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Main area
Emergency Medicine
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Registrar
Contract
Fixed term: 12 months (Less than full time considered)
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
40 hours per week
Job ref
423-8213930
Employer
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Airedale General Hospital
Town
Steeton
Salary
73,383 to 81,804 pro rata per annum
Closing
28/08/2026 23:59

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Airedale NHS Foundation Trust logo

Specialty Registrar/Post CCT fellow

NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Registrar

Be part of our future landscape

At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.  

We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.

These are exciting times for Airedale.  We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2033.  By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.

Please read the  attached AI statement prior to submitting any application 

 

Job overview

Are you passionate about delivering high quality and compassionate patient care and are looking to work in a friendly and high performing team and a modern Emergency Department as a Specialty Doctor? If so, Airedale NHS Foundation Trust is the perfect place for you to work.

At Airedale, we have a great reputation for training and development are very proud of our excellent reputation amongst trainees - we have consistently received the highest combined ratings from West Yorkshire EM trainees in the GMC survey in recent years.

We are looking for both established specialty doctors looking for a new challenge or for post-CCT trainees, wanting a bit more experience before stepping into a consultant role.  We also have experience of successfully supporting colleagues through FRCEM and CESR.

Main duties of the job

The post is based in the Emergency Department at Airedale General Hospital. 

The post holder/s will be responsible to the ED consultants and will be expected to:

  1. Be involved in the initial reception and management of patients attending the Department.
  1. Be involved in the teaching of junior doctors, medical students and nursing staff.
  1. Undertake some administrative responsibilities, e.g. daily auditing of x-ray and pathology results.
  1. Assist the consultants in the running of the shop floor, ensuring patients are seen by appropriate staff in a timely fashion, that junior staff are appropriately supervised and receive adequate rest/meal breaks.

The post-holder undertakes exceptionally to perform additional duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances essential to the continuity of patient care.

Working for our organisation

Our department prides itself on being friendly and supportive and has an excellent reputation amongst trainees. We also have experience of successfully supporting colleagues through CESR with one having successfully become a consultant and others working towards CESR currently.

Our award winning hospital is positioned at the gateway to the beautiful Yorkshire Dales affording the opportunity to live and work in a stunning part of the country with good schools and easy access to Leeds in less than an hour and London in approximately 3 hours.

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this vacancy, please see attached full advert, job description and person specification.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
  • Valid ALS, APLS and ATLS certificates (or equivalent)
Desirable criteria
  • RCEM examination success

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Significant experience at postgraduate level including proven experience in Emergency Medicine (EM)
  • Proven experience of UK EM experience at ST3-level (RCEM Tier 3 level)
Desirable criteria
  • Already working as a middle grade (ST4+ level) in a UK Emergency Department
  • Involvement in Quality Improvement projects
  • CCT in Emergency Medicine

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Excellent Clinical and Non-technical skills in order to be competent as the most senior doctor on duty (Emergency Physician In Charge)
  • Excellent communication and teamworking skills
Desirable criteria
  • Level 1 Emergency Medicine Ultrasound skills
  • Excellent teaching skills

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardDisability Confident - two yearsNHS Employers Diversity and Inclusion PartnersVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyMenopause Friendly EmployerPositive about disabled peopleInvestors in PeopleDisability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Happy to Talk Flexible WorkingArmed Forces Covenant

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.

Application numbers

In the event of exceptionally high levels of response, we reserve the right to close the post before the date stated above in order to prevent the number of applications received being unmanageable. You are advised to submit your completed application form as soon as possible to have the best chance of being considered.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Caroline Turner
Job title
Emergency Medicine Consultant
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01535 24517
Additional information

Alex Kirke

Patient Service Manager 

Urgent Care and flow

[email protected] 

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