Locally Employed Doctor - Medical Rotation (AUGUST 2025)
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
UHB has a highly successful Locally Employed Doctor (LED) training programme, introduced in 2008 and now invites applications for core training in medical specialities commencing in August 2025.
Following a highly acclaimed Emergency/Acute Medicine programme, UHB has now launched our LED Core Training Programme. The programme is aimed at training doctors in the competencies required for the successful completion of core training in General Medicine or ACCS. The posts include training in all the competencies required by the respective Royal College for either core medical training, ACCS training, or core surgical training and includes rotational placements in key medical specialties as a rotational LED.
This recruitment is for August 2025 commencement - therefore interviews will be scheduled for March/April 2025. There will be no updates to your application during this time as shortlisting will take some time. Please do not call/email as we will be unable to update until shortlisting has been completed.
***Due to the volume of applications please do not chase before this time. If you have not heard from us by April 2025 please assume you have not been successful with your application. Do not send CVs via email as these will not be accepted - if you wish to be considered apply online via this advert.
The post may close earlier than the advertised date if we are inundated with applications.***
Please regularly check your spam folder for any correspondence concerning the interview and updates.
Main duties of the job
The posts are not HEE recognised training posts but will train doctors in a similar way and with the competencies required for future progression.
UHB is one of the country's leading hospitals and one of the most consistently high performing Trusts in the NHS. It has been rated 'excellent' for leadership and provides high quality of clinical and non-clinical services and excellent management.
About us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
1. Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
2. Offering our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reaches their true potential, achieves their ambitions and thrives in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.
University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.
Job responsibilities
The rotation will be based at either QEHB or Heartlands/Good Hope/Solihull hospitals.
The terms and conditions of service are UHB terms for Locally Employed Doctors.
UHB CORE MEDICINE or ACCS. Please refer to the attached Job Description for more details.
Note that CT & FY2 level opportunities could be available and grades will be determined following interview.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Medical Degree
* Fully registered with the General Medical Council
* Advanced Life Support
Experience
* Applicants must have a minimum of 2 years UK clinical experience or equivalent with at least 6 months relevant experience in a specialty area.
Additional Criteria
* Please see the attached Job Description for more details. This post is for a medical rotation but we also run a similar surgical rotation programme. In your supporting information, please outline if you would be interested in surgical opportunities too (depending on vacancies).
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
£42,008 to £49,909 a year Dependent on experience
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