Junior Locally Employed Doctor in Emergency Medicine

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Junior clinical fellow to join the Emergency Department Team at North Manchester General Hospital (NMGH). This position provides the opportunity to work at a high-performing Emergency Department that is ranked as the second-best adult ED in Greater Manchester and a leader in ambulance turnaround times.

NMGH has a full Emergency Department, which includes an integrated paediatric emergency department, urgent treatment centre and co-located same day emergency care services.  It also offers a full range of general and acute surgical services and is the base for the region’s specialist infection disease unit and Maxillofacial surgery.

The ED team consists of:

• 16 Consultants: 3 consultants dedicated exclusively to Paediatric Emergency Medicine.
• 3 consultants dedicated exclusively to Paediatric Emergency Medicine.
• 6 General practitioners
• 14 Specialty Registrars and 3 Higher Specialty Trainees (HSTs).
• A multidisciplinary team comprising: Junior doctors (FY2, GPST, clinical fellows). Advanced clinical Practitioners (ACPs). Emergency Nurse practitioners (ENPs). Dedicated pharmacist. Dynamic nursing team
• Junior doctors (FY2, GPST, clinical fellows).
• Advanced clinical Practitioners (ACPs).
• Emergency Nurse practitioners (ENPs).
• Dedicated pharmacist.
• Dynamic nursing team

The department fosters a collaborative and inclusive environment, promoting shared learning and teamwork to deliver high-quality emergency care.  By joining this team, you will benefit from robust clinical supervision, excellent peer support, and opportunities to contribute to teaching, research, and service improvement initiatives.

Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilities

1. The post holder will be clinically and educationally responsible to the Consultants in Emergency Medicine.

2. The clinical duties will comprise: -

• Active participation in the reception, initial diagnosis, investigation and treatment of patients attending the Emergency Department.
• Assessment and management of children and young people in the paediatric emergency department.
• Electronically document notes to a good standard maintaining professional standards
• Appropriately discuss and refer patients for inpatient assessment
• Communicate with other community services such as General practitioners, hospital at home services or care home staff.
• Refer to other clinics held within the hospital and the wider trust hospital services.

3. Provide support for other training and resident doctors including medical students, FY2 grades and GP trainees within the Emergency Department. This may take the form of formal teaching sessions, clinical discussions or peer learning via quality improvement groups.

For full overview of the role please consult the full Job description and person specification.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification.  This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you apply.