Junior Clinical Fellow - Emergency Medicine | Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk - Jobboard; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in Maidstone is offering a Junior Clinical Fellow position within their Emergency Department. In this role, you will deliver high-quality emergency care, collaborate with specialty teams, and support junior doctors. Responsibilities include coordinating with the consultant, managing daily operations, and ensuring patient flow. The position offers flexibility, training, and a supportive environment for professional development.

Qualifications

• Ability to provide high standard of patient care.
• Cooperation with medical and managerial colleagues.
• Engagement in clinical governance and teaching.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with the on-call consultant for clinical and administrative matters.
• Support junior doctors and manage day-to-day operations.
• Maintain efficient patient flow and support 4-hour ED target.

Job description

We are offering an exciting position within our Emergency Department for a Junior Clinical Fellow.

In this role, you'll contribute to the delivery of high-quality emergency care at both Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Hospitals. Working closely with a dedicated team, you'll be involved in assessing and treating patients who attend the Emergency Department. You’ll also collaborate with various specialty teams and support more junior doctors in their development.

Your responsibilities will include coordinating with the on-call consultant for both clinical and administrative matters, as well as working alongside the nurse in charge to help manage the day-to-day operations of the department. You’ll play a key role in maintaining efficient patient flow and supporting the achievement of the 4-hour ED target—while always prioritising the delivery of safe, high-standard care.

As a valued member of the Emergency Medicine team, you’ll play a key role in delivering both diagnostic and therapeutic care to patients across all areas of our emergency assessment unit. This includes minor injuries and illnesses and the resuscitation zone.

You will always have senior support and will not be expected to manage the department independently. We foster a collaborative environment. We provide a positive working environment with flexibility, training, and support to help you succeed. This Clinical Fellow position is designed to help expand and enhance our emergency services in response to growing demand and evolving roles within the profession.

The Trust was formed in April 2000 by the merger of the Mid Kent Healthcare Trust and the Kent & Sussex Weald NHS Trust. It provides general hospital services to a population of approximately 460,000 in West Kent and North East Sussex, and some specialist services to a considerably larger population. Its major hospitals are the Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury and Maidstone Hospital. The Trust’s Headquarters are at Maidstone Hospital. The Trust’s Chair is Mr David Highton, the Chief Executive is Mr Miles Scott and the Medical Director is Dr Peter Maskell. Clinical services are organised into nine clinical directorates.

1. To provide a high standard of care to any patient for whom you have clinical responsibility.
2. To participate in clinical and other service activities and developments with the aim of ensuring a high standard of patient care across the Trust.
3. To work in close co-operation with other medical, professional and managerial colleagues, both within and outside the specialty, to provide high quality health care to the Trust’s patients, and to make a contribution to future thinking about the Trust’s strategic direction.
4. To participate fully in clinical governance of the specialty covering its Trust-wide activities. To attend clinical governance half-days as detailed in the Trust’s Guide to Job Planning unless on agreed leave or while attending emergencies.
5. To participate actively in departmental audits, sharing co-ordination of audit activities within the department and implementation of change.
6. To engage with undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
7. To ensure at all times that you comply with the General Medical Council’s published guide “Good Medical Practice” including the Duties of a Doctor.
8. To take personal responsibility for risk management in your work and undertake to review practices and learn from mistakes.




This advert closes on Monday 11 Aug 2025