Professor Julian Redhead was first appointed as a consultant in Emergency Medicine at Ealing hospital in 2000. He joined Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust full time in 2004 and became chief of service for emergency medicine in 2008.

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Since then he has held various roles within Imperial, including clinical programme group director for medicine, divisional director for investigative and supporting sciences, associate medical director for professional development and interim chief executive. Since 2016 he has been medical director for Imperial Healthcare and since 2018 has combined this role with medical director of the North West London Integrated Care Partnership.  He was awarded Professor (of Practice) Emergency Medicine and Sports Science by Imperial College in 2017.

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He is currently secretary and trustee for the British Association of Immediate Care (London), a Care Quality Commission inspector and trustee for the Royal Society for the prevention of accidents (ROSPA). Previously he was Chair of the London Board and council member for the Royal College Emergency Medicine, a major incident response doctor for London ambulance Service, and a clinical lead for the Improving Partnership in Hospitals programme.