About this role
Job summary
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.
About us
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 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.
Job description Job responsibilities
The Registrar in Emergency Medicine (ST3+) will work as part of the middlegrade team within the Emergency Department at Charing Cross Hospital, providing highquality assessment and management of patients presenting with a wide range of acute and undifferentiated conditions. The post holder will work across all clinical areas including rapid assessment, resuscitation, majors, and Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC), initiating investigations, formulating diagnoses, and delivering timely treatment.
The role includes developing advanced procedural skillssuch as peripheral and central venous access, arterial cannulation, chest drain insertion, and the use of pointofcare ultrasoundwhile supervising junior doctors and contributing to a supportive and progressive departmental culture. The post offers structured educational development with weekly teaching, quality improvement opportunities, and guidance toward completing RCEM examinations. The successful candidate will be trained and supported to act as a senior clinical decisionmaker, with access to secondments in Anaesthetics, Intensive Care, and Paediatrics as needed for career progression. This is an excellent opportunity to gain broad experience in a busy, diverse, researchactive Emergency Department with strong consultant presence and a wellestablished training ethos.
Person Specification
Relevant experience in specialty/Sub specialty Essential
2 years or more Emergency Medicine experience 6 months or more UK NHS experience Currently working at Registrar level
Desirable
Experience as senior decision maker in ED MRCEM / FRCEM Able to lead the department as a senior decision-maker
Higher qualifications Essential
Full GMC registration with a license to practice
Academic achievements including research/publications Language Essential
Evidence of achievement appropriate to level of appointment at ICHT
Clinical Skills Essential
Able to supervise junior colleagues
Desirable
Evidence of leading a department
Audits Essential
Active involvement in Audit and Quality Improvement
Desirable
QI course completed
Academic achievements including research/publications Essential
Evidence of achievement appropriate to level of appointment at ICHT
Patient Focused Skills Essential
Empathy, understanding, listening skills, patience, social skills appropriate to different types of clients
Disclosure and Barring Service 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.
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UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Address Charing Cross Hospital
Fulham Palace Rd
London
W6 8RF
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.imperial.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)