Senior Clinical Fellow Emergency Medicine ST3+

Job overview

This exciting senior posts in Emergency Medicine is aimed at doctors (ST3+ equivalent) who have experience working in Emergency Medicine. The post holder will work on the Middle Grade rota and if on the senior tier will be responsible for running the Department in the late evenings and nights. This will include leading Trauma calls and Cardiac arrests.

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. This post is based in the adult Emergency Department and no sessions will be undertaken in the paediatric Emergency Department outside of speciality interests.

There is close liaison between ED and ICU at BRI. Patients referred to Specialist Units within the hospital are the responsibility of that specialist team, who will see the patient in the Emergency Department and arrange appropriate care. However, medical and nursing staff in the ED are responsible for any emergency care necessary. This shared care is seamless and collaborative.

Managerial: The management responsibility of the post holder will be to the Clinical Director who is responsible to the 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 audit. Clinical audit is established at the BRI. They will participate in at least one supervised audit project during the 12 month post and will be encouraged to attend interdisciplinary clinical governance meetings

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more details regarding this role, please refer to the attached job description.

On-Call Commitment: In ED the roster is a full shift system. Shifts are a balanced mix of earlies, mids, lates, and nights. The post’s pay will be calculated by HR and will be compliant with the new regulations set in Aug 2017.