Senior Clinical Fellow - 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.

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.