Main area Emergency Medicine Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow Contract Fixed term: 12 months (Plus Oncalls) Hours Full time - 40 hours per week (plus oncalls) Job ref 001-MP023.25
Employer Cardiff and Vale University Health Board Employer type NHS Site University Hospital Wales Town Cardiff Salary £43,821 - £68,330 pa Salary period Yearly Closing 05/03/2025 23:59
Post CCT Senior Clinical Fellow in Emergency Medicine
NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow
Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for candidates who have recently earned their CCT and are looking to gain experience and bolster their portfolios working in a large Emergency Department alongside a great team of Consultant Emergency Physicians. We seek to recruit highly motivated Emergency Physicians, who will be part of the multi professional team delivering high quality compassionate emergency care to the people of Cardiff and South Wales. They will be encouraged to develop or maintain an area of special interest alongside their role as a Post CCT Fellow in Emergency Medicine.
Main duties of the job
You will provide with consultant colleagues a service in Emergency Medicine to UHW, with responsibility for the prevention, reception, diagnosis and treatment of all patients presenting to the Emergency Unit.
You will be expected to perform the role as Trauma Team Leader for all trauma patients brought in by road or air. You will be expected to coordinate the preparation, reception and resuscitation of the patient. You are responsible for the ongoing transfer of the trauma patient. The opportunity for the post CCT Fellow will be a minimum of 1 TTL shift per fortnight.
You will have continuing responsibility for the care of patients in your charge in liaison with consultant colleagues and for the proper functioning of the department in line with the Operational Policy and Strategic Plan (as amended from time to time).
You will be responsible for the professional supervision and management of junior medical staff.
Working for our organisation
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 15,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focused on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services.
Our mission is “Caring for People, Keeping People Well” and our vision is that every person’s chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. As an organisation we are unashamedly ambitious for our population’s health, rising to the challenges of today and tomorrow through our 10-year strategy, Shaping our Future Wellbeing. We are contributing to a healthier Wales with great emphasis placed on innovation and improvement, learning from around the world and leading the way in clinical research. Partnership working is strong at Cardiff and Vale, and we work closely with our staff and our community.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents.
Person specification
Qualifications
* On Specialist Register for specialty / Specialist Registrar with CCT / CESR(CP) due within six months of interview date
* ATLS, APLS, ALS certification
* FRCEM or equivalent
* Higher Degree
* Instructor in one or more Advanced Life Support courses
Experience
* Current hands-on experience in the management of adult and paediatric emergencies and the full spectrum of presentations to a modern emergency unit
* Experience of working in a very large department (according to RCEM definitions)
Ability
* Able to work at senior level without supervision
* Commitment to team approach and multi-disciplinary working
* Attitudes to emergency medicine compatible with the aims and objectives of Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
* Counselling and communication skills
Audit
* Evidence of participation in clinical audit and understanding role of audit in improving medical practice
* Understanding of clinical risk management and clinical governance
* Evidence of engagement with revalidation
Research
* Ability to appraise research critically
* Ability to supervise junior staff in undertaking research projects
* Evidence of initiating, progressing and concluding research projects with publication
Management
* Ability to take a whole systems approach to Emergency Department working
* Able to lead a multidisciplinary team
* Experience in the management of change
* Evidence of management training
Teaching
* Evidence of teaching medical students, junior doctors and Advanced/Emergency Nurse Practitioners
* Organisation of (undergraduate and/or postgraduate) teaching programmes
* Experience of training in simulation environments
MANAGING YOUR APPLICATION:
We are committed to promoting inclusion, where all staff have a sense of belonging. We welcome applications from everyone and recognise the need for our workforce to represent the diversity of the population we serve. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect and where diversity is celebrated.
Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh. Any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.
When applying for this post, it is essential that you read the Job Description and/or Person Specification and use the 'Supporting information' space to demonstrate how your skills, knowledge and experience meet the requirements of the person specification. Please note that only candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this post.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Welsh language skills are desirable.
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