Senior Clinical Fellow A&E

LEWISHAM AND GREENWICH NHS TRUST; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare organization seeks a Senior Clinical Fellow in Emergency Medicine to enhance their career path towards CESR. You will engage in high-quality emergency care and have opportunities for teaching and professional development. The role includes substantial clinical work with a focus on delivering support in a dynamic environment. Candidates are expected to have experience and full UK medical registration, along with a commitment to quality patient care and staff engagement.

Qualifications

• Experience of undergraduate teaching.
• Completed at least three years full time postgraduate training in a relevant specialty.
• Understanding of principles of medical audit.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality emergency care.
• Develop portfolio towards CESR.
• Engage in teaching and professional development.

Skills

Emergency Medicine expertise

Teaching experience

Clinical Audit understanding

Education

Full registration with UK General Medical Council

Job description

Job overview

Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust is delighted to invite applications for a Senior Clinical Fellow (SCF) in Emergency Medicine with a special interest in the CESR (Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration) pathway, based at University Hospital Lewisham.

This is an excellent opportunity for motivated Emergency Medicine clinicians seeking a structured, well‑supported route to CESR and consultant‑level practice within a busy, forward‑thinking Emergency Department.

Main duties of the job

As a Senior Clinical Fellow, you will play a key role in delivering high‑quality, safe, and effective emergency care while developing your portfolio towards CESR. The post combines substantial shop‑floor clinical work with protected time for special interests, teaching, audit, and professional development.

You will work predominantly in the adult Emergency Department, with opportunities for secondment in Anaesthetics, Intensive Care, Paediatrics, and Acute Medicine during the latter part of the programme.

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 confidence of trust staff through training and development
5. Making equalities mainstream

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

If you are an experienced Emergency Medicine doctor seeking a supportive CESR pathway in a dynamic department, we would love to hear from you.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Full registration with UK General Medical Council
• Should hold MRCEM primary, intermediate and OSCE qualification
• Current provider status in at least one of the following advanced life support courses ATLS or ALS or other recognised equivalent course

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 18 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.

Teaching

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.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Documents to download

• SCF JD Nov 25 (PDF, 320.4KB)
• Working at LGT (PDF, 4.2MB)
• Visa and Certificate of Sponsorship Information for Applicants (PDF, 3.8MB)
• Candidates Guidance on Applying (PDF, 175.2KB)
• Candidate Guidance on the use of AI (PDF, 3.8MB)
• Candidates Guidance on Applying (PDF, 175.2KB)
• Candidate Guidance on the use of AI (PDF, 3.8MB)