Clinical Fellow STin Emergency Medicine & MDT Education​/Simulation

Overview

Applicants are invited to apply for a Clinical Fellow ST4+ in Emergency Medicine and MDT Education/Simulation. The post is for a fixed term period of 12 months.

This is an established role within the Emergency Department. It encompasses education of the whole multidisciplinary team alongside the team of two clinical nurse educators.

Funding will be provided to successful candidates to complete a postgraduate certificate in medical education at the University of Bristol. This will be tied into successful completion of the 1 year term of the contract. Other equivalent studies will be considered as alternatives and funded to the same amount.

The Emergency Department and Urgent Treatment Centre sees approximately 130,000 attendances per year with a separate Pediatric Emergency Department.

The department has a 6-bay resuscitation area, a 16-bay majors trolley area, an ambulatory majors area, a minor theatre, a plaster room and a 4 bedded observation area. Recently the integrated front door project has delivered a newbuild Urgent Treatment Centre, Emergency Department and Children's Emergency Unit with a dedicated Resus, High Care beds and 12 assessment cubicle spaces.

50% of the post will be Emergency Medicine clinical care allowing an opportunity for doctors wanting to gain experience and responsibility in not just managing patients but managing a busy department.

• Take a history and examine a patient
• Identify and synthesize problems
• Prescribe safely
• Keep an accurate and relevant medical record (electronic notes)
• Manage time and clinical priorities effectively
• Communicate effectively with patients, relatives and colleagues
• Use evidence, guidelines and audit to benefit patient care

We are a busy DGH Emergency Department and Trauma Unit that sees a wide variety of presentations (in both adult and paediatric). We deal with medical, surgical, orthopaedic, paediatric and trauma patients. These patients can present and be assessed in resus, majors, minors or paediatric ED.

Our STAR values are at the heart of everything we do. You can expect to see them in the way we act and the way we treat each other. Our values make us who we are. We will expect your values and behaviours to reflect the STAR Values of the organisation:

Service We will put our patients first

Teamwork We will work together

Ambition We will aspire to provide the best service

Respect We will act with integrity

Job description

Job responsibilities

50% of the time will be spent in the department teaching and delivering simulation. The department has a strong educational ethos. There are opportunities to pursue within in-situ MDT simulation, tea-trolley teaching, social media, asynchronous learning, Virtual/Classroom teaching and shop floor teaching of the ED multidisciplinary team. There may also be opportunities to pursue simulation within the wider deanery and multiagency level with strong links to Severn Deanery and local 999 services and search and rescue.

Further details can be found on the attached job description.

Qualifications

Essential

• Fully registered with the GMC with licence to practice
• ALS provider status
• MRCEM or equivalent

Desirable

• ATLS/ETC provider status
• APLS/EPALS provider status

Clinical Experience

Essential

• Some experience within a specialty relevant to the role
• Expertise in full range of medical conditions
• EM experience
• 6 months EM experience
• Ability to help lead and supervise a multi-professional team and take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients

Desirable

• Some experience at Middle Grade level in EM

Management

Essential

• Ability to manage priorities
• Leadership skills
• Experience of audit/QI and management
• Intermediate level IT skills

Desirable

• Advanced level IT skills

Teaching and Research

Essential

• Ability to teach clinical skills to trainees/undergraduates and multi-disciplinary teams
• Interest in leading multi-professional education

Desirable

• Publications in peer reviewed journals
• Simulation Experience
• Teaching course
• Ability to supervise post-graduate research

Employer details

Employer name

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Great Western Hospital

Marlborough Road

Swindon

SN3 6BB

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