Senior Clinical Fellow in Emergency Department

Whittington NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Whittington NHS Trust is inviting applications for the position of Senior Clinical Fellow in the Emergency Department. This role offers the opportunity to work alongside experienced medical teams and develop skills in both adult and pediatric emergency medicine. Ideal for those with a commitment to patient care and leadership, the position is open to qualified doctors with significant postgraduate experience.

Qualifications

• Must demonstrate understanding of GMC's Good Medical Practice principles.
• Completion of F2 competencies or equivalent is required.
• Two years working in Emergency Medicine essential.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients and initiate treatment in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team.
• Assist consultants in supervising junior doctors.
• Work on a shift basis covering the Emergency Department 24/7.

Skills

Emergency Medicine

Patient Assessment

Leadership

Education

Full GMC membership

Primary medical qualification

4 years postgraduate training

Job description

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Job overview

Applications are invited for enthusiastic, motivated and committed individuals to join our friendly team within the Emergency Department as the post of Senior Clinical Fellow.

This post offers the opportunity to work on a registrar rota alongside Emergency Medicine trainees and is suitable for doctors with at least 4 years postgraduate experience who are competent or on their way to being able to act as senior (lead) onsite clinician.

As an Integrated Care Organisation, Whittington Health is commissioned to provide acute and community services to meet the needs of our diverse population. Our mission is "Helping local people live longer, healthier lives". The Emergency Department has a co-located Urgent Care Centre, and a Clinical Decision Unit with well-established pathways and a multidisciplinary team. There is a dedicated Children's Emergency Department.

This advert will close after sufficient applications have been received.

Main duties of the job

Please see the Job Description and the Persons Specification for further details about the job role. If you are unable to access the PDF, the details of the job description can also be found in the 'Detailed Job Description and Main responsibilities' section.

Working for our organisation

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post will offer a wide range of experience in all aspects of both Adult and Paediatric Emergency Medicine and would be suitable for those planning a career in Emergency Medicine. However, due to the variety of work and the development of a leadership role, it would also be asset for anyone wishing to pursue a career in any acute specialty or general practice. It may also suit those who have followed an unconventional career path with a variety of previous experience in acute specialties who wish to consolidate and develop their clinical and leadership skills. We would welcome applications from overseas trainees with experience of Emergency Medicine who wish to work in the NHS.

You will assess patients and initiate treatment working with a multidisciplinary team and will assist the consultants in the supervision of the more junior doctors and in the safe and effective running of the Emergency Department.

You will work on a shift basis with other registrars e.g. Specialty Trainees (ST3 and above) or Specialty Doctors, such that cover is provided in the Emergency Department 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

There is shop-floor consultant cover Mon - Fri (08:00-22:30) and at weekends (12:00-20:00), with telephone cover at all other times. The ED Consultants are committed to the supervision and development of these posts. One will act as your Educational Supervisor, helping you gain the development and competencies you seek.

Consultants:

DR RACHEL LANDAU FACEM FRCEM - Clinical Director, Emergency and Integrated Medicine

DR DUNCAN CARMICHAEL FRCEM - Clinical Lead

DR ERUM JAMALL FRCPCH - Paediatric Lead

DR HEIDI EDMUNDSON MBCHB FRCEM

DR NATHALIE RICHARD FRCEM

DR SAZIA SAMAD FRCEM

DR NORA BRENNAN FRCEM

DR LUCY PARKER FRCEM

DR ELISHA STAUN FRCEM

DR FIRAS ABOU-AUDA FEBEM

DR VANESSA GEORGOULAS FCEM(SA)

Person specification

Eligibility

Essential criteria

• Must have full GMC membership.

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Achieved a primary medical qualification as recognised by the General Medical Council
• Completed 4 years full time postgrad training. At least 2 will be in a relevant specialty or have equivalent experience and competencies

Clinical Knowledge and Skills

Essential criteria

• Be familiar with and be able to demonstrate an understanding and experience of the major principles of the GMC's Good Medical Practice (2012)
• Completion of F2 competencies (or equivalent), or at least 2 years post qualification clinical experience

Experience & Attributes

Essential criteria

• At least two years working in Emergency Medicine.
• Experience working at registrar level in an Emergency Department
• To be able to act as senior (lead) ED clinician onsite

Desirable criteria

• Any teaching experience or completion of relevant courses.
• Completion of audit and any changes instigated following audit.

Courses

Essential criteria

• To have up to date ALS.

Desirable criteria

• To have up to date APLS, ATLS.

SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS

To comply with the Trust's Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:

• Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.

• Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.

• Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
• Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
• Participate in required training and supervision.
• Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct

Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Your application form -

1. Provide only business email address for your referees - we are unable to request references from yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail accounts.
2. Make sure you to include all evidence of where you meet the essential requirement on the jobs description as this forms the base of our shortlisting criteria.

Our processes -

1. Closing dates are given as a guide; we are within our right to close adverts early so please ensure you submit your application as soon as possible to avoid delay.
2. If you do not hear from us up to 3 weeks after the closing date of the job unfortunately this means you have not been successfully shortlisted for interview. If your require feedback on your application please contact the appointing manager detailed in the body of the advert.
3. Please check your emails regularly as all correspondence from us will be via trac.systems - occasionally these emails will go into your Junk folder.
4. Employment at Whittington Health is offered subject to successful completion of a 6 month probationary period for all staff with the exception of GMC Registered Doctors.

Other important information -

• Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Before submitting your application and to avoid disappointment please check that you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.
• Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.
• In submitting an application form, you authorise Whittington Health NHS Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process should you be appointed to the post.

If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks your identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a "selfie" using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit www.trustid.co.uk

Please note that during the recruitment process your Identity Documentation (i.e. passport, driving licence, visa, etc.) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, Infrared and Machine Readable Zone security features of the documents provided

The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.

We would welcome applications from individuals who are from underrepresented groups in the organisation

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

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in a good time to avoid disappointment .
Documents to download

• June 2025 SCF (PDF, 744.3KB)