Senior Clinical Fellow in Emergency Medicine

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000

Job description

Our Senior Clinical Fellow posts have an excellent track record in helping doctors into nationally recognised Health Education training posts! So, why not apply for a post with us and take your first step on that journey?

This is an excellent opportunity within Emergency Medicine at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust. We are seeking an enthusiastic clinical fellow to join the department to provide patient care within the trust. You will work as part of the emergency department team.

We will offer you a Study Leave budget of £1,000 per year which will help towards your Continuing Professional Development.

Main duties of the job

1. Initial resuscitation and management of all emergency patients presenting to the department.
2. Initiation of the necessary investigation of patients and the referral to the relevant on-call specialist team when indicated.

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work-life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Job description

Job responsibilities

In the paragraphs above you have read an overview about the role we would like to offer and general information about main duties of the post holder. Please see attached job description which describes in full details the duties, responsibilities and reporting relationships of the advertising role.

Person Specification

Previous Experience

Essential

• Recognition of and ability to undertake the initial management of, an acutely ill patient
• Demonstrable interest in and comprehension of Emergency medicine
• Experience of working in Emergency Medicine at Senior Registrar level or equivalent

Desirable

• NHS experience

Knowledge

Essential

• Experience of audit

Fitness to Practice

Essential

• Evidence of engagement with appraisal and revalidation

Qualifications / Training

Essential

• Hold a current licence to practice from the General Medical Council
• Full MRCEM Exam
• Advanced Life Support Certificate or equivalent

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