Junior or Senior Clinical Fellow in Emergency Medicine
| Posting date: | 22 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £43,923.00 to £63,152.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £43923.00 - £63152.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 May 2024 |
| Location: | London, SE1 7EH |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9196-24-1028 |
Summary
Purpose of the role We are looking for doctors to join our large friendly team and contribute ideas about improving patient care. This post will give you non shop floor time. You will have the equivalent of 2 days a fortnight to follow the special interest or boost your CV depending on personal career needs/interest/development of training). It is useful for those wishing to take some time out of training from anytime after F2 to those wanting a break before continuing into higher specialty training. Atypical, flexible or individualised rotas are possible. The EM team is friendly, hard working and very supportive. The department was rated as Outstanding by the CQC. We strive to deliver great patient care by working together as a great team. Each post is initially for 6 months with the possibility of an extension if desired. These posts are useful for doctors needing competencies in ACCS /Emergency Medicine training. We consider them developmental so encourage work-based assessments, enrolling for an e-portfolio or doing exams. When on duty the Clinical Fellow, with other more senior Emergency Medicine speciality trainees, assists the Consultants in direct patient management and supervising the work of the junior (FY2) medical staff. We all work hard but are very supportive and keen to help progress careers. Flexible working For the right person it would be possible to devise an individualised rota but a contribution to out of hours including nights and weekends work is essential. Educational Program Clinical Fellows will be given the opportunity to attend appropriate specialist courses including ATLS, ALS, APLS, and to attend appropriate conferences within a set study leave allocation. The post holder will be expected to attend and present at a variety of educational meetings: Morning handover Weekly departmental middle grade teaching programme Weekly governance, operational and faculty meetings FY2, medical student and nurse teaching Daily consultant lead ward round on CDU Hospital Grand Rounds The post offers regular teaching sessions and including specific exam-oriented teaching. The department has excellent experience with the RCEM examinations, and previous post holders undertaking the exams have had high success rates. Research within the Department We have an active research portfolio within the Emergency Department which we encourage our Clinical Fellows to engage in. This enables interested individuals to develop skills relevant to research and explore development of personal research projects. Timetable and Salary The Emergency Department operates a full shift system, which is fully compliant with the European Working Time Directive. We use self-rostering of an annualised rota which enables doctors to work flexibly and ensure that having time off when you need it is always possible with planning. All shifts are either 9 or 10.5 hours in length. There is no on-call commitment to the Emergency Department but rotas may need to be amended to cover unexpected sickness. Salary is in accordance with the national salary scale.