Job requirements
Essential
18 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to organise and prioritise workload
- Skills and Abilities
Good communication skills
- Skills and Abilities
Honesty and reliability
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to work effectively within an MDT environment
- Skills and Abilities
Flexibility
- Skills and Abilities
Critical approach to work
- Skills and Abilities
Demonstrates initiative
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to gain confidence of both staff and patients
- Skills and Abilities
Willing to undertake additional clinical duties when necessary, including cover for colleagues on leave
- Additional and Aptitudes
IT skills on all Microsoft packages
- Additional and Aptitudes
Fluent English speaker
- Knowledge and Experience
Able to assess, resuscitate and stabilise acutely sick patients
- Knowledge and Experience
Good clinical judgement
- Knowledge and Experience
Understand Audit/governance processes
- Qualifications and Training
Registered with GMC (UK)
- Qualifications and Training
At least 24 months full-time hospital service as a trainee in the Foundation (or higher) grade
- Qualifications and Training
No unexplained career gaps
- Qualifications and Training
Previous experience of working in the British Healthcare system (not observing)
Desirable
7 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Knowledge and Experience
Completed specialist skills courses (e.g. ATLS/APLS, ultrasound course, etc.)
- Knowledge and Experience
Understands audit and governance processes
- Knowledge and Experience
Designed and / or completed audits
- Qualifications and Training
Advanced Life Support provider
- Qualifications and Training
Intermediate EM/ MRCP/MRCS (Part 1) or equivalent
- Qualifications and Training
Other membership, fellowship or diplomas
- Qualifications and Training
Specialist Interest intent and evidence of interest
Job overview
Weston Emergency Department are looking to recruit to Two Clinical Fellows: one for 12 months and one for a 24 month contract.
This is an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Fellow to join the team and work in a friendly but fast passed Emergency Department!
This is a service provision post working clinically in the Emergency Department at Weston General Hospital, working a full rota with a mix of earlies, middles, lates and nights. The position is 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.
You will be joining a forward thinking and dynamic trust. This post is based in Weston-super-Mare at Weston General Hospital which is just 20 miles from Bristol city centre.
* Please note that this advert may close early if we receive a high volume of applications. We therefore recommend submitting your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. *
Main duties of the job
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 ED Clinical Lead who is responsible to the Clinical Chair, 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 Quality Improvement Projects. Each post holder will participate in at least one supervised QIP during the 12-month post and will be encouraged to attend clinical governance meetings.
On-call Commitment: In ED the roster is a full shift system. Shifts are a mix of earlies, middles, lates and nights. The post’s pay will be calculated by HR and will be compliant with the new Junior Doctor’s contract.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Clinical Fellow in Emergency Medicine with University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust in Weston-super-mare, England. It is listed as a Junior Medical doctor Emergency Medicine role. The advertised salary is £55,355 pa pro rata. The contract type is Fixed term: 12 months (and 24 months). The application deadline is 30 Oct 2026.
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