Clinical Fellow Emergency Medicine

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Bedford; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust invites an enthusiastic Emergency Medicine Doctor to join the Bedford Hospital Site Emergency Department. You will provide high quality emergency care, maintain clinical standards, and drive service improvements across resus, majors, ambulatory majors, minor injuries, paediatrics, and the UTC oversight.

The role emphasizes hands-on clinical work, collaboration with senior staff, and involvement in teaching and training of medical students and junior

Qualifications

• Must be dedicated to providing high quality emergency care.
• Proven ability to work under pressure in a busy ED.
• Willingness to mentor/teach medical students and junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Involves initial diagnosis and management of all patients in ED.
• Follow up observation patients and coordinate discharge under supervision.
• Be part of the hospital trauma team for major trauma cases.
• Supervise and teach medical students and trainees.
• Assist with police report preparation as needed.
• Discharge summaries to GPs with clear management plans.

Skills

Emergency medicine

Trauma management

Resuscitation

Clinical governance

Teaching/training

Job description

We are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic Emergency Medicine Doctor to work at the Bedford Hospital Site Emergency Department. You must be dedicated to providing high quality emergency care, maintaining clinical standards, and continually looking to drive positive change by developing the service.

This is an exciting challenge for an Emergency Medicine Doctor who is keen to be at the heart of delivering a modern emergency medicine service across resus, majors, ambulatory majors, minor injuries, paediatrics and oversight of our Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC).

• 1 The Clinical Fellows are involved in the initial diagnosis and management of all patients attending the department. The Clinical Fellow will rapidly gain valuable experience in managing medical and surgical emergencies, trauma and minor injuries. Resuscitation of the acutely ill or injured are taught on a regular basis and there will be many opportunities to develop these skills. Senior medical support is always available and their involvement is encouraged especially during the Clinical Fellow's first month of tenure.
• 2 Admission of observation patients under the A&E consultants - The A&E Clinical Fellow should follow up these patients and co-ordinate their discharge under the direct supervision of senior A&E staff.
• 3 Membership of the hospital's trauma team to treat major trauma cases
• 4 Supervision and teaching of medical students is an enjoyable part of the Clinical Fellow's responsibility although formal tutorials are organised by the specialist registrar and consultants.
• 5 The preparation of police reports is a useful skill to learn during the Clinical Fellows tenure. The preparation and remuneration is co-ordinated by the Consultants' secretary.
• 6 All patients who are discharged should receive a GP letter summarising their diagnosis and management.

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.