Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatric Emergency Medicine
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week (Daytime, Nights and weekends. 24 hour service.)
- Job ref
- 284-24-6262988-DPBC
- Employer
- Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Birmingham Children's Hospital
- Town
- Birmingham
- Salary
- £55,329 - £63,152 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Clinical Fellows in Paediatric Emergency Medicine
NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow
Job overview
Birmingham Children's Hospital is currently recruiting for a Senior Clinical Fellow (ST4 – ST7) in Paediatric Emergency Medicine, available to commence in August/September 2024 for a duration of 6-12 months.
Main duties of the job
The post-holders will be an integral part of the clinical team and will carry out the following duties:
- Reception, examination, diagnosis, resuscitation, treatment and management of patients in the Emergency Department until appropriate transfer to inpatient facility or discharge home. This includes both medical and trauma patients.
- Supervision of more junior medical staff in the Emergency Department.
- Participation in the Trust Major Incident Procedure.
- Participation in delivering teaching to undergraduate students attached to the Department.
- Attendance at departmental meetings as appropriate.
- Participation in annual NHS appraisal.
Working for our organisation
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.
Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.
Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.
Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The following opportunities are available in the department during your job, and we welcome candidates who are keen and willing to help progress the department, or relationships around the department.
Education/Simulation – Dr Kate Edgworth is the Education Lead and runs an active education programme for all clinicians. There is daily teaching including simulation and radiology. Clinics for SLE’s run on a Monday afternoon.
Trauma – Dr Tina Newton is the Trauma lead for the trust and is an ED PEM consultant. We are the Paediatric Major Trauma Centre for the West Midlands. Candidates are expected to have an interest in trauma management, and it is desirable to have ATLS or other equivalent trauma qualifications.
Research – working with Dr Stuart Hartshorn, ED Lead for Research and a Clinical Trials Scholar at the Birmingham Clinical Trials Unit, University of Birmingham [email protected], and if interested any candidate will be supported to develop and complete a research project in PEM.
QI/Management – working with Dr Anand Kanani ([email protected] ) runs active audit and QI projects in the department. For those who want experience in higher level QI management, opportunities will be given to complete projects that candidates have an interest in, or guided to suitable projects.
We pride ourselves on our friendly links with the rest of the hospital and, alongside working with the ED nursing staff, Emergency Nurse Practitioners and the newly expanded team of PEM consultants, fellows will be encouraged to work with other teams and specialties in the hospital relevant to their interests.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
Desirable criteria
- Success in one of the following: • MRCPCH • MCEM • MRCP • Equivalent qualification (eg FRACP)
Skills
Essential criteria
- Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment
- Evidence of achievement of Foundation competencies from a UKFPO affiliated Foundation Programme or equivalent by the time of appointment in line with GMC standards in Good Medical Practice including: • Make the care or your patient your first concern • Protect and promote the health of patients and of the public • Provide a good standard of practice and care • Treat patients as individuals and respect their dignity • Work in partnership with patients • Be honest and open and act with integrity
- By the time of appointment, achievement of one of the following or equivalent; • Level 1 training competences in Paediatrics. • CT1, CT2 & CT3 Acute Common Care Stem (ACCS) Emergency Medicine (EM) competences at Core Trainee level • Evidence of 36 months training at CT1, CT2 and CT3 level in the specialties that make up the ACCS and CT3 EM programme, but must include a minimum of 6 months in EM and a minimum of 3 months in specialties other than EM. If musculoskeletal has not been completed then a minimum of 9 months EM is required.
- Eligibility to work in the UK
- Competencies in acute paediatric care: Up-to-date APLS/EPALS Out of hours experience relevant to the job
- Relevant speciality clinical knowledge: Capacity to apply sound clinical knowledge relevant to the job
- Clinical judgement: Experience in making clinical decisions and managing risk. Knows when to seek help, able to prioritise clinical need
- Practical skills: Shows aptitude for practical skills required in the job
- Clinical governance: • Demonstrates understanding of importance of risk management • Track record of engaging in clinical governance • Evidence of active participation in audit • Aware of own limitations and can demonstrate experience in learning from errors
- Research: • Demonstrates understanding of importance of research
Desirable criteria
- APLS/EPALS instructor ATLS/ETC provider
- Has completed personal audits
- Evidence of degrees, prizes, awards, distinctions, or additional evidence based medicine & e-learning modules
- Evidence of contribution to departmental guidelines.
- Evidence of active participation in research publications in peer review journals, presentations at academic meetings or poster presentations
- Instructor (or a recommendation for Instructor) status in an advanced life support course (ALS, ATLS, ETC, EPALS, APLS) or equivalent course
- Evidence of receiving positive structured feedback for teaching
- Evidence of completion of a teaching course
- Management: Evidence of interest and experience in management and leadership
Commitment
Essential criteria
- Learning & Personal Development: • Demonstrates interest and realistic insight into paediatric emergency medicine • Understanding & awareness of particular requirements & demands of working with children & their parents • Demonstrates reflective approach to practice & commitment to personal development
Desirable criteria
- Extracurricular activities/achievements relevant to paediatrics and/or EM
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kate Mackay
- Job title
- ED Consultant
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0121 333 9515
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