Trust Doctor (eqv to ST6+) in Prehospital Care

Job description

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.

Job overview

Our prehospital service is provided by Barts Health NHS Trust in partnership with the London's Air Ambulance charity, and the London Ambulance Service NHS Trust. Clinical governance, leadership and support is provided by Barts Health, who are responsible for the doctors. Paramedics are provided by the London Ambulance Service and receive specialist training prior to undertaking their duties. London's Air Ambulance charity plays a vital role in delivering many aspects of the service including the essential helicopter and rapid response car assets, but also an infrastructure that enables excellent care to be delivered to patients.

Our doctor-paramedic team responds to major trauma patients within the Greater London area, by helicopter during daylight hours and using rapid response cars during the hours of darkness.

We are looking to appoint four part time Senior Fellows for a period of 12 months starting September/October. These Senior Fellows will cover night shifts (Medic 2 car) around Clinical Governance Days each month and 1 in 4 weekends late shifts (Medic 3 Saturday & Sunday - aircraft and car in extended daylight hours). This position is ONLY open to individuals who have worked as a HEMS Fellow between September 2025 and August 2026. One senior fellow post will be offered a three-year appointment with specific responsibilities for Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response training.

Main duties of the job

Key Working Relationships

The service employs a number of substantive consultants, with most working a 3PA annualised rota commitment.

Senior Fellows in prehospital care will work both alongside consultants and independently (with telephone consultant advice) on a 24/7 rota commitment contributing 0.3WTE.

In addition to clinical shifts, doctors have opportunities to reflect and learn from cases, realise the impact of their patient assessment and interventions, and provide peer review of the cases of others. Regular scheduled meetings include death and disability meetings, Clinical Governance days and the opportunity to hear from forensic pathologists to correlate clinical and postmortem findings.

Supervision, continuing professional development, definition of core standards and mentoring will be coordinated by the Medical Director and Clinical Lead for Pre-hospital care with peer support from the consultants.

In addition to Consultant level practitioners, the medical team includes six full-time 'flight physicians in pre-hospital care,' Most of these clinicians undertake 6-month rotational secondments with the service. You will be expected to support the learning and development of this group of physicians and the seconded and permanent paramedics during shifts and educational activities.

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Barts Health supports The Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description and the person specification provide an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, outlining the qualification, skills, experience, and knowledge required.

Please view the attachment below.

Please be advised that the vacancy advertisement may close early if a sufficient number of applications are received. Therefore, we recommend that you submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• MB ChB or equivalent
• Post graduate qualifications of MRCEM, FRCA, FRCS or equivalent

Desirable criteria

• Post graduate diploma in related specialist area, e.g. DipIMC, FIMC, DipRTM or equivalent

Experience

Essential criteria

• MUST have finished a London HEMS Fellow secondment within the last 12 months to be considered (i.e. August 2025 - August 2026)

Desirable criteria

• Experience of training other doctors in prehospital care

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Demonstrates insight into personal qualities and deficiencies
• Demonstrates ability to support and nurture colleagues

Desirable criteria

• Demonstrates commitment to the specialty of prehospital care

Skills

Essential criteria

• Demonstrates engagement in team-working having delivered a contribution to a medical team
• Ability to engage with charity and NHS partners in maintaining the profile of an organisation
• Resuscitation skills commensurate with experience but demonstrable at a competent level including RSI and Central venous access

Other

Essential criteria

• The post holder be required to work a clinical shift rota designed to meet emergency care demand. This will include day, evening, night and weekend shifts
• Must be able to fit in proposed Medic 2 and 3 shifts within the job holder's current job plan

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.

As an Equal Opportunities Employer we actively support applications from individuals' who apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme and will process your application as appropriate.

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful.

After applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred Third party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs.

By applying for this post you are agreeing to Barts Health NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Barts Health is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and to child protection. The Trust aims to ensure as far as is possible that anyone, paid or unpaid, who seeks to work in our organisation and who gains access to children, is safe to do so. As such, you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check as part of the recruitment process if appointed to a post with direct access to children or vulnerable adults.

Barts Health promotes active travel as part of its goal to reach Net Zero. Each site is accessible by public transport and the Trust has a cycle to work scheme and some sites have Brompton Hire Pods.

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