Teaching Fellow in Emergency Medicine
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 28 Mai 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £49,909 - £61,825 pa+OOH. Salary offered will be relevant to the grade of appointee |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 27 Mehefin 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Derby, DE22 3NE |
| Cwmni: | University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Cytundeb |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7102352/320-MDR-7102352-GM |
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A Vacancy at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Teaching Fellow within Acute Medicine to join our friendly, enthusiastic Emergency Department team at UHDB, based at the RDH site.
This post is a fixed-term, 12 month post and are an excellent opportunity to gain valuable experience in a teaching post. Any candidate who wishes to work less than full time will be considered and supported, taking into account service needs.
• Maintaining the highest clinical standards in the management of patients presenting to the Emergency Department.
• Expected to prioritise and time-manage effectively according to the activity of the department and to utilise appropriately the available senior staff for advice.
• Participation in the 24 hour Emergency Department rota.
• Encouraged to complete work based place assessments for their own development.
• Participation in ED specific teaching, training and support depending on career aspirations.
• Taking the role of Team Leader in the management of patients with major injury or illness within the department.
• Supervision of Junior Medical Staff and Emergency Nurse Practitioners including clinical work, time keeping and documentation.
• Teaching of Junior Medical Staff, Medical Students and Emergency Nurse Practitioners in the clinical setting.
• Assist to maintain the flow of patients through the department.
• Be responsible for the management of the Emergency inpatients (Ward 101).
• Undertake other responsibilities by mutual agreement with the Consultants as part of continuing professional development and clinical governance.
• Opportunity to participate in Audit.
• Designated Educational Supervisor for the duration of the post.
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer:
• Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
• On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car scheme
Key Facts about our Trust:
• We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
This is a Teaching Fellow appointment in Emergency Medicine at the Royal Derby Hospital. The post will include an approximately 50:50 split of both clinical experience in the Emergency Department at the Royal Derby Hospital and dedicated time to teach medical students both on the ‘shop floor’ and in small group tutorial settings.
The post is intended to provide the clinician with teaching experience in Emergency Medicine. The post would be ideal for those who are:
• At the end of Core Training, prior to applying for a training position at any level.
• Considering a career in Emergency Medicine or Acute Specialties and looking for teaching experience alongside the support and training required to successfully apply for a training post.
• Undecided on a career pathway and looking to undertake an additional acute post prior to future applications.
The department has a strong track record in supporting a wide range of trainees. Our range of innovative workforce solutions coupled with education, mentorship and support have received national recognition, including RCEM ‘Clinical Team of the Year’ in 2017. This experience will be fully utilised to ensure that each successful applicant has individual support to ensure that their career aspirations are achieved. As part of this there will be a designated Educational Supervisor for the duration of the post. We would encourage the post holder to complete work based placed assessments to allow documentation of their own development.From a clinical perspective these posts will participate in the 24 hour Emergency Department rota with flexibility to accommodate individual personal requirements.
The appointee will be expected to work as part of a team with a responsibility to maintain the highest standards of emergency clinical care. Active participation in internal supporting professional activities such as Departmental and Trust matters concerning Clinical Governance and Audit is essential.
The post is initially offered on a fixed term contract for 12 months. Depending on the wishes of the successful applicant this can then be extended, based on successful, objective progression throughout the post. The appointee will initially be entitled to 27 to 32 days annual leave per annum, plus Bank Holidays, dependent on experience.
Full registration with GMC and Licence to Practise on submission of application is essential. Applicants must also have a minimum of 12 months experience as a doctor working in a UK Healthcare setting and a minimum of 6 months working in Emergency Medicine in the UK. Excellent skills in written and spoken English will be expected, in order to enable highly effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The post holder will be expected to prioritise and time-manage effectively according to the activity of the department and to utilise appropriately the available senior staff for advice. Whilst on duty the appointee will be clinically and professionally responsible for their patients. It will also be their duty to:
• Keep patients (and/or their carers if appropriate) informed about their condition;
• Involve patients (and/or their carers if appropriate) in decision making about their treatment;
• Maintain professional standards and obligations as set out from time to time by the
General Medical Council (GMC) and comply in particular with the GMC’s guidance on
‘Good Medical Practice’ as amended or substituted from time to time;
• Carry out any work related to and reasonably incidental to the duties set out in their Job
Plan eg the keeping of records and the provision of reports, the proper delegation of tasks, maintaining skills and knowledge.
