Junior Clinical Fellow in Emergency Medicine

Junior clinical fellows are required to work at FY2/ST1-2 level at the Royal Free Hospital, London, in the Hampstead site. The post allows doctors to rotate through Acute medicine, Elderly care medicine and Emergency medicine.

This is an ideal opportunity to work in a busy but well supported department with a team of highly motivated consultants and trainees.

The successful applicant will gain experience across a wide variety of the common and rarer medical conditions and will have access to the full range of in-house educational opportunities afforded to other trainees. The consultant body is drawn from a variety of core medical specialities.

The successful applicant will be able to participate in the department's teaching, audit and educational activities, in addition to specific speciality exposure if desired.

The post holder will participate in the teaching and training of the medical students & elective students during their placements. The department has an appointed a Clinical teaching Fellow to coordinate and enable delivery of educational & training needs for junior doctors working in the department. Candidates will be able to participate in audit and quality improvement under the guidance of a supervisor.

There is a weekly teaching programme alongside weekly SIM training and shop floor teaching opportunities led by senior medical staff. JCF's are expected to attend these similar to FY2 and CT1 trainees. Consultant cover is provided to support juniors in resus, injuries, trauma and acute emergencies from 8am to 11am in conjunction with a senior tier of 22 registrar grade doctors to supervise and mentor CT1 equivalent doctors.

Post holders will have equal standing to ED Trainees within the Department. Each post holder will be assigned an Educational Supervisor. Study, and other, leave entitlement is as found in Trust policies.

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.

Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top

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Please see the attached job description and person specification for further details about the role .

• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
• Full registration with the GMC at time of appointment
• ALS provider

• Completed and accredited Foundation Year 1 competences
• Previous experience of work in the NHS or 12 months full time experience in formal EM if not in possession of NHS experience (clinical attachments and Short term locums are not counted).
• Good Clinical skills and broad clinical knowledge
• Teamwork evidence. Ability to work in a team and demonstrate team responsibility ethics.
• Evidence of performing procedures in EMvenous cannulation, fracture manipulation, suturing, catheterisation,
• Evidence of EM related self development and education - conferences, presentations, practice courses, teaching.
• Emergency Medicine Experience at SHO grade
• Evidence of experience in specialties related to EM

• Good Clinical skills and broad clinical knowledge
• Ability to work well as part of a team
• Safe care;
  Clinical knowledge;
  Clinical Judgement;
  Practical skills;
  Work effectively
• ALS, ATLS and APLS
• Audit skills
• Teaching Experience

• Able to work on own initiative
• Flexibility
• Able to work in high intensity shift system
• Management and administration skills
• Able to work cooperatively in an MDT format

• Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

• Able to attend full Trust Induction
• Able to attend full Emergency Department Induction

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.

ED Service Line Lead & Trust Trauma Director

£52,656 a year

Per annum plus London weighting