Senior Clinical Fellow in Emergency Medicine

This post is for doctors who are currently in a middle grade position in Emergency Medicine who need to complete specific ACCS competencies to enable their career progression. The applicant should be aiming to gain more experience before entering formal training at ST4 onwards or by the CESR route and Article 14, or the Defined Route of Entry into Emergency Medicine (DREEM). This post is a middle grade position which will experience in a supported Emergency Medicine department. This is a new middle grade position as Senior Clinical Fellow in Emergency Medicine with the potential to consolidate their experience in Emergency Medicine. The post will allow the applicant to develop Ultrasound and Research skills. This department has a strong link to ultrasound training and teaching and will provide support to interested candidates to achieve Level 1 & Level 2 Ultrasound skills. The Trust has strong links to Cambridge ultrasound school and will provide the opportunity for your ultrasound competencies to be signed off. This post will also allow you to take part in the active research and quality improvement programs within the department. Many of the research projects have been presented in international conferences and also published. The post duration is up to 24 months. The post with be compliant with RCEM 2021 guidance on Education Development Time.,

• You will be part of the multidisciplinary clinical team as middle grade in the Emergency Department.
• Provide high quality care, knowledge, and skill for the patients either directly or by supervision and floor management of the junior clinical staff
• To maintain the standards of the College of Emergency Medicine and the West Suffolk Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
• To assume clinical responsibility for patients brought to the department by the emergency services, self-referring or referred by GP
• You are expected to deal with unexpected emergencies including those resulting from infectious diseases like COVID-19
• To be part of Trauma Team co-ordinated management of major trauma
• To be immediately available for opinion, guidance and advice on any patient seen by a junior clinician in the ED at any time during the rostered duty shift
• To assist in conducting follow-up review of patients where considered appropriate by the Consultants
• To contribute to the production of departmental clinical management guidelines in line with evidence-based best practice
• To attend in the event of a hospital Major Incident call if available and off duty
• Maintain patient confidentiality
• Identify and act appropriately upon Safeguarding issues in children appropriately
  
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