West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
Fixed Term Senior Clinical Fellow in ED CESR Training
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Role Overview
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.
Application Eligibility
The applicant should be aiming to become a consultant by entering formal training at ST3/4 onwards or by the CESR route and Article 14, or the Defined Route of Entry into Emergency Medicine (DREEM).
Role Details
This Senior Clinical Fellow (CESR Post) in Emergency Medicine rotates through three six-month positions: in Anaesthetics, Critical Care Medicine, and Acute Medicine. There are nine posts in total in the trust with six posts in the Emergency Medicine and three in the specialties at any one time. This enables both the provision of high-quality medical staff to the Emergency Department and for doctors to obtain the rotation competencies required for career progression. Each of the posts provide clinical supervision, competency assessment and education.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide high quality care, knowledge, and skill for the patients either directly or by supervision and floor management of the junior clinical staff.
- 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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Application Information
Please see Job Description and Person Specification attached for full details.
We will close vacancies before the stated closing date once the first 50 applications are received. Therefore, please apply as soon as possible.
About West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
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Our Services
- West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
- Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
Our Values
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and teamwork guide how we work and behave as a team.
With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyone's voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
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For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Dr William Dean
- Job title: ED/ITU Clinical Lead
- Email address: William.Dean@wsh.nhs.uk
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