Senior Clinical Fellow - Paediatric Emergency Medicine

Job overview

We are recruiting to a Senior Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Emergency Medicine.

You will:

• Work exclusively in the Paediatric Emergency Department (PED)
• Have no overnight shift or on call commitment

Please note, this post may close early if sufficient applications are received.

Main duties of the job

The Paediatric Emergency Department at The Whittington Hospital is part of the Emergency Department and Urgent Care Centre and prior to Covid 19 would see around 25,000 patients each year making it the busiest PED in South NCL.

There is a dedicated Children’s Ambulatory Unit admitting children requiring care beyond the 4-hour window, and there is a separate Paediatric Day Care Unit co-located with the paediatric ward. The hospital also has a well-established Hospital at Home service with plans to expand this across the sector.

The Paediatric Emergency Department sees children requiring both Emergency and Urgent Care and this post would therefore be an excellent opportunity for applicants wishing to develop skills in Paediatric Emergency Medicine and Minor Injuries. There are dedicated PEM Consultants who will provide clinical supervision and support for the applicant to be able to pursue their individual training needs. Both the Paediatric Department and the Emergency Department have well-established excellent teaching programmes and the applicant will be encouraged to engage in relevant training. The Whittington Hospital is also a registered PERUKI site and there will be opportunities to be involved in research in Paediatric Emergency Medicine.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Lead shifts at registrar level in PED, contributing to providing 12 hour / day middle grade cover. There will be no night shift commitment in this post.
• Assess and manage your own patients.
• Assist and supervise the junior doctors.
• Help manage patient flow, with particular focus on achieving the 4-hour target.
• Gain excellent experience in Paediatric Emergency Medicine, and in education, management, and quality improvement.

There is shop-floor consultant cover seven days a week from 0800-2230. There is a consultant dedicated to supervising the PED during weekdays until 1700.

The ED Consultants are committed to the supervision and development of these posts. You will be allocated a PEM consultant as your Educational Supervisor, helping you gain the development and competencies you seek and to support you with PEM or GRID subspeciality applications if required.