Junior Clinical Fellow - Emergency Medicine

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job description

Job summary

Are you a junior doctor who has the capacity to be alert to dangers or problems and the ability to make good decisions? Then we would like to hear from you!

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our Emergency Department as a Junior Clinical Fellow.

Your role will be to assist in the provision of an effective emergency medicine service for the people of Mid Essex in collaboration with your colleagues, providing emergency treatment to patients attending the Emergency Medicine Department and liaising with specialties and to assist and guide junior doctors in emergency medicine.

You will liaise with shop floor/on call consultant for clinical and administrative and the sister/nurse in charge and nursing staff and to organise the smooth running of the department with attention to floor management in line with national targets and take a lead in ensuring the ED 4-hour target is achieved without compromising good quality of patient care.

Main duties of the job

As part of the Emergency Medicine service, you will be providing diagnostic and therapeutic services to all patients attending the emergency assessment area comprising of the minor injuries, minor illnesses, ambulatory majors, majors, paediatric and resuscitation areas which are all part of the Emergency Village, comprising of a medical and surgical short stay ward and a medical and surgical Same Day Emergency Care service.

Your patients are to be given a graduated model of care and are moved through the assessment areas according to their dependency needs. ENPs work in the stand-alone urgent treatment centre alongside a co-located General Practitioner as well as Emergency Department clinicians.

You will not be expected to lead the department unsupervised at any time.

About us

We work together, and in conjunction with MSE Health and Care Partnership, to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients in a compassionate way, and provide a respectful, but vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers. From facilities through to consultant specialists we want to be the best, to achieve this we need to recruit not just those who are the finest in their field but also those who have the potential to be. Yes, experience is important but so is outlook - if you are dynamic, forward-thinking and enthusiastic we want you to join us. We not only offer you a good working environment with flexible working opportunities, but also the opportunity to develop your career with access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed and progress.

Job responsibilities

The purpose of the Clinical Fellow posts in Emergency Medicine is to assist in the development of an improved specialist emergency service to the people of mid Essex, within the context of increasing emergency workload and changing professional roles.

Your appointment will enable the Department to increase the level of senior support available to ENPs and junior doctors throughout the whole 24-hour period and at weekends.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• MBBS or equivalent

Desirable

• Higher qualification. ATLS, APLS, ALS Certification

Eligibility

Essential

• Demonstrable post registration experience of which 1 year experience in UK Accident & Emergency Services
• Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment.
• Evidence of achievement of Foundation competencies by time of appointment in line with GMC standards

Desirable

• Broad experience in hospital specialties relevant to A&E

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.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.