Senior Registrar in Emergency Medicine (ST3+)

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Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary's, Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

Job overview

Join our Emergency Department at Charing Cross Hospital as a Registrar in Emergency Medicine (ST3+), where you'll play a pivotal role in delivering urgent care within a renowned NHS trust. This position offers the chance to develop as a senior clinical decision-maker, supported by experienced consultants and a culture that values education, research, and professional growth. You'll be part of a diverse, motivated team, gaining exposure to a wide range of acute medical and surgical cases in a supportive and innovative environment.

Main duties of the job

As a Registrar, you'll assess and manage patients presenting with a variety of urgent and emergency conditions, working across all areas of the department including rapid assessment, resuscitation, and ambulatory care. You'll initiate investigations and treatments, develop management plans, and perform advanced procedures such as cannulation and chest drain insertion. The role also involves supervising junior colleagues, participating in teaching and quality improvement projects, and developing your leadership skills, with opportunities for further training in anaesthetics, intensive care, and paediatrics.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We encourage staff to have the Covid vaccination to protect themselves, patients, other colleagues as well as the wider community. Please note it is an operational requirement to comply with infection prevention and control procedures within the Trust such as lateral flow testing, handwashing and the wearing of masks, according to the procedures in place at any time or location.

As part of our continued response to Covid19 we are still conducting the majority of our interviews virtually.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a comprehensive overview of the role, including key duties and expectations, please refer to the full job description. It outlines the main responsibilities, required qualifications, and essential skills needed for successful performance in this position. For further details, please consult the official job description provided with this listing.

Person specification

Relevant experience in specialty/Sub specialty

Essential criteria

• 2 years or more Emergency Medicine experience
• 6 months or more UK NHS experience
• UK Exams (MRCEM / MRCP)
• Currently working at Registrar level
• Able to lead the department as a senior decision-maker

Desirable criteria

• Experience as senior decision maker in ED
• MRCEM / FRCEM

Higher qualifications

Essential criteria

• Full GMC registration with a license to practice

Academic achievements including research/publications Language

Essential criteria

• Evidence of achievement appropriate to level of appointment at ICHT

Clinical Skills

Essential criteria

• Able to supervise colleagues (including SHOs and Registrars)

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of leading a department

Audits

Essential criteria

• Active involvement in Audit and Quality Improvement

Desirable criteria

• QI course completed

Language

Essential criteria

• Able to speak and write English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfil the job requirements

Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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

• Job Description and Person Spec (PDF, 912.5KB)
• FRF (PDF, 240.6KB)
• Aspire to values (PDF, 132.8KB)
• Our Strategy 2023-25 (PDF, 230.4KB)