Senior Clinical Fellow in Research with Emergency Medicine

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Job summary

The University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Senior Clinical Fellow specializing in Emergency Medicine for a 12-month full-time position. The role involves leading patient management in an emergency setting while also engaging in research and training. Candidates should possess relevant certifications and a degree in medicine, with significant opportunities for professional development and leadership training.

Benefits

Development opportunities

Employee assistance programme

Discounted gym membership

Onsite fitness classes

Car schemes

Qualifications

• Mandatory qualifications include FRCEM Intermediate and ALS certifications.
• Degree equivalent to MBBS/MBChB is required.
• Experience at Tier 4 level is expected.

Responsibilities

• Split time between research and clinical shifts in Emergency Department.
• Lead management of acutely ill or trauma patients.
• Participate in 24/7 middle grade clinical cover.

Skills

Clinical decision making

Risk management

Written communication

Verbal communication

Education

FRCEM Intermediate

ALS Certification

ATLS Certification

MBBS/MBChB or equivalent

Good Clinical Practice (GCP) training

Job description

Main area Emergency Medicine Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow Contract 12 months (Fixed term) Hours Full time - 40 hours per week (Minimum 40 hours includes participation in out of hours rota) Job ref 320-MDR-7176054-GM

Employer University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal Derby Hospital Town Derby Salary £61,825 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 18/06/2025 23:59

Senior Clinical Fellow in Research with Emergency Medicine

NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

With over 13,000 members of staff you can expect huge variety and new opportunities every day! Our staff go above and beyond and take pride in caring for our patients.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is fully committed to promoting inclusion, equality, diversity and human rights in employment and delivery of its services. The Trust is committed to providing an environment where all employees, patients, carers and visitors experience equality of opportunity by means of understanding and appreciating the value of diversity.

As a Trust we promote an inclusive environment and welcome applications from a diverse pool of talent and backgrounds. All individuals are valued and given every opportunity to succeed based on merit.

The Trust actively encourages applications from members of our Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities. These groups are under-represented in our organisation, and it’s important to us that our workforce reflects the diversity of our communities as much as possible.

Armed Forces and Disability Confident guaranteed interview scheme

To further support the pledges in the Armed Forces Covenant and to make a positive contribution to support ex-armed forces personnel (veterans) make the transition to civilian life, the Trust has introduced a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for veterans who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification, to help them overcome barriers to find civilian employment. The scheme will operate for all external recruitment.

The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer and committed to both employing and retaining people with disabilities. This commitment is to guarantee an interview for any candidate that has disclosed a disability under the Equality Act 2010 and who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification. Reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010 will be considered upon request.

If you require support/adjustments with your application please contact the recruitment team on 01332 788466

Join us and help make a real difference to our Trust.

Here’s more about the role and what we’re looking for;

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for a speciality registrar to work 50% in the OOPE speciality of Research and approximately 50% engaged in middle grade clinical shifts in the Emergency Department at Bleep Holder Level.

This role will support the post holder to extend their emergency medicine clinical knowledge, to have allocated time to undertake training and deliver a specific project related to their research. This post will also support the holder to extend their higher specialist training by a further year to prepare them for the demands of being an ED Consultant

Main duties of the job

The post holder will split their time approximately 50:50 between research and middle grade clinical shifts in the Emergency Department at bleep-holder level. The majority of work in research will be during weekday daytimes,. It is however envisaged that clinical ED shifts will tend to fall at weekends or out of hours. However, no greater than a one in 3 weekend frequency will be expected.

The ED has 24/7 middle grade clinical cover & extended Consultant cover to 8am-2am 7 days per week. Post-holders in this grade will participate in the Tier 4 rota at "bleep-holding level". Duties within the Emergency Department will cover the whole range of clinical responsibility for both those patients seen in the Emergency Department and inpatients on our observation ward.

Clinical duties will include taking a lead role in the management of acutely ill or traumatised patients. The qualities of leadership required as head of an emergency team are stressed and it is anticipated that these qualities will be gradually learned through the process of supervision of more junior doctors and involvement in their education - both formal and informal.

The post holder will be expected to prioritise and time-manage effectively according to the activity of the department and to utilise appropriately the available senior staff for advice.

Working for our organisation

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
• On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts about our Trust:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will be expected to prioritise and time-manage effectively according to the activity of the department and to utilise appropriately the available senior staff for advice.

Education and Training

A Consultant educational supervisor for the period of the appointment will be allocated. The post holder will be expected to complete work place based assessments to allow documentation of their own development and develop a personal learning plan with regular review.
Specific training time within research is a core part of this role.

Recognition of Posts for Postgraduate Training

These posts are not recognised for training but the successful candidate will require the appropriate permissions from their Head of School to take time out from their training programme.

This OOPE will involve working with the UHDB research team for 50% of their working time.

The successful applicants will gain clinical experience across all of these teams, whilst also engaging with the clinical rota when appropriate.

The successful applicant is expected to lead on a Quality Improvement research project within the emergency department. This can be either of the candidate's own design or one suggested by the current ED and research teams. Any such project is likely to require liaison with various stakeholders, including research, primary care and relevant charity and patient groups.

Additionally a proportion of this role will be to improve Medicine and education within the emergency department. This will include updating guidance and Standard Operating Procedures. This will also involve regular teaching sessions for both medical and nursing staff

Person specification

Qualifications

• FRCEM intermediate
• ATLS/ETC certification
• ALS certification
• APLS or PALS certification
• MBBS/MBChB or equivalent
• Good Clinical Practice (GCP) training Higher degree

Clinical Experience

• • Experience at Tier 4 level

Clinical Knowledge and skills

• Experience in making clinical decisions & managing risk
• Demonstrable experience of the “Top 20” acute medical presentations & their management
• Evidence of previous involvement with Research
• Demonstrates clarity in written/spoken communication & capacity to adapt language as appropriate to the situation

Our Trust aims to provide the highest quality care to patients within Derbyshire and South East Staffordshire and we want the very best people to work with us.

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION

If we receive a high number of applications for this position we reserve the right to withdraw the post before the closing date, therefore it is advisable that you apply as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

At UHDB , we offer different ways to work flexibly to each and every one of our colleagues, many of whom already work flexibly at all sites of the Trust.

For our roles we are open to discussing the possibility of part-time/ reduced hours/ compressed hours/ flexible start and finish times/ fixed/flexible shifts/annualised hours/ term time hours/ hybrid working – working partly in the trust/partly at home.

Why don’t you talk to us at interview about the flexibility you would like to explore and what it means to you, and we will discuss what’s possible for the job and team, and the opportunities we might be able to create together.

We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise to work with you to look at all the available options.

Most of our posts are subject to a DBS check, however having a criminal record will not necessarily bar you from obtaining a position. Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.

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UKVI is responsible for managing migration. To obtain a visa or entry clearance, you will need to meet certain requirements and demonstrate you have the right the work in the UK via:

• the points-based immigration system
• the EU settlement scheme
• eVisa

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

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

If we receive a high number of applications for this position we reserve the right to withdraw the post before the closing date, therefore it is advisable that you apply as early as possible to avoid disappointment.