Junior or Senior Clinical Fellow Emergency Medicine (February 2027 start)

Job overview

Are you looking for career in Emergency Medicine in a large UK teaching hospital with a Major Trauma Centre?

The Emergency Department at Nottingham University Hospitals’ NHS Trust is excited to be able to offer opportunities for motivated doctors to join our friendly Emergency Medicine team from 3rd February 2027 for 12 months.

You will have the opportunity to work in a forward thinking, dynamic department which is committed to the Trust’s ambition of developing staff and delivering outstanding healthcare outcomes for patients.

Depending on your experience and interview, you may be offered a Junior Fellow role on our Tier 2 (CT1/2 level) rota or Tier 3 rota (CT3 level) which would only be considered if you hold MRCEM. We may offer you Senior Fellow at Tier 4 level, which is our registrar rota if you have the required amount of experience in ED plus MRCEM and IAC sign off along with taking into consideration your interview. There will be opportunities for T3 clinicians to progress to the Tier 4 rota, Senior Fellow role, if full MRCEM is obtained and progression reviews completed.

Please note, you must be available to start on 3rd February '27 to align with our Resident doctor rotation which includes an induction to the Trust and a departmental induction on 4th February which will be mandatory.

Main duties of the job

Working in our ED encompasses many management skills such as managing the shop floor, keeping to the four hour target and constant reprioritisation of tasks.

You will be supported to work through competencies to develop portfolio evidence to meet your set objectives and will work under the clinical direction of EM Consultants who are present in the department 24/7. All Fellows will have a monthly teaching day along with educational development time reflected on your rota. You will be allocated an Educational and Clinical supervisor

What we can offer you as a Fellow in ED:

• Monthly teaching
• Work place based assessments
• Shop floor supervision
• Opportunities to get involved with teaching
• Audit work and QIP's etc
• Research opportunities
• Potential for a secondment to other specialities based on your interest and placement availability

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We have clearly set out in our job description and person specification the essential criteria for the roles (please see below). You will be expected to meet all of the essential criteria in order to move to the shortlisting stage of the recruitment process.

We are looking for applicants who meet the following criteria:

For a Junior post

• We expect you to have at least three years post MBBS (or equivalent) in addition to experience in an Emergency Department (ED).
• For doctors who have worked in the NHS, at least 1 years experience in ED in the NHS at CT1/2 level
• For doctors who have not worked in the NHS yet, you will need at least one year in an ED setting (an example of what we mean by ED setting is working your entire job purely in the ED not GP or 'outpatient' or 'ward rounds' only)
• To be considered for Tier 3 (CT3) level role, you will need MRCEM exam plus minimum of 2 years in pure ED setting in the NHS at CT1/2 level
• Advanced Life Support (ALS) qualification

For a Senior post

• At least six years post MBBS (or equivalent) in addition to experience in an ED
• ALS and ATLS qualifications
• MRCEM exam (full)
• You will have worked in an NHS medical role, with at least two years experience in the ED in an NHS acute Trust at CT3 or higher level
• IAC sign off

Whilst clinical attachment is not essential, please do note in your application if you have had an attachment in ED of more than two weeks.

These are service posts so do not have educational approval, but you will be provided with excellent training and educational opportunities, tailored to meet your individual needs.

We expect that you will keep yourself up to date with current knowledge and practice, attend clinical meetings within the department and to participate in audit and in service training of other professionals.

Clinical Fellows in the Emergency Department can expect to:

• Build on previous experience and develop increased expertise in the identification, assessment and management of sick patients
• Gain experience and familiarity in identifying and managing a wide variety of medical conditions, with appropriated decision making around need for admission and discharge +/- primary care/specialty follow up
• Gain experience and familiarity in managing poly-trauma patients and the concept of ‘silver trauma’
• Have opportunities to acquire additional skills such as fascia iliaca block, chest drain etc
• To enhance your communication skills with patients relatives and colleagues
• To keep up to date with mandatory training required for your role
• To participate in the annual appraisal process

We have successfully supported many doctors who have come to work with us to gain places on training programmes, just let us know if this is your aim and we’ll do everything we can to help you get there. Alternatively if you would like a longer term trust post or to take the CESR training pathway with NUH, we are really happy to have these discussions with you too.

We apologise that due to the overwhelmingly high amount of applications expected for this advert, we are unable to provide individual feedback if you are not shortlisted for interview at this time.

With regret, we are unable to accommodate any clinical attachments in the Emergency Department at NUH.

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.