Specific duties within the Emergency Department include:
• Along with the other Middle Grade Doctors provide 24-hour on-site cover to the Emergency Department.
• Assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients attending the Emergency Department.
• Taking the role of Team Leader in the management of patients with major injury or illness within the department.
• Supervision of Junior Medical Staff and Emergency Nurse Practitioners including clinical work, time keeping and documentation.
• Teaching of Junior Medical Staff, Medical Students and Emergency Nurse Practitioners in the clinical setting.
• Assist to maintain the flow of patients through the department.
• Be responsible for the management of the Emergency inpatients (Ward 101).
• Liaise with the Nurse Team Leader in the management of the department.
• Undertake other responsibilities by mutual agreement with the Consultants as part of continuing professional development and clinical governance.
The appointee will be responsible for teaching assessment as directed, contributing to graduate and continuing medical education activity locally, regionally and nationally as appropriate and to participate in clinical audit under local arrangements (in light of relevant departmental guidance).
Teaching and Training
The Trust supports an active, post-graduate and undergraduate medical education programme. NHS library facilities are available at the Royal Derby Hospital whilst the Graduate Entry Medical school library is directly linked to the Green field Library in Nottingham.
The Derby campus of the Nottingham University Medical School specialises in Graduate Entry Medicine (GEM) trainees. We currently have a mixture of these and “traditional” undergraduate students from the Nottingham site. Students attend the Emergency Department in both their third and final year for standard curriculum requirements. In addition, we have Medical Students for Special Study Modules for four weeks at a time.
The educational component of this post funded by the nationwide SIFT initiative, designed to improve the quality of teaching provided to medical students. As such, the prime teaching responsibility is aimed at undergraduates within the department and in the wider medical school including the Clinical Skills Simulator. However, outside these funded sessions, the appointee may wish to participate in teaching and training of junior staff and trainees within the specialty, where appropriate.
The current Undergraduate Education Team within the Dept consists of a Lead Consultant, 2 Teaching Doctors and one Clinical Nurse Educator, as well as an enthusiastic team of Consultants and Senior Staff.
This post is not open to agency intro fees.
This advert closes on Wednesday 4 Jun 2025
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Teaching Fellow within Acute Medicine to join our friendly, enthusiastic Emergency Department team at UHDB, based at the RDH site.
This post is a fixed-term, 12 month post and are an excellent opportunity to gain valuable experience in a teaching post. Any candidate who wishes to work less than full time will be considered and supported, taking into account service needs.
• Maintaining the highest clinical standards in the management of patients presenting to the Emergency Department.
• Expected to prioritise and time-manage effectively according to the activity of the department and to utilise appropriately the available senior staff for advice.
• Participation in the 24 hour Emergency Department rota.
• Encouraged to complete work based place assessments for their own development.
• Participation in ED specific teaching, training and support depending on career aspirations.
• Taking the role of Team Leader in the management of patients with major injury or illness within the department.
• Supervision of Junior Medical Staff and Emergency Nurse Practitioners including clinical work, time keeping and documentation.
• Teaching of Junior Medical Staff, Medical Students and Emergency Nurse Practitioners in the clinical setting.
• Assist to maintain the flow of patients through the department.
• Be responsible for the management of the Emergency inpatients (Ward 101).
• Undertake other responsibilities by mutual agreement with the Consultants as part of continuing professional development and clinical governance.
• Opportunity to participate in Audit.
• Designated Educational Supervisor for the duration of the post.
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer:
• Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
• On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car scheme
Key Facts about our Trust:
• We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
This is a Teaching Fellow appointment in Emergency Medicine at the Royal Derby Hospital. The post will include an approximately 50:50 split of both clinical experience in the Emergency Department at the Royal Derby Hospital and dedicated time to teach medical students both on the ‘shop floor’ and in small group tutorial settings.
The post is intended to provide the clinician with teaching experience in Emergency Medicine. The post would be ideal for those who are:
• At the end of Core Training, prior to applying for a training position at any level.
• Considering a career in Emergency Medicine or Acute Specialties and looking for teaching experience alongside the support and training required to successfully apply for a training post.
