Maternity Cover - ED Clinical Fellow (ST3+equivalent )

OUH; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 67,000 - 77,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Maternity Cover Clinical Fellow in Emergency Medicine (ST3+ level) for 12 months. Role involves ED duties across John Radcliffe and Horton General, with 40-hour weeks, weekends and nights as rotaed.

Cross-site work, potential teaching and governance involvement, and a strong educational emphasis are included. You will join a large teaching trust with opportunities for portfolio/pathway development and access to education time.

Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent medical degree.
• ALS and PALS or APLS by time of application.
• Full MRCEM.
• ATLS or ETC.
• A minimum of four years post-graduate medical experience, with at least 18 months in emergency medicine.
• Full GMC Registration.

Responsibilities

• Initial assessment and management of unselected acutely ill/injured ED patients.
• Train and supervise junior doctors (GP trainees and FY2).
• Assist with X-ray reports and correspondence with patients/GPs.
• Attend departmental teaching and participate in audits/governance.
• Maintain up-to-date resuscitation training.

Skills

Excellent English

Core procedures

Prioritisation

Time management

Professional communication

Punctuality

IT literacy

Ultrasound

EM skills

QA/Teaching/Research

Education

MBBS or equivalent medical degree

ALS and PALS or APLS by time of application

Full MRCEM

ATLS or ETC

Job description

Maternity Cover - ED Clinical Fellow (ST3+equivalent )

Clinical Fellow ST3+ or equivalent

Main area Emergency Medicine Grade Clinical Fellow ST3+ or equivalent Contract 12 months (Fixed Term for Maternity Cover) Hours Full time - 40 hours per week (N/A) Job ref 321-MRC-MS-8359744-S6

Site JRH Oxford, HH Banbury Town Oxford Salary £67,325 - £76,582 Per Annum Salary period Yearly Closing 02/11/2026 23:59

The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

Many of our recruitment programmes use values-based interviewing. We know that this makes a significance difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is now recruiting for Fixed Term - Maternity Cover Clinical Fellows to work in its emergency departments at John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford and Horton General Hospital, Banbury. This offers a unique opportunity to work cross-site in a Major Trauma Centre and a district general hospital. The department also has close links with a world-class university that could help to develop you as teacher, mentor or educationalist.

We have significant experience with Portfolio Pathway applications for GMC specialist registration, and can offer secondments, in anaesthetics, intensive care medicine, adult medicine and paediatrics.

We also support a work life balance. We have an annualised rota, self-rostering and 1:3 weekends maximum. There is paid educational development time and a competitive salary. Both the city centre with Oxford spires and the historic university and the glorious countryside is within a close radius of the hospital. There is also easy access and public transport to London, the Cotswolds and the midlands.

This role is not eligible for GMC sponsorship.

Main duties of the job

Emergency Medicine Maternity Cover FTC - Clinical Fellow equivalent to ST3 level or above.

Full time clinical fellows work a full shift rota across both departments, including day shifts, evening shifts, nights and weekend. The majority patients attending OUH EDs are ambulatory, and the majority will be discharged home at the end of their visit. Consequently, clinical fellows will spend much of their time diagnosing and treating ambulatory patients with minor illness and injury. However, clinical fellows will receive exposure to the full range of patients and conditions attending OUH emergency departments, with shifts in resus and paediatric areas.

Working for our organisation

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here www.ouh.nhs.uk

The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel .

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

DUTIES OF THE POST:

In the Emergency Department, the Clinical Fellow will be responsible for the initial assessment and management of unselected acutely ill and injured patients. He/she/they will help to train and supervise more junior doctors (GP trainees and FY2 doctors). He/she/they will assist with clinical administration, for example, checking X-ray reports, corresponding with patients and their general practitioners. He/she/they will have opportunities to participate in the department’s Clinical Governance activities, including departmental audit, and national audits required by the Healthcare Commission. He/she/they will also be expected to attend departmental teaching sessions. He/she/they will be responsible for keeping his/her/their resuscitation training up to date.

The division of responsibilities between sites will be discussed at interview and arrangements made clear in writing prior to appointment. Factors to be considered will be the preferences of the applicant, their training needs and skill sets, and the needs of the service in so far as they can be foreseen.

Work Commitment

As per rota. For full time registrars based at the John Radcliffe:

• 40 hours per week (before subtraction of leave entitlement);
• Approximately three weekends in nine weeks;
• Approximately seven nights in nine weeks;
• Approximately one third to one half of shifts will be worked at the Horton Hospital.

Person specification

GMC Registration

• Full GMC Registration

Qualifications/Training

• MBBS or equivalent medical degree
• ALS and PALS or APLS by the time of application
• Full MRCEM
• ATLS or ETC

Experience

• A minimum of four years post graduate medical experience by the time of application, of which at least 18 months has been worked in emergency medicine.
• Relevant experience from other acute specialties e.g. general medicine, paediatrics, anaesthesia, critical car

Skills and Knowledge

• Excellent written and spoken English
• Ability to perform all foundation years “core procedure” skills safely and independently.
• Prioritisation and time management skills.
• Ability to communicate professionally at all times with patients and staff at all levels.
• Punctual, courteous, well informed.
• IT literacy to include use of Outlook and Word.
• Level 1 ultrasound competency
• Additional clinical skills relevant to EM
• Evidence of involvement in quality improvement, teaching, audit or research

COVID-19: The COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this time, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at Oxfordshire County Council Website where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination. There is a current Government consultation underway which will determine whether some new starters may need to be vaccinated.

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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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