Fixed Term Senior Clinical Fellow in ED CESR Training

Job overview

This post is for doctors who are currently in a middle grade position in Emergency Medicine who need to complete specific ACCS competencies to enable their career progression.

The applicant should be aiming to become a consultant by entering formal training at ST3/4 onwards or by the CESR route and Article 14, or the Defined Route of Entry into Emergency Medicine (DREEM). This post would provide experience as a middle grade in Emergency Medicine and a junior position in the rotational specialties.

This Senior Clinical Fellow (CESR Post) in Emergency Medicine rotates through three six-month positions: in Anaesthetics, Critical Care Medicine, and Acute Medicine. There are nine posts in total in the trust with six posts in the Emergency Medicine and three in the specialties at any one time. This enables both the provision of high-quality medical staff to the Emergency Department and for doctors to obtain the rotation competencies required for career progression. Each of the post provide clinical supervision, competency assessment and education.

Please see Job Description and Person Specification attached for full details.

We will close vacancies before the stated closing date once the first 50 applications are received. Therefore, please apply as soon as possible.

Main duties of the job

• To maintain the standards of the College of Emergency Medicine and the West Suffolk Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. • Provide high quality care, knowledge, and skill for the patients either directly or by supervision and floor management of the junior clinical staff. • To assume clinical responsibility for patients brought to the department by the emergency services, self-referring or referred by GP. • You are expected to deal with unexpected emergencies including those resulting from infectious diseases like COVID-19. • To be part of Trauma Team co-ordinated management of major trauma. • To be immediately available for opinion, guidance and advice on any patient seen by a junior clinician in the ED at any time during the rostered duty shift. • To assist in conducting follow-up review of patients where considered appropriate by the Consultants. • To contribute to the production of departmental clinical management guidelines in line with evidence-based best practice. • To attend in the event of a hospital Major Incident call if available and off duty. • Maintain patient confidentiality. • Identify and act appropriately upon Safeguarding issues in children appropriately

Please see Job Description and Person Specification attached for full details.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The department is a 24/7 unit dealing with unselected patients of all ages. Patients referred from General Practitioners to Surgical and Medical specialties are seen and assessed by the relevant doctors in the Emergency Assessment Unit or ED. There is one review clinic per week with a physiotherapist.

The RAT is part of the updated and expanded ED. It is a designated area where ED patients can be admitted and suitably managed under the care of ED consultants. There are four trolleys, four reclining chairs and two assessment cubicles areas. The area provides an opportunity to rapidly offload ambulance arrivals and initiate early senior lead management.

Please see Job Description and Person Specification attached for full details.