Locally Employed Doctor - Emergency Department
Location
Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom
Employment TypeFull-time
Posted At5/6/2026
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Description
Company Description
Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.
Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.
Job Description
Fixed term - 1 year
Emergency Medicine is at the heart of the hospital’s emergency care pathway, and our department is one of the busiest in the South of England. We have over the last year opened the new department (BBEC) Building Better Emergency Care. The department is led by a highly motivated group of Consultants who provide high quality care, support junior doctors as well as driving change as well as being largely present on the shop floor. In addition, there is an excellent co-located Children’s Emergency Department that has also has Consultant delivered care until midnight.
The department has a strong education ethos with many of our trainees returning as Consultant colleagues. The opportunities include:
Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.
Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.
Job Description
Fixed term - 1 year
Emergency Medicine is at the heart of the hospital’s emergency care pathway, and our department is one of the busiest in the South of England. We have over the last year opened the new department (BBEC) Building Better Emergency Care. The department is led by a highly motivated group of Consultants who provide high quality care, support junior doctors as well as driving change as well as being largely present on the shop floor. In addition, there is an excellent co-located Children’s Emergency Department that has also has Consultant delivered care until midnight.
The department has a strong education ethos with many of our trainees returning as Consultant colleagues. The opportunities include:
- Clinical Educators – we have a dedicated team of Consultants that provide 4 hours of shop floor education, 5 days a week. These Consultants are in addition to the Consultants providing shop floor care and the sole purpose is to provide training and learning for junior doctors. They complete SLE’s as well as support trainees requiring competency sign off in specialist areas, e.g. sedation or ultrasound
- 1 hour of protected teaching a week
A Locally Employed Doctor (LED) in the Emergency Department (ED) provides essential medical care to patients with acute or life-threatening conditions. Their role includes:
- Initial assessment and triage: Quickly evaluating the severity of patient conditions to prioritize care.
- Diagnosis and treatment: Providing immediate medical interventions, including administering medications, performing procedures, and coordinating with specialists if needed.
- Monitoring and stabilising patients: Overseeing patients’ conditions in critical or unstable states and ensuring their stabilisation.
- Collaboration: Working closely with ED nurses, consultants, and other healthcare professionals to ensure comprehensive patient care.
- Documentation: Accurately documenting patient information, treatments, and outcomes in the hospital’s medical records system.
- Patient and family communication: Explaining diagnoses, treatment plans, and possible outcomes to patients and their families.
- Adherence to protocols: Following hospital and departmental guidelines and standards of care for managing various emergency cases.
Qualifications
Please see attached Job Description
Qualifications
- Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
- Primary medical qualification recognised by the GMC
- PLAB (if applicable)
- IELTS (overall 7.5 score) or OET ALS
Clinical Experience
- Evidence of completion of 2-year training programme
- Demonstrable skills and experience in Emergency Medicine
Desirable
The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.
We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.
- Experience of working within the NHS
- MRCEM exams
The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.
We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.