Senior Clinical Resident - Major Trauma

Senior Fellow (Registrar) – Major Trauma Centre

Interested in working in a Major Trauma Centre? Experience at the country's busiest Major Trauma Centre is an excellent opportunity to develop your skills.

We are currently recruiting Senior Fellow (Registrar level) posts at the Queen's Medical Centre (QMC) Major Trauma Centre.

As a centre of excellence in the treatment of Major Trauma, QMC is a single‑site multi‑specialty hospital, optimised for provision of trauma care. It is the primary receiving hospital of the East Midlands Trauma Network and manages all types of injuries, providing a 24‑hour consultant‑led service. The Major Trauma Consultant and multi‑professional team co‑ordinate the pathway of care for people with severe trauma injuries, with rehabilitation commenced early in the pathway to maximise functional outcomes for the patient.

• Motivate and demonstrate a keen interest in the management of Major Trauma patients.
• Engage in good communication and work effectively within a multi‑disciplinary professional team across a number of different specialties.
• Enhance your knowledge and understanding of immediate lifesaving interventions by attending and participating in trauma calls in resus.
• Interpret initial investigations quickly, including blood gas, X‑ray and CT results in resus.
• Liaise with other members of the trauma team, from all different specialties, and document findings and plans in the Major Trauma admissions documentation.
• Coordinate and document the main elements of a trauma call.
• Manage multi‑system trauma.

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) is the country's fourth largest acute teaching trust, established on 1 April 2006 following the merger of Nottingham City Hospital and the Queen's Medical Centre. NUH established the East Midlands Major Trauma Centre (MTC) on 1 April 2012. We provide acute and specialist services to 2.5 million people within Nottingham and surrounding communities from the Queen's Medical Centre (QMC) and the City Hospital campuses, with an annual budget in excess of £682 million of public sector funding and employing over 13,000 staff.