Paediatrics Emergency Department (PED) Senior Clinical Fellow

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust; Romford; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading organization is looking for a Senior Clinical Fellow in Paediatrics to enhance the Emergency Department's service quality. This role includes full clinical responsibilities, training opportunities, and active participation in governance and quality improvement, offering a dynamic work environment within a multi-cultural team.

Benefits

Study leave allowance

Funding for Emergency Medicine-based courses

Formal departmental teaching

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration required.
• Previous experience of the UK health system is essential.

Responsibilities

• Organise the emergency treatment of patients in the Paediatric Emergency Department.
• Contribute to the development of emergency treatment protocols and clinical governance.
• Participate in audits and quality improvement projects.

Skills

Clinical skill

Knowledge of NHS clinical governance

Education

Full GMC registration

APLS or equivalent

Job description

Paediatrics Emergency Department (PED) Senior Clinical Fellow

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The poster holder will support the Paediatric Emergency Department in:

Ensuring the effective organisation of the reception, resuscitation, diagnosis and emergency treatment of all patients presenting to the Paediatric Emergency Department.

The appropriate discharge of patients to a specialist unit within the hospital and other hospitals in the area, General Practitioner of back to the community.

The readiness of the department to implement at any time the Major Incident Plan.

The post holder will contribute to the periodic reviews and verifications of these plans.

The monitoring of the quality of service given by the Paediatric Emergency Department which includes clinical audit.

Active participation at various committees and working groups,

Participation in development of emergency treatment protocols

Professional supervision under Consultant guidance aiming to encourage the development of all doctors within Emergency Medicine,

Contributing to the provision of reports for the Coroner, Police Statements and for Complaints management adhering to time frames.

Demonstrating an involvement in Clinical Governance. Risk Management and Clinical audit.

Ensuring own practice is up to date. This will include taking responsibility for own clinical professional development and participation in the Trust wide appraisal system.

Complying with data protection.

Complying with all relevant Trust Policies and Procedures.

Main duties of the job

Paediatrics Emergency Department (PED) Senior Clinical Fellow

The post holder will be clinically and educationally responsible to the Consultants in the Paediatric Emergency Department. This post offers:

A 3 year programme working at registrar-level in the Paediatric Emergency Department at Queens and King Georges Hospitals

Study Leave allowance and funding towards Emergency Medicine-based courses

Formal departmental teaching built into the rota for all doctors

Sim training

Opportunity to participate in Research

Participation in Audit and Quality Improvement Projects

Named Educational Supervisor

Rota

We offer flexible rostering where the post holder will be able to request their own shifts to work and choose their working pattern over a 3 month period. Shift patterns are 0800-1800, 1000-2000/1200-2200 and nights 2000-0830/ 2200-0600.

About us

We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with. We're no longer in special measures we've opened two new theatres at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH) and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, was named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal in 2024.We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A& E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care. Our patients are benefitting from our Women's Health Hub in Ilford an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub in Hornchurch. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 94,000 scans a year. The majority of our 8,000 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer. We're looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Once you understand the requirements outlined in the advert, please ensure your application accurately reflects where you match them. For further information regarding the role please read the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Shortlisting Criteria

Essential

• Full GMC registration
• Appropriate level of clinical skill and knowledge
• Previous experience of UK health system
• APLS or equivalent
• Understanding of NHS clinical governance

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