Specification – Skills
Essential skills include the ability to make decisions at consultant level, sufficient leadership, organisational, communication, professional and personal skills to effectively undertake the role of consultant, and the ability to inspire, lead and motivate others.
Certificate of Sponsorship Information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled Worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. The Trust is pleased to offer a Certificate of Sponsorship to eligible international candidates. From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years.
Criminal Records Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.
UK Professional Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see the NHS Careers website. Medway NHS Foundation Trust will support overseas candidates with the registration process where possible, but applicants should check the requirements before applying.
How to Apply
Apply via NHS Jobs website. International applicants should ensure they have all necessary documentation ready before applying, including proof of qualifications, professional registration, and any required visa documents. We recommend contacting the recruitment team at [email protected] to discuss your eligibility and the sponsorship process before submitting your application.
Application Checklist for International Applicants
Before applying, please ensure you have:
- Confirmed your eligibility for UK professional registration
- Gathered all required qualification documents
- Prepared a CV and cover letter highlighting your emergency medicine experience
- Checked the visa requirements for working in the UK
- Contacted the employer to discuss sponsorship eligibility
- Ensured all application materials are in English
Interview Information
Interview date: 11th December 2025. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted directly to arrange an interview. For international candidates, we may be able to arrange alternative interview arrangements if needed.
Equal Opportunities
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age. We particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups.
Safeguarding
All staff at Medway comply with the Trust’s and the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Board’s policies on safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
Reference Number
Reference number: 275-1025EMCON. Please quote this reference number in all correspondence.
Privacy Notice
For information on how we process your personal data, please refer to Medway NHS Foundation Trust’s privacy notice available at http://jobs.medway.nhs.uk/about/privacy.
Contact Information
For questions about the job, please contact Dr Adebayo Da-Costa (Consultant in Emergency Medicine) at [email protected]. For sponsorship-related inquiries, please mention your interest in the Certificate of Sponsorship program in your email.
