Senior Clinical Fellow - Paediatric Emergency Medicine

Senior Clinical Fellow - Paediatric Emergency Medicine

We are recruiting to a Senior Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Emergency Medicine.

You will:

• Work exclusively in the Paediatric Emergency Department (PED)
• Have no overnight shift or on call commitment
• Earn a full salary
• Spend 20% dedicated and protected time to develop your skills, drive quality improvement and research projects, plan and deliver education to the multidisciplinary ED team, and for studies towards relevant qualifications e.g. Masters qualification
• Opportunity to apply for the Executive Masters in Medical Leadership at Bayes Business School, City University currently fully funded under the apprenticeship scheme (subject to candidate committing to the post/another post at Whittington Health NHS Trust for the duration of the course)

Main duties of the job

The Paediatric Emergency Department at The Whittington Hospital is part of the Emergency Department and Urgent Care Centre and prior to Covid 19 would see around 25,000 patients each year making it the busiest PED in South NCL.

There is a dedicated Children's Ambulatory Unit admitting children requiring care beyond the 4-hour window, and there is a separate Paediatric Day Care Unit co-located with the paediatric ward. The hospital also has a well-established Hospital at Home service with plans to expand this across the sector.

The Paediatric Emergency Department sees children requiring both Emergency and Urgent Care and this post would therefore be an excellent opportunity for applicants wishing to develop skills in Paediatric Emergency Medicine and Minor Injuries. There are dedicated PEM Consultants who will provide clinical supervision and support for the applicant to be able to pursue their individual training needs. Both the Paediatric Department and the Emergency Department have well-established excellent teaching programmes and the applicant will be encouraged to engage in relevant training. The Whittington Hospital is also a registered PERUKI site and there will be opportunities to be involved in research in Paediatric Emergency Medicine.

Job responsibilities

• Lead shifts at registrar level in PED, contributing to providing 12 hour / day middle grade cover. There will be no night shift commitment in this post.
• Assess and manage your own patients.
• Assist and supervise the junior doctors.
• Help manage patient flow, with particular focus on achieving the 4-hour target.
• Gain excellent experience in Paediatric Emergency Medicine, and in education, management, and quality improvement.

There is shop-floor consultant cover seven days a week from . There is a consultant dedicated to supervising the PED during weekdays until 1700.

The ED Consultants are committed to the supervision and development of these posts. You will be allocated a PEM consultant as your Educational Supervisor, helping you gain the development and competencies you seek and to support you with PEM or GRID subspeciality applications if required.

Person Specification

• Full GMC registration
• Four years' full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent) at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty
• Completion of Foundation Programme or equivalent experience.
• Experience of 2 years or more working in Emergency Medicine or Paediatrics.
• APLS or similar qualification
• 6 months experience PEM or Acute Paediatrics in a UK setting
• Experience in QI or teaching
• Understanding of national 4hr target
• Experience with audits or conferences
• Ability to work well in a team
• Previous experience working in NHS

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.