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Simulation Fellow in Paediatric Emergency Medicine

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Location
Salary
£65,048 per annum
Profession
Medical doctor
Grade
Junior
Deadline
24 Jul 2025
Contract Type
12 months (12 months fixed term until July 2026)
Posted Date
10 Jul 2025

Job overview

This is a fixed term post of 12 months duration due to commence July 2025 for Derbyshire Children’s  based at the Royal Derby Hospital,  University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Any applicant unable for personal reasons to work full time will be eligible to be considered for the post; if such a person is appointed; modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis with the Associate Director, but the out of hours commitment is fixed.

Main duties of the job

This is an amazing opportunity to take advantage of an exciting new post designed to help provide out of hours support at senior decision maker level in a award winning dedicated Children’s emergency department who see over 36,000 children per year.

All posts come with the opportunity and supervision to develop an interest within the department and are ideally suited to a ST4 equivalent doctor to decide if a career in PEM is for them and they wish to apply for Grid training in future OR a post CCT fellowship enabling successful candidates to develop and complete a project that will help make them more competitive in the Consultant Job Market.

Simulation fellow:

To help develop and deliver a multi-disciplinary high fidelity simulation programme

  • Contribute to and develop the current simulations occurring in the department.
  • Instruct on in house Paediatric AIM, PLS, APLS courses
  • Facilitate simulation based training events with the clinical skills teams.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in the management of the Paediatric Service with regard to Emergency and Neonatal intensive care

To support the senior decision making in the Children’s Emergency Department.

Teaching & training of junior staff, medical students

To actively participate in both departmental & Trust matters concerning Clinical Governance &

To have responsibility for ensuring active participation in continuing medical education (CME).