Senior Clinical Fellow Emergency Medicine 80:20 Medical Examiner

Senior Clinical Fellow Emergency Medicine 80:20 Medical Examiner Senior Clinical Fellow ST3+

Main area: Emergency Medicine

Grade: Senior Clinical Fellow ST3+

Contract: 12 months (12 Month Fixed Term Contract available)

Hours: Full time - 40 hours per week

Job ref: 387-M6584-DY

Site: Bristol Royal Infirmary

Town: Bristol

Salary: £61,825 - £70,425 pa pro rata

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 11/03/:59

As an organisation, we recognise the value of a healthy work-life balance. When applying, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate flexible working, so your work life fits around your home life.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within the Trust.

The senior clinical fellow posts include 80% time working in the adult emergency department and 20% paid time to develop in a specialist interest of the successful candidate's choice. The posts are open as OOPT/E for EM HSTs and as stand-alone posts for non-trainees, and can be 100% EM if required. We are also open to SAS and Specialty Doctors if that suits.

For this post, the 20% specialty interest will be in the Medical Examiner Service providing independent scrutiny of all non-coronial deaths, wherever they occur.

Applicants should hold a relevant postgraduate qualification (MRCEM, MRCP, MRCS, FRCA or equivalent), and should be ST4+ or equivalent, having completed a minimum of 3 years in approved SHO posts (Post Foundation Medicine) or equivalent in relevant acute specialities including at least 1 year in Emergency Medicine.

The requirement is that you are 5 years post full GMC registration.

Main duties of the job

The post will be a combination of service provision including out of hours and paid time to develop a specialist interest. The candidate is to combine a job in Emergency Medicine with a 20% time allowance for a specialist interest. Specialist interests may include but are not limited to education (SIM/FOAMed), global health, expedition medicine, leadership and management, advanced airway management, research (with Professor Jonathon Benger), ultrasound, resuscitation, toxicology and paediatrics. If an applicant has a particular specialist interest they would like to pursue not listed above then we will accommodate. Open to trainees and non-trainees. For those trainees who already have a UK National Training Number in Emergency Medicine, these posts are eligible for OOPT or OOPE.

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals Bristol & Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, with a workforce of over 13,000 staff and 100+ different clinical services across 10 sites, serving a population of over 500,000 people across Bristol and Weston. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to patients.

As an equal opportunities employer, actively working towards a diverse workforce, we aim to create a workforce that represents the diversity of our community and are committed to designing our services around the needs of patients and their loved ones.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Medical Examiner Service

Ensuring accuracy of the MCCD, discussion of care with the next of kin, and liaison with HM Coroner are our main functions, during which any governance issues arising are fed back constructively to the organisation concerned.

Clinical

The reception, diagnosis and emergency treatment of patients presenting to the adult Emergency Department. The successful candidate will be given supervision and support from senior medical staff to develop competency in the autonomous clinical management of these patients whilst ensuring patient safety.

Managerial

The management responsibility of the post holder will be to the Clinical Director who is responsible to the Chief Executive and Trust Board.

Clinical Audit and Clinical Governance

The post holder must be aware of clinical governance and clinical risk management and take an active part in their implementation, including audit.

Person specification Knowledge and Experience

• Able to assess, resuscitate and stabilise acutely sick patients
• Able to participate as key member of cardiac arrest team
• Demonstrates good clinical judgement
• Completed specialist skills courses (e.g. difficult airways, ATLS/APLS, ultrasound course, etc.)
• Understands audit and governance processes

Additional & Aptitudes

• Respectful
• Supportive
• Evidence of entitlement to live and work in the UK.

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to organise and prioritise workload
• Honesty and reliability
• Ability to work effectively within a team
• Flexibility
• Inquiring and critical approach to work
• Demonstrates initiative
• Appropriately assertive
• Ability to gain confidence of both staff and patients
• Ability to take on administrative roles within the Department
• A willingness to undertake additional clinical duties when necessary.

Qualifications and Training

• Registered with General Medical Council (UK)
• At least 24 months full-time hospital service as a trainee in the Foundation (or higher) grade. No unexplained career gaps
• Advanced Life Support provider
• Previous experience of working in critical care in the British Healthcare system
• Specialist Interest intent and evidence of interest
• Intermediate EM/ MRCP/MRCS (Part 1) or equivalent

We hope that you will decide to join us and become part of this exciting journey, helping us to shape our future together.