Junior Clinical Fellow - Emergency Medicine | Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Chelmsford is seeking a Junior Clinical Fellow to join its Emergency Department. The role involves assisting in emergency treatment, guiding junior doctors, and ensuring effective departmental operation within national targets. Candidates should be alert to clinical risks and have decision-making abilities. This position offers the opportunity to grow within a dynamic environment focused on patient care and emergency service delivery.

Qualifications

• Ability to assist in the provision of an effective emergency medicine service.
• Capacity to make good decisions and be alert to dangers or problems.

Responsibilities

• Assist in providing emergency treatment to patients.
• Liaise with specialties and help junior doctors.
• Lead in ensuring department targets are achieved.

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our Emergency Department as a Junior Clinical Fellow. Your role will be to assist in the provision of an effective emergency medicine service for the people of Mid Essex in collaboration with your colleagues, providing emergency treatment to patients attending the Emergency Medicine Department and liaising with specialties and to assist and guide junior doctors in emergency medicine. You will liaise with shop floor/on call consultant for clinical and administrative and the sister/nurse in charge and nursing staff and organise the smooth running of the department with attention to floor management in line with national targets and take a lead in ensuring the ED 4-hour target is achieved without compromising good quality of patient care.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the provision of an effective emergency medicine service for the people of Mid Essex in collaboration with your colleagues.
• Provide emergency treatment to patients attending the Emergency Medicine Department and liaise with specialties.
• Assist and guide junior doctors in emergency medicine.
• Liaise with shop floor/on call consultant for clinical and administrative and the sister/nurse in charge and nursing staff and organise the smooth running of the department with attention to floor management in line with national targets.
• Take a lead in ensuring the ED 4-hour target is achieved without compromising good quality of patient care.
• Provide diagnostic and therapeutic services to all patients attending the emergency assessment area comprising of the minor injuries, minor illnesses, ambulatory majors, majors, paediatric and resuscitation areas which are all part of the Emergency Village.
• Work with ENPs in the stand‑alone urgent treatment centre alongside a co‑located General Practitioner as well as Emergency Department clinicians.
• Not be expected to lead the department unsupervised at any time.
• Assist in the development of an improved specialist emergency service to the people of Mid Essex within the context of increasing emergency workload and changing professional roles.
• Enable the Department to increase the level of senior support available to ENPs and junior doctors throughout the whole 24‑hour period and at weekends.

About the Department

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well‑being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers. We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff thanks to more employment opportunities across our Trust. The purpose of the Clinical Fellow posts in Emergency Medicine is to assist in the development of an improved specialist emergency service to the people of Mid Essex, within the context of increasing emergency workload and changing professional roles. Your appointment will enable the Department to increase the level of senior support available to ENPs and junior doctors throughout the whole 24‑hour period and at weekends.

Are you a junior doctor who has the capacity to be alert to dangers or problems and the ability to make good decisions? Then we would like to hear from you.