Job requirements
Essential
21 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
Inquiring and critical approach to work
- Skills and Abilities
Demonstrates initiative
- Skills and Abilities
Appropriately assertive
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to gain confidence of both staff and patients
- 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
Able to participate as key member of cardiac arrest team
- Knowledge and Experience
Demonstrates good clinical judgement
- Knowledge and Experience
Understands audit and 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. No unexplained career gaps.
- Qualifications and Training
Advanced Life Support provider (or equivilent)
- Qualifications and Training
MRCEM Primary
- Qualifications and Training
Previous experience of working in the British Healthcare system (not observing)
- Qualifications and Training
Specialist Interest intent and evidence of interest
Desirable
6 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to take on administrative roles within the Department
- Skills and Abilities
Willing to undertake additional clinical duties when necessary, including cover for colleagues on leave
- Knowledge and Experience
Completed specialist skills courses (e.g. ATLS/APLS, ultrasound course, etc.)
- Knowledge and Experience
Designed and / or completed audits
- Qualifications and Training
MRCEM Intermediate or MRCEM A and B or MRCP/MRCS (Part 1) or equivalent
- Qualifications and Training
Other membership, fellowship or diplomas
Job overview
Love Emergency Medicine? Love Weston-super-Mare.
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust (BFT) is looking to grow its talented Emergency Medicine team at Weston General Hospital to help drive an ambitious vision for the future of emergency care across Bristol and Weston. This is an exciting time to join our organisation!
You will be working as part of a talented team in a beautiful part of the country, with Weston-super-Mare offering easy access to the coast and the surrounding Somerset countryside.
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust seeks applications for the position of Clinical Fellow ST3+ in Emergency Medicine, working on a full-time contract for a 12-month fixed-term period from the date of appointment, with a start date as soon as possible.
The post is advertised as a full-time position working on the full middle-grade rota. Candidates wishing to be considered for less than full-time working hours are also encouraged to apply.
These posts reflect a firm commitment to maintaining and developing the middle-grade workforce within Weston General Hospital's Emergency Department. The post offers eligible clinicians an excellent opportunity for continued professional development within Emergency Medicine, working in a supportive team committed to delivering high-quality, safe and effective emergency care.
Main duties of the job
Weston General Hospital's Emergency Department is a vital part of the hospital's emergency front door, providing an opportunity to develop clinical skills, gain valuable experience and contribute to the ongoing development of emergency services for the local population.
Main duties (but not an exhaustive list):
- Providing direct clinical care to all patients
- Formulate a diagnosis and develop a management strategy or plan for each patient
- Provide patient management in accordance with Emergency Department protocols, practice standards and Trust policies
- Provide clear and precise written and electronic documentation of patient care
- Provide advice and support to junior doctors on all aspects of emergency medicine
- Participate in the current shift rota pattern
- Participate and lead on clinical audits
- Participate in the annual staff appraisal
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more details about the post and main responsibilities, please the see attached Job Description.
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 Senior Clinical Fellow in Emergency Medicine with University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust in Weston-super-mare, England. It is listed as a Senior Medical doctor Emergency Medicine role. The advertised salary is £67,325 - £77,348 pa pro rata. The contract type is 24 months (Fixed term 12 months for Mat leave cover). The application deadline is 12 Nov 2026.
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