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Job summary

Main area
Emergency Medicine
Grade
MT04
Contract
6 months (6 Month Fixed Term Only)
Hours
Full time - 40 hours per week
Job ref
349-MRI-7678401-RL4
Employer
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
MRI Emergency Department
Town
Manchester
Salary
£65,048 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
20/01/2026 23:59

Employer heading

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust logo

Senior Locally Employed Doctor in Emergency Medicine

MT04

Job overview

Please be aware that only candidates who meet all the essential criteria outlined in the Person Specification, such as MRCEM, will be considered for this role. Make sure your application clearly demonstrates how you meet these essential criteria. Partially completed application will not be considered.

This is a 6 month secondment opportunity.

Applicants are invited to apply for the Senior Locally Employed Doctor position in our Emergency Department. Candidates must be eligible for their own GMC registration - MFT cannot support GMC Sponsorship for candidates who are offered permanent vacancies. 

Applicants will join a full rota team covering Manchester Royal Infirmary which is a Major Trauma Centre with linked helipad that has a focus on penetrating trauma. 

Successful applicants will have similar opportunities to our senior emergency medicine trainees including a dedicated educational supervisor, work-place-based assessments for portfolio, access to training including in house simulation, audit, delivery of medical student teaching, journal club, POCUS training, virtual case discussion and learning. We are a department with ongoing research activity and research opportunities with excellent academic leadership. 

Main duties of the job

The job entails being part of a 24-hour rota, covering, days, nights, and weekends. You will be expected to assess patients, make primary diagnosis, and initiate emergency treatment. Emergency medicine consultants cover the shop floor from 08:00 to 00:00 with 5-minute major trauma consultant response outside of these hours. The rota is 2016 T&C's compliant. 

The workload will involve seeing minor injuries, ambulatory patients, major, resus and major trauma cases and covering our Clinical Decision Unit. Our department is a busy inner-city institution and provides cover for a diverse population with specific medical and social needs providing an interesting and varied case mix. 

Primarily, trainees’ duties will be to provide, safe, effective, and timely care to the patients presenting to and under the continuing care of the Emergency Department.  You will also be providing guidance to junior colleagues where appropriate and eventually as your role develops you will progress to streaming patients, directing the workforce, and managing the department. Trainees will be expected to act according to GMC guidance on good medical practice and adhere to Trust policies on infection control, sickness reporting, risk management etc. 

Working for our organisation

 

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust is a leading centre of clinical excellence, renowned for pioneering patient care, advanced medical research, and a collaborative multi-speciality environment. We are the largest provider of specialist services, and our Oxford Road Campus in Manchester is the largest health academic campus in Europe – a great place to progress your career.

With over 30,000 employees, a turnover exceeding £3 billion, and 10 hospital and community services, join our team to help us deliver outstanding healthcare to our diverse communities.

We offer an engaging and supportive environment, with access to state-of-the-art facilities and cutting-edge technology. Research and Innovation are at the heart of our work, offering opportunities to lead research that shapes the future of medicine, working alongside experts, advancing clinical practice, and improving patient outcomes.

At MFT, we foster a culture where every colleague is valued and empowered to thrive. Your expertise is recognised, your ambitions are supported, and your impact is felt at every level. Whether you want to develop your clinical skills, pursue research interests, or seek leadership opportunities, MFT provides the ideal environment to achieve your medical or professional aspirations.

If you are dedicated to driving clinical innovation and delivering compassionate patient care, join us to shape tomorrow’s healthcare; where clinical excellence, innovation, and your career will thrive.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

 

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in your application

 

Here at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, we’re proud to be ALL HERE FOR YOU—for our patients, our communities, and each other.

 

As part of our commitment to fairness, transparency, and personal integrity, we ask all applicants to ensure that their job applications reflect their own experiences, skills, and motivations. While AI tools can support spelling, grammar, or formatting, we expect that the content of your application—especially personal statements and responses to role-specific questions—is written by you. This helps us get to know the real you and ensures that our recruitment process remains equitable and meaningful for everyone.

 

Thank you for helping us uphold the values that make our Trust a place where people belong, grow, and thrive. We look forward to receiving your application.

 

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, please contact the manager named below.

Person specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential criteria
  • Recognised Medical Degree
  • Minimum of 4 years’ full time (or equivalent part time) hospital service experience post qualification
  • MRCEM or equivalent
Desirable criteria
  • MRCP Part 1

Eligibility

Essential criteria
  • Candidates must be eligible for their own GMC registration: an active licence, ceased license or pending application with the GMC at the point of application. Candidates who do not fit these criteria will not progress through to the shortlisting stage.
  • Evidence of achievement of Foundation competencies in line with GMC standards/Good Medical Practice.

Experience

Essential criteria
  • A minimum of 18 months Emergency Medicine experience
Desirable criteria
  • Experience at ST3 level or above in a UK Emergency Department

Language skills

Essential criteria
  • Applicants need demonstrable skills in written and spoken English that are adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues.
Desirable criteria
  • Understanding of the importance of communication within a clinical setting

Interest in Trauma Care

Essential criteria
  • An interest in major trauma is essential
Desirable criteria
  • Previous experience working within a major trauma service

Clinical governance & research

Essential criteria
  • An understanding of the principles of clinical governance
  • Evidence of previous audits
Desirable criteria
  • Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical and surgical problems
  • Publication(s) in peer reviewed journals

Personal Skills

Essential criteria
  • Capacity to operate effectively under pressure and remain objective in highly emotive or pressurised situations.
  • Awareness of own limitations and when to ask for help
  • Capacity to think beyond the obvious, with an analytical and flexible mind.
  • Capacity to monitor and anticipate situations that may change rapidly
  • Demonstrates effective judgement and decision-making skills.
  • Leadership and Team Involvement: Capacity to work effectively in a multi-disciplinary team and demonstrate leadership when appropriate
  • Capacity to establish good working relations with others.
  • Organisation and Planning: Capacity to manage time and prioritise workload, balance urgent and important demands, as well as follow instructions
  • Caring attitude to patients
  • Collegiate approach to working relationships.
  • Reliable, self-aware, self-motivated, positive, flexible, innovative, attention to detail, organised and approachable
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of wider health debate and NHS Structures, and current media issues.
  • Ability to acknowledge that behaviour needs to modify to the situation and audience
  • Previous experience of leadership

Probity

Essential criteria
  • Takes responsibility for own actions
  • demonstrates respect for the rights of all.
  • Demonstrates awareness of ethical principles, safety, confidentiality, and consent.

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Applicant requirements

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Malcolm Grant
Job title
Unit Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01617017856
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