Senior Clinical Fellow in Emergency Medicine

LEWISHAM AND GREENWICH NHS TRUST; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A community-focused NHS Trust in Greater London is seeking a fully registered Emergency Medicine Consultant to join its busy Emergency Department. The role involves providing emergency care, participating in clinical governance, and supporting teaching initiatives for trainees. Candidates should have extensive experience in emergency medicine and possess relevant advanced life support certifications. Join a dedicated team in a thriving clinical environment that values diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

Comprehensive training package

Supportive team environment

Opportunities for professional development

Qualifications

• Full registration with UK General Medical Council and a Licence to Practice.
• Current provider status in at least one of the following advanced life support courses ATLS or ALS.
• Completed at least three years full time postgraduate training in a relevant specialty.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the provision of a safe, effective and efficient Emergency Medicine Service.
• Participate in continuing professional development at local and national level.
• Support the Trust to deliver quality patient care.

Skills

Advanced life support courses (ATLS, ALS)

Computer skills

Teaching experience

Audit knowledge

Education

Full registration with UK General Medical Council

Relevant postgraduate qualification/diploma (e.g. MRCEM)

Job description

Job overview

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Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust (LGT), is a community-focused provider of local and acute care, delivering high-quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, and Bexley. We provide whole-life care and are here to support our communities to live healthier lives as well as taking care of them when they need us the most.

Employing almost 7,500 colleagues, affectionately known as Team LGT, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham, and at over a dozen community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup.

We have recently launched our new vision and values to mark the LGT10 - the tenth anniversary of our Trust forming in 2013. Our trust vision is to be exceptional. In the quality of our patient care; our support for colleagues; and in the difference we make through our partnerships and in our communities.

To achieve this we value Respect, Compassion, and Inclusion; Being accountable over staying comfortable; Listening over always knowing best; and Succeeding together over achieving alone. You can read more about our visions and values here

Our hospitals and community sites provide a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, as well as emergency and planned care. The Trust is rated as "good" or "outstanding" in over three-quarters of the services inspected by the Care Quality Commission.

Every year our work includes performing 10,000 procedures in our theatres; bringing seven and a half thousand new lives into the world; carrying out 570,000 visits to patients in their homes or communities and providing emergency care for more than 300,000 patients arriving in our busy Urgent and Emergency Departments.

LGT is a centre for the education and training of medical students enrolled with King's College London's GKT School of Medical Education. We are a training centre for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. We are pioneering new roles that will support the changing needs of our patients and are one of the largest employers of physician associates in the country.

We are committed to working with our partners to deliver the best outcomes for our local communities. This means playing an active role in the South East London Integrated Care System (ICS), and in formal partnerships including the South East London Acute Provider Collaborative, provider partnerships with our local mental health trusts and borough-based boards of the ICSc in Bexley, Greenwich and Lewisham.

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12 month fixed term contract from start date

The Consultant body contains current FRCEM examiners, ATLS, APLS & ALS instructors and all of whom are level 1 and some level 2 US trained. The evidence speaks for itself we have a proven track record in our long term middle grades successfully becoming consultants via the this advertised process, and have the full support of the department, they would be happy to talk to you about this informally. There will be a specifically designed training and teaching package for all successful applicants and there will be a designated Consultant supervisor for the duration of the rotation, which will include regular 1-1's and portfolio reviews, access to educations resources, and support with evidence collation.

From a clinical perspective these posts will participate in the 24-hour Emergency Department rota. The rotation is initially offered on a fixed term contract for 12 months, at which point you will be expected have had a successful ARCP. Following this it is envisage an extension, on a mutually agreed basis, of a 12-month rolling contract. We estimate the programme will take 4 years to complete all the rotations. There is also capacity to do extra shifts within the ED and our staff are given priority so that we can secure our own trusted staff to ensure no compromise in patient care.

Main duties of the job

Clinical Responsibilities

1. To assist in the provision of a safe, effective and efficient Emergency Medicine Service.
2. To be actively involved in audit and quality issues and to support the Trust's Clinical Governance programme and continuing professional development responsibilities for which time is allocated in the job plan.
3. To participate in the Directorate's clinical meetings.
4. To contribute to the ED shop floor cover.

