Senior Clinical Fellow (CESR) in Emergency Medicine

Senior Clinical Fellow (CESR) in Emergency Medicine

This position is offered as Fixed Term Contract (FTC) for 12 months, with potential to extend depending on service needs.

We are advertising Senior Clinical Fellow posts, based in the Emergency Department at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich. The post is intended to provide the clinician with the support and training required to successfully complete all aspects of the CESR process. Our current trainees are doing secondments in ITU, Acute Medicine and Paediatrics to gain relevant educational and competency needs. The programme is for four years to be eligible for specialist registration subject to completion of FRCEM. We are exploring the possibility to have a secondment at our local major trauma centre.

The remaining nine months of the year will be working in our adult emergency department. Our department is well renowned for its training and support. We operate weekly teaching sessions incorporating a monthly journal club, simulation MDT training (with in-situ component), FRCEM mock OSCE and SAQ practice by our FRCEM examiners and supervised US training. The Consultant body contains current FRCEM examiners, ATLS APLS & ALS instructors and all of whom are level 1 and some Level 2 US trained.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to undertake our rotational programme at Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust, based in the Emergency Department at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich. This role includes participation in the 24-hour Emergency Department rota. The rotation is initially offered on a fixed term contract for 12 months, after which we would envisage an extension on a mutually agreed basis to a 12-month rolling contract.

There is also a capacity to do extra bank work within the ED and our staff are given priority to secure our own trusted staff to ensure no compromise in patient care.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Full registration with UK General Medical Council and a Licence to Practice
• Current provider status in at least one of the following advanced life support courses ATLS or ALS or other recognised equivalent course
• Should hold a relevant postgraduate qualification/diploma e.g. MRCEM
• Instructor status in ATLS or ALS

Clinical Experience

• Completed at least three years full time postgraduate training (or its equivalent) at least one of which will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty or as a fixed term appointment in a relevant specialty
• Shall have at least 12 months, full time (or its equivalent) experience of working in a Consultant led ED or have demonstrable, equivalent experience and competencies
• Demonstrates developing an area of interest in Emergency Medicine

Clinical Audit

• Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit
• Evidence of participation in audit project.
• Should have evidence of current ongoing CPD and annual appraisal

Teaching Experience

• Experience of undergraduate teaching

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.