An exciting opportunity has arisen at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust for dynamic and enthusiastic Specialty Doctors in Emergency Medicine with positions available at the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) and The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH). It is an opportunity to join a friendly and dynamic hospital team with a range of specialty interests and an excellent reputation for providing an educational and supportive environment. The post is ideal for doctors looking to develop clinical competency to progress their career and go on to higher specialist training programmes and Specialist and Consultant roles.
The successful candidates will work within our Emergency Departments, one of which, has a Trauma Unit Status, alongside our motivated and committed teams, contributing to the growth and development of the workforce and services, in creating and delivering the future vision of the organisation.
To provide emergency services to patients attending the Emergency Medicine Department. This service includes the reception, resuscitation and initial diagnosis of patients, together with the provision of treatment, appropriate referral and disposal of the patient - either back to the community, General Practitioner, Out-Patients, or admission to this or to another hospital indicated by the patient’s condition.
Clinical sessions will involve working on the shop-floor, directing the care of patients, seeing new patients and supervising junior doctors, and running the follow-up clinics.
Maintenance of good communications with General Practitioners, the Emergency services and social services.
Ensure effective liaison and communication with Consultant and junior medical staff in all specialities within the Trust.
Supervision, teaching and training of junior medical staff, nursing and other staff in and out of the Department. This will include training of Medical students attached to the Department. You will be expected to contribute to Postgraduate and continuing education.
Become familiar with the major incident plan and to contribute to updating and testing, and to participate in major incident exercises held within/without the hospital.
Development of a special interest, in accordance with priorities agreed within the department and following discussion with colleagues.
Deliver clinical/quality targets agreed, nationally and locally with clinical teams and commissioners.
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is the main provider of acute hospital services for around half a million people in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales.
Encompassing some of the most picturesque parts of England and Wales, the Trust’s catchment stretches from the Cambrian Mountains in the west, to Newport and the fringes of the Black Country in the east. The main towns include: Bridgnorth, Ludlow, Market Drayton, Oswestry, Shrewsbury and Whitchurch (in Shropshire); Newport, Telford and Wellington (in Telford & Wrekin); and Newtown and Welshpool (in Powys) – all beautiful and unique.
Our main service locations are the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford and the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) in Shrewsbury which are located 20 minutes’ drive apart. Together they provide 99% of our activity. Both hospitals provide a wide range of acute hospital services including accident & emergency, outpatients, diagnostics, inpatient medical care and critical care.
Our Poppy’s Promise Commitment
We believe that compassionate care sits at the heart of everything we do. Every member of our team — clinical or non-clinical — plays a vital role in ensuring that patients, families, and colleagues are treated with dignity, empathy, and respect at all times.
We expect all staff to demonstrate compassion not only through their words, but through their actions: by listening attentively, communicating clearly and kindly, and recognising individual needs, feelings, and circumstances of those in our care.
Effective communication is central to safe and high-quality healthcare. We value colleagues who take the time to understand others, explain information in a meaningful way, and respond to concerns with patience and understanding.
By joining our team, you are committing to uphold these values — ensuring that every patient feels heard, respected, and valued, and that compassion is embedded in every interaction, every day.
A formal job plan will be agreed between the successful candidate and their Clinical Director/Operations Manager, on behalf of the Medical Director within 3 months of starting in post. A full-time job plan is based on a 10 PA working week. The job plan will be reviewed annually and is a prospective agreement that sets out the specialty doctor's duties, responsibilities, and objectives for the coming year. It covers all aspects of a consultant’s professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education and managerial responsibilities. It will provide a clear schedule of commitments, both internal and external and will include personal objectives, detailing links to wider service improvements and trust strategic priorities.
For a full-time contract, the job plan will be divided on average per week (pro-rata for a part time post) as:
9 Programmed Activities (PAs) of Direct Clinical Care - includes clinical activity, clinically related activity and predictable and unpredictable emergency work.
1 Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs) - includes CPD, audit, teaching and research.
Additional Programmed Activities (APAs) – it is recognised that contribution to the full shift rota may generate APAs which will be adjusted in line with service requirements. Any APAs will be renumerated in line with the MC75 pay scale.
