

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.
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:
Key Responsibilities:
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:
The role requires quick decision-making, adaptability, and the ability to handle high-stress situations efficiently.
Please see attached Job Description
Qualifications
Clinical Experience
Essential
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.