• Undecided on a career pathway and looking to undertake an additional acute post prior to future applications.
The department has a strong track record in supporting a wide range of trainees. Our range of innovative workforce solutions coupled with education, mentorship and support have received national recognition, including RCEM ‘Clinical Team of the Year’ in 2017. This experience will be fully utilised to ensure that each successful applicant has individual support to ensure that their career aspirations are achieved. As part of this there will be a designated Educational Supervisor for the duration of the post. We would encourage the post holder to complete work based placed assessments to allow documentation of their own development.From a clinical perspective these posts will participate in the 24 hour Emergency Department rota with flexibility to accommodate individual personal requirements.
The appointee will be expected to work as part of a team with a responsibility to maintain the highest standards of emergency clinical care. Active participation in internal supporting professional activities such as Departmental and Trust matters concerning Clinical Governance and Audit is essential.
The post is initially offered on a fixed term contract for 12 months. Depending on the wishes of the successful applicant this can then be extended, based on successful, objective progression throughout the post. The appointee will initially be entitled to 27 to 32 days annual leave per annum, plus Bank Holidays, dependent on experience.
Full registration with GMC and Licence to Practise on submission of application is essential. Applicants must also have a minimum of 12 months experience as a doctor working in a UK Healthcare setting and a minimum of 6 months working in Emergency Medicine in the UK. Excellent skills in written and spoken English will be expected, in order to enable highly effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The post holder will be expected to prioritise and time-manage effectively according to the activity of the department and to utilise appropriately the available senior staff for advice. Whilst on duty the appointee will be clinically and professionally responsible for their patients. It will also be their duty to:
• Keep patients (and/or their carers if appropriate) informed about their condition;
• Involve patients (and/or their carers if appropriate) in decision making about their treatment;
• Maintain professional standards and obligations as set out from time to time by the
General Medical Council (GMC) and comply in particular with the GMC’s guidance on
‘Good Medical Practice’ as amended or substituted from time to time;
• Carry out any work related to and reasonably incidental to the duties set out in their Job
Plan eg the keeping of records and the provision of reports, the proper delegation of tasks, maintaining skills and knowledge.
Specific duties within the Emergency Department include:
• Along with the other Middle Grade Doctors provide 24-hour on-site cover to the Emergency Department.
• Assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients attending the Emergency Department.
• Taking the role of Team Leader in the management of patients with major injury or illness within the department.
• Supervision of Junior Medical Staff and Emergency Nurse Practitioners including clinical work, time keeping and documentation.
• Teaching of Junior Medical Staff, Medical Students and Emergency Nurse Practitioners in the clinical setting.
• Assist to maintain the flow of patients through the department.
• Be responsible for the management of the Emergency inpatients (Ward 101).
• Liaise with the Nurse Team Leader in the management of the department.
• Undertake other responsibilities by mutual agreement with the Consultants as part of continuing professional development and clinical governance.
The appointee will be responsible for teaching assessment as directed, contributing to graduate and continuing medical education activity locally, regionally and nationally as appropriate and to participate in clinical audit under local arrangements (in light of relevant departmental guidance).
Teaching and Training
The Trust supports an active, post-graduate and undergraduate medical education programme. NHS library facilities are available at the Royal Derby Hospital whilst the Graduate Entry Medical school library is directly linked to the Green field Library in Nottingham.
The Derby campus of the Nottingham University Medical School specialises in Graduate Entry Medicine (GEM) trainees. We currently have a mixture of these and “traditional” undergraduate students from the Nottingham site. Students attend the Emergency Department in both their third and final year for standard curriculum requirements. In addition, we have Medical Students for Special Study Modules for four weeks at a time.
The educational component of this post funded by the nationwide SIFT initiative, designed to improve the quality of teaching provided to medical students. As such, the prime teaching responsibility is aimed at undergraduates within the department and in the wider medical school including the Clinical Skills Simulator. However, outside these funded sessions, the appointee may wish to participate in teaching and training of junior staff and trainees within the specialty, where appropriate.
The current Undergraduate Education Team within the Dept consists of a Lead Consultant, 2 Teaching Doctors and one Clinical Nurse Educator, as well as an enthusiastic team of Consultants and Senior Staff.
This post is not open to agency intro fees.
This advert closes on Wednesday 4 Jun 2025