Trust Grade Doctor - Emergency & Acute Medicine

A Vacancy at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Full Time, 12 Months Fixed Term CT1/CT2 - SAME DAY EMERGENCY CARE DEPARTMENT - YORK HOSPITAL

We are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic Trust Grade Doctor to join our in Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) Department.

This is a full time, 12 months fixed term post based at York Hospital. You will be joining our established MDT providing a comprehensive clinical to patients from our local area.

Our York Medical SDEC is open 08:00 – 02:00 7 days a week, and takes a range of patients streamed from the Emergency Department, GPs and direct pathways from the ambulance service.

This role will cover shifts from 08:00 – 21:00, including weekends and bank holidays.

Whilst the post available does not form part of the formal training programme, we endeavour to offer post holders the same training and educational opportunities as colleagues in training, including paid study leave. You will be provided with clinical and educational supervision, to enable your personal and portfolio development. There is also an active Postgraduate Medical Education Centre.

Our successful Doctor will provide a comprehensive clinical service to patients from and around York on the Same Day Emergency Care Unit (SDEC), with the support of ACPs, nursing teams and with Acute Consultant cover.

You will

• Assess, investigate and manage patients presenting to the Emergency Department and SDEC
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality urgent and emergency care
• Participate in the full shift rota including out-of-hours working
• Contribute to service development, audit, and quality improvement activities
• Maintain accurate and timely documentation

Our benefits

We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers

For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.

For more information please see the job description attached

Our Trust continues to strongly encourage our staff to be vaccinated against COVID19, this remains our best defence to protect our patients, ourselves and everyone else.

Armed Forces Friendly Employer

We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers. This means that York Teaching Hospital has provided its statement of intent to support all Defence personnel and we welcome their application to work for us.

Disability Confident and Mindful Employer

The Trust is committed to meeting the needs of employees and applicants with a disability or mental health condition. Our support for these schemes includes encouraging applications from people who are disabled or have a mental health condition, offering adjustments to make our application process accessible.

This advert closes on Tuesday 3 Nov 2026