# Senior Clinical Fellow in Emergency Medicine > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Whittington Health NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-clinical-fellow-in-emergency-medicine/d2899bbf-a783-4d35-9409-2d2bf5a9b9e4 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-clinical-fellow-in-emergency-medicine/d2899bbf-a783-4d35-9409-2d2bf5a9b9e4.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Whittington Health NHS Trust - **Location:** The Whittington Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Emergency Medicine - **Grade:** Senior - **Salary:** £67,325 Per Annum - **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed Term) - **Employment type:** Full time - 40 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-14T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-30T11:50:50.650Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Whittington_Health_NHS_Trust/Senior_Clinical_Fellow/Senior_Clinical_Fellow-v8324054 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8324054?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.whittington.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Senior Clinical Fellow is a senior non-training grade doctor who plays a key role in the delivery of high-quality emergency care while providing clinical leadership and operational support within the Emergency Department (ED). Working closely with Emergency Medicine Consultants, senior nursing staff, and the wider multidisciplinary team, the post holder will contribute to the safe, efficient, and effective management of patients attending the department. In addition to maintaining a substantial clinical workload, the Lead SCF will act as a role model for junior medical staff, supporting supervision, education, rota management, quality improvement initiatives, governance activities, and service development. The role provides an excellent opportunity for doctors seeking to develop leadership, management, teaching, and quality improvement skills alongside their clinical practice. ### Main duties of the job The post holder will assess patients and initiate treatments and management plans. They will be expected to work in all areas of the department i.e. Majors, Resus, Urgent treatment Centre, Paediatrics, Same day Emergency Care and the ED short stay unit. As well as seeing their own patients the post holder will also be required to supervise junior doctors and provide clinical support. They will also provide leadership support in terms of managing flow through the department, and to attend MDT meetings such as safeguarding meetings and clinical governance days. This post would be suitable for a doctor working at senior registrar level who would be expected to be capable of leading the department overnight and supervise the junior team with on-call consultant support. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Deliver high-quality emergency care across all areas of the Emergency Department. Provide senior clinical decision-making and support to junior doctors and other healthcare professionals. Act as a clinical lead for designated service improvement, governance, audit, or education projects. Support the induction, supervision, and development of junior medical staff. Work collaboratively with consultants, nursing teams, and operational managers to ensure effective patient flow and delivery of care. Contribute to departmental clinical governance, including incident reviews, audits, quality improvement projects, and guideline development. Participate in departmental teaching programmes and support undergraduate and postgraduate medical education. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Eligibility **Essential** - Applicants must have full GMC Membership - To have up to date ALS and ATLS **Desirable** - To have up to date APLS ### Qualifications **Essential** - The applicant must have achieved a primary medical qualification as recognised by the General Medical Council. The applicant shall have completed at least four years’ full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent) at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty (eg ACCS rotation, Emergency Medicine) or shall have equivalent experience and competencies. **Desirable** - Any teaching experience or completion of relevant courses. ### Clinical Knowledge and Skills/Experience **Essential** - Proficient in the use of POCUS. Able to lead a resuscitation team. Proficient in procedural sedation. - Has worked at lead registrar level in the Emergency Department with a similar setup to an NHS Emergency Department. **Desirable** - 3/12 experience in UK ED or equivalent. - Shows understanding and commitment to patient flow through an ED and also of the national 4 hr target - Demonstrates a passion for emergency medicine such as conference attendance / relevant audits or related specialties ## Documents - [scf jd (pdf, 224.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10653715) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.