Medical Education & Teaching

1. Participate in the professional supervision, management, support and teaching of Emergency Department Trainees.

Clinical Audit and Clinical Governance

1. Participate in the Clinical Audit programme of the Emergency Department in accordance with Unit and Trust policy.
2. Comply with the Trust's Clinical Governance processes as stipulated by the Directorate and Medical Directors from time to time.

Continuing Professional Development

1. Participate in continuing professional development at local and national level.
2. Implement audit and research findings as appropriate in clinical practice.
3. Prepare and participate in appraisal in accordance with Trust policy.

Policy Planning and Management

1. Support the Trust to deliver quality patient care.
2. Contribute to the development of clinical and organisational protocols and guidelines.
3. Assist in the development of the Annual Service Plan for the Directorate and Directorate and participate in the strategic planning of the service.

Working for our organisation

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

1. Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
2. Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
3. Improving the experience of staff with disability
4. Improving the EDI literacy and of trust staff through training and development
5. Making equalities mainstream

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post is full-time and is part of the Emergency Department Team. The successful applicants will join the Queen Elizabeth Hospital treating a large range of acutely unwell patients.

We are advertising this post for our Portfolio Pathway (previously known as CESR) programme at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Emergency Department.

The post is full-time and is entirely within the Emergency Department at QEH for the contract duration.

The successful applicant will work in a EWTD compliant rota, working shifts across 7 days including days, twilights, evenings, weekends and bank holidays.

The QEH site opened in March 2001. Although still fairly new, rising demand has meant that we are looking at way to expand and redevelop the department. The ED at QEH is amongst one busiest in London, seeing in excess of 150,000 new patients annually. The workload provides an opportunity to see a wide variety of acute medical and surgical problems.

Duties of the post

To help ensure the smooth running of the services provided by the Emergency Department. To work with other staff in the Emergency Department to ensure provision of a safe and effective emergency service to the local population through clinical work, teaching, audit, and management. To help the Emergency Department meet National Quality Indicators in emergency care.

ED Consultants' presence, supervision and support are available from 0800-2200 every day.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Full registration with UK General Medical Council and a Licence to Practice
• Current provider status in at least one of the following advanced life support courses ATLS or ALS or other recognised equivalent course

Desirable criteria

• Should hold a relevant postgraduate qualification/diploma e.g. MRCEM
• Current provider status in 2 or more advanced life support courses ATLS or ALS
• Instructor status in ATLS or ALS

Clinical Experience

Essential criteria

• Completed at least three years full time postgraduate training (or its equivalent) at least one of which will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty or as a fixed term appointment in a relevant specialty
• Shall have at least 12 months, full time (or its equivalent) experience of working in a Consultant led ED or have demonstrable, equivalent experience and competencies

Desirable criteria

• Demonstrates developing an area of interest in Emergency Medicine

Clinical Audit

Essential criteria

• Understanding of principles of medical audit.
• Familiarity with information technology and general computer skills.

Desirable criteria

• Should have evidence of current ongoing CPD and annual appraisal

Teaching Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of undergraduate teaching

We reserve the right to close the post before the stated closing date, please apply early. We do not contact applicants with the outcome of the shortlisting. If you have been shortlisted, you will receive an invite to an assessment day or interview.

As a local employer and anchor institution we work closely with our community to recruit locally and we welcome applications from the widest variety of people to ensure our workforce are reflective of the local communities which we serve. We encourage all suitable candidates to apply including if you are Black, Asian or other ethnic minorities, live with a disability (visible or not) or are LGBT+. We have a number of active staff networks including Disability, LGBT+, Multicultural Inclusion and Women's staff networks to bring staff together and celebrate diversity across our whole workforce.

Please note that sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route is subject to Trust allocation and UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) approval.

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.

Application numbers

To ensure fairness and manageable shortlisting processes, some vacancies may have an application cap. This means the vacancy will close once a set number of applications have been received even if this happens before the advertised closing date.

We recommend applying as early as possible to avoid missing out. All applications received before the cap is reached will be considered equally and assessed against the person specification.

Documents to download

• Job description and Candidate information Pack (PDF, 409.1KB)
• Working at LGT (PDF, 4.2MB)
• Visa and Certificate of Sponsorship Information for Applicants (PDF, 3.8MB)
• Candidate Guidance on the use of AI (PDF, 3.8MB)