Job summary
- Main area
- Medical
- Grade
- Off-scale Doctor level
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 1:6 on-call rota with prospective cover included. Attendance at 4 training/exercise days per year
- Job ref
- 335-A-1726
- Employer
- East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Trust Headquarters, Horizon Place, Nottingham
- Town
- Nottingham
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 £10,000 per year and £100 per hour on call hourly rate
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Strategic Medical Advisor
Off-scale Doctor level
We are East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS), an organisation focused on delivering a high standard of emergency and urgent care to our patients across the region.
The East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EMAS) provides Emergency, Urgent and Non-Emergency pre-hospital care and transport across six counties (Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire & Rutland and Northamptonshire).
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Job overview
EMAS has a team of 6 Strategic Medical Advisors who provide resilience in dealing with major incidents and the management of clinical risk at times of excessive demand or health system problems to patients requiring ambulance assessment or transport. We are looking to recruit a member of this team to provide cover out of standard office working hours. During the normal working week the cover will be provided by medical staff employed by EMAS. The remuneration package is a salary of £10,000 per annum to cover; 1:6 on-call rota with prospective cover included Attendance at 4Ìý training/exercise days per year Additional attendance when on call will attract an hourly rate based on the top of the consultant pay scale (Currently £100 per hour) |
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Main duties of the job
Full details of what we are looking for in this role can be found in the job description and person specification, however the following are essential; -ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Registered medical practitioner with a minimum of 3 years experience at Consultant or Equivalent level -ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Good understanding of pre-hospital environment -ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Immediately contactable and available when on call to provide advice and mobilise either to the Trusts Ambulance Emergency Operations Centre in Nottingham or to an incident site within the East Midlands area -ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Outstanding communication and leadership skills -ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Willingness to undertake role related training, specifically i)ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Major Incident Management ii)ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Scene Safety iii)ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý CBRN Awareness iv)ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Special Operations awareness v)ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Command Training vi)ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Record Keeping and Statement preparation training vii)ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Annual participation in table top and formal exercises viii)ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Media training |
Working for our organisation
EMAS NHS Trust is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to improving representation from all sections of the community and well-being of its workforce. We are keen to promote a positive work-life balance wherever possible and have introduced various policies and working practices to support this goal. At EMAS we believe that our culture should be built upon our core values and that our behaviour should reflect these. Our values underpin everything we do – how we deliver our services and how we work with each other. We believe that it’s our people who make EMAS what it is – and we have a team of amazing people, with great values: respect, integrity, contribution, teamwork and competence. |
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for a full list of the roles and responsibilities for this role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Consultant or equivalent accountable grade with a current licence to practise
Desirable criteria
- Qualification in ALS / ATLS / MIMMS / PHTLS / Strategic Leadership in Crisis / Fellowship or Diploma in Immediate Care (Royal College of Surgeons)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of clinical management and leadership skills
- Evidence of working across NHS organisational boundaries
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working across organisational boundaries and developing multi-disciplinary professional partnerships
- Experience in NHS Emergency Planning & Preparedness
Professional Development
Essential criteria
- Minimum 3 years working at Consultant, GP Principal or Equivalent Grade
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mark Folman
- Job title
- Deputy Medical Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
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