Main area: Emergency Medicine
Grade: NHS Medical & Dental Senior Clinical Fellow
Contract: Fixed term: 24 months
Hours: Full time - 40 hours per week
Job ref: 438-MS2943
Employer: Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Royal Preston Hospital
Town: Preston
Salary: £61,825 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 04/03/2025 23:59
Senior Clinical Fellow in Emergency Medicine (ORDER)
NHS Medical & Dental Senior Clinical Fellow
Job overview
This post forms part of the Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Overseas Registrar Development and Recruitment Program (ORDeR Program). This program is recognised by the GMC and allows the trust to sponsor successful candidates to gain their GMC registration through trust sponsorship.
In this post, you will have clinical duties, but an integral part will be the supervision and teaching of training grade doctors on the shop floor. The successful applicant will work across both hospital sites, gaining experience in a Major Trauma Centre and tertiary centre for various hospital specialties and will be exposed to a variety of Emergency Medicine presentations.
Main duties of the job
Clinical duties will include all those normally expected of a Senior Clinical Fellow/Specialty Trainee in Emergency Medicine in the UK, which will account for the majority of the appointee’s time. In addition, the appointee will be expected to participate in formal teaching and ongoing audit programmes within the directorate. Admin time will be allocated from the clinical component of the post.
The duties will include:
* Provision of primary medical care to patients suffering recent injuries and acute medical and surgical conditions.
* Provision of primary care to patients taken ill while in transit through the areas and unable to see a primary care practitioner.
* Management of the department to maintain efficient and timely patient flow with specific reference to both local set and nationally set targets.
* Assist consultant staff in maintaining staffing levels including covering short-term sickness.
* Timely review of patient’s results and investigations when returned to the department.
Working for our organisation
At Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, our team is our work family. Working for the Trust, you will be part of a collaborative, friendly, and caring team committed to providing excellent care with compassion.
Our purpose is to be recognised as the centre for acute and specialised hospital services in Lancashire and South Cumbria.
The Emergency Departments at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals are forward-thinking, with a very low turnover of permanent staff, demonstrating a friendly and supportive atmosphere.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job description, Person specification and Specialty/Trust Brochure for further details on:
* What we can offer
* Job Plan/On-call Requirements
* The Team
Person specification
Qualifications
* Full GMC Registration and Licence to Practice
* MBBS or equivalent (primary medical degree as recognised by the GMC)
* ALS and at least one of: ATLS, APLS, ETC (or equivalent), MIMMS
* Certification in ALS, ATLS, APLS, MIMMS, WTC, PHEC, etc.
Experience and Skills
* 4 years of postgraduate medical experience/training, of which at least 12 months must be in Emergency Medicine (at least 6 months of this should be in the UK in a training or middle-grade post at CT3 level or above)
* Ability to initiate appropriate initial management in common emergencies and to apply sound clinical knowledge and judgement.
* Must not have been out of clinical practice for longer than 2 years.
* Previous involvement and understanding of audit.
* Evidence of interest and participation in teaching, with the ability to train and supervise junior medical staff and medical students.
* Ability to lead when appropriate.
* Wider ability in patient evaluation and a working knowledge of minor illnesses and injuries.
* Attendance at appropriate professional meetings and courses.
* Publication of audit results.
* Instructor status in an advanced life support or equivalent course.
Thanks for taking the time to view this advert; we’re looking forward to receiving your application. You should be aware that the vacancy may close earlier than the published date if sufficient applications are received, so it would be best to apply as soon as you can.
We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity, and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve.
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