Clinical Fellow in Emergency Medicine

The post is a Senior Clinical Fellow in Emergency Medicine, contracted for 40 hours with some opportunity paid additional hours via staff bank in both the Emergency Department at Royal Blackburn Hospital and the Urgent Treatment Centre at Burnley General Hospital, These posts are designed to attract those doctors who wish to settle in an area for a five year period and advance their career in Emergency Medicine. Although posts are for 24 months, they are the stepping stone for gaining the skills required to become a Specialty Doctor in Emergency Medicine. Successful applicants will populate a 24 hour senior clinical fellow grade rota. Competency documentation will be completed based on the Royal College of Emergency Medicine training syllabus and each post holder will have an emergency medicine educational supervisor and a clinical supervisor for each secondment. Post holders will be encouraged to pass the MRCEM exam if not already qualified. Each appointee will have an individualised personal development plan according to need.

For entry at Senior Clinical Fellow level, applicants should preferably have significant experience in Emergency Medicine. They should have completed as a minimum two years of full-time regular hospital service following completion of Foundation Training, of which one year should be in Emergency Medicine, and the remainder in relevant other specialties.,

• Full Registration with GMC and licence to practice
• Experience in Emergency Medicine
Desirable criteria
• ALS/APLS
• MRCEM, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  
  At East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area. We employ over 9,500 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work., East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT) was established in 2003 and is a large integrated health care organisation providing high quality acute secondary healthcare for the people of East Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen.
We employ 10,000 staff, some of whom are award winning and internationally renowned for their work and achievements. We treat over 700,000 patients a year from the most serious of emergencies to planned operations and procedures. Our high-quality healthcare services are offered across four hospital sites and various community sites., The Trust is an equal opportunities employer, committed to improving the working lives of our staff and operates a 'Zero Tolerance' policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment. In addition, our aim is to help protect children and vulnerable adults by providing a first-class service to the recruitment of people into positions of trust. We aim to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnic origin, gender, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, disability or social background. We especially welcome applications from members of our black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities, as we have identified that ELHT has an under-representation of BAME employees. Appointments will be made on merit.

It is important you are made aware of the following as regards your application to East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
• Please note that the salary advertised is for full time hours. If this post is less than 37.5 hours per week, the salary will be pro-rata. For posts on Agenda for Change pay-scales, new entrants to the NHS will normally commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.
• This vacancy may close before the closing date if the recruiting manager deems sufficient applications have been received. Therefore it is advised to complete your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
• Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.
• Please note that shortlisting is completed anonymously with candidates being assessed against the essential criteria for the post. Therefore only applicants, who can clearly demonstrate how they meet our person specification criteria in their application, will be short-listed.
Disclosure and Barring Scheme (DBS) If the role you are applying for is identified as either controlled or regulated activity as defined in in the Safeguarding vulnerable Groups Act (2006) any offer of employment is provisional upon a satisfactory DBS check being obtained. The healthcare sector is exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. In line with other NHS organisations in the North West Region, the Trust is now passing the charge for undertaking a DBS check on to candidates in the event they are successfully appointed into the post for which they have applied. Candidates can choose whether to pay this over 1-3 months as a deduction from the monthly salary. However, if you are applying for a post as a BANK worker, the payment must be made in full at the time of employment checks. By applying for this vacancy you are agreeing to this undertaking in the event you are successfully appointed. The cost of an Enhanced Disclosure will be £42.90 and for a Standard Disclosure £22.90 which includes a small handling fee.