Job summary
- Main area
- Emergency Medicine
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed term)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week (Minimum 40 hours includes participation in out of hours rota)
- Job ref
- 320-MDR-7176054-GM
- Employer
- University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Derby Hospital
- Town
- Derby
- Salary
- £61,825 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Senior Clinical Fellow in Research with Emergency Medicine
NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
With over 13,000 members of staff you can expect huge variety and new opportunities every day! Our staff go above and beyond and take pride in caring for our patients.
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is fully committed to promoting inclusion, equality, diversity and human rights in employment and delivery of its services. The Trust is committed to providing an environment where all employees, patients, carers and visitors experience equality of opportunity by means of understanding and appreciating the value of diversity.
As a Trust we promote an inclusive environment and welcome applications from a diverse pool of talent and backgrounds. All individuals are valued and given every opportunity to succeed based on merit.
The Trust actively encourages applications from members of our Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities. These groups are under-represented in our organisation, and it’s important to us that our workforce reflects the diversity of our communities as much as possible.
Armed Forces and Disability Confident guaranteed interview scheme
To further support the pledges in the Armed Forces Covenant and to make a positive contribution to support ex-armed forces personnel (veterans) make the transition to civilian life, the Trust has introduced a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for veterans who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification, to help them overcome barriers to find civilian employment. The scheme will operate for all external recruitment.
The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer and committed to both employing and retaining people with disabilities. This commitment is to guarantee an interview for any candidate that has disclosed a disability under the Equality Act 2010 and who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification. Reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010 will be considered upon request.
If you require support/adjustments with your application please contact the recruitment team on 01332 788466
Join us and help make a real difference to our Trust.
Here’s more about the role and what we’re looking for;
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for a speciality registrar to work 50% in the OOPE speciality of Research and approximately 50% engaged in middle grade clinical shifts in the Emergency Department at Bleep Holder Level.
This role will support the post holder to extend their emergency medicine clinical knowledge, to have allocated time to undertake training and deliver a specific project related to their research. This post will also support the holder to extend their higher specialist training by a further year to prepare them for the demands of being an ED Consultant
Main duties of the job
The post holder will split their time approximately 50:50 between research and middle grade clinical shifts in the Emergency Department at bleep-holder level. The majority of work in research will be during weekday daytimes,. It is however envisaged that clinical ED shifts will tend to fall at weekends or out of hours. However, no greater than a one in 3 weekend frequency will be expected.
The ED has 24/7 middle grade clinical cover & extended Consultant cover to 8am-2am 7 days per week. Post-holders in this grade will participate in the Tier 4 rota at "bleep-holding level". Duties within the Emergency Department will cover the whole range of clinical responsibility for both those patients seen in the Emergency Department and inpatients on our observation ward.
Clinical duties will include taking a lead role in the management of acutely ill or traumatised patients. The qualities of leadership required as head of an emergency team are stressed and it is anticipated that these qualities will be gradually learned through the process of supervision of more junior doctors and involvement in their education - both formal and informal.
The post holder will be expected to prioritise and time-manage effectively according to the activity of the department and to utilise appropriately the available senior staff for advice.
Working for our organisation
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer:
• Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
• On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts about our Trust:
• We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will be expected to prioritise and time-manage effectively according to the activity of the department and to utilise appropriately the available senior staff for advice.
Education and Training
A Consultant educational supervisor for the period of the appointment will be allocated. The post holder will be expected to complete work place based assessments to allow documentation of their own development and develop a personal learning plan with regular review.
Specific training time within research is a core part of this role.
Recognition of Posts for Postgraduate Training
These posts are not recognised for training but the successful candidate will require the appropriate permissions from their Head of School to take time out from their training programme.
This OOPE will involve working with the UHDB research team for 50% of their working time.
The successful applicants will gain clinical experience across all of these teams, whilst also engaging with the clinical rota when appropriate.
The successful applicant is expected to lead on a Quality Improvement research project within the emergency department. This can be either of the candidate's own design or one suggested by the current ED and research teams. Any such project is likely to require liaison with various stakeholders, including research, primary care and relevant charity and patient groups.
Additionally a proportion of this role will be to improve Medicine and education within the emergency department. This will include updating guidance and Standard Operating Procedures. This will also involve regular teaching sessions for both medical and nursing staff
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- FRCEM intermediate
- ATLS/ETC certification
- ALS certification
- APLS or PALS certification
- MBBS/MBChB or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Good Clinical Practice (GCP) training Higher degree
Clinical Experience
Desirable criteria
- • Experience at Tier 4 level
Clinical Knowledge and skills
Essential criteria
- Experience in making clinical decisions & managing risk
- Demonstrable experience of the “Top 20” acute medical presentations & their management
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of previous involvement with Research
Communication skills
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates clarity in written/spoken communication & capacity to adapt language as appropriate to the situation
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rupert Hurray
- Job title
- Emergency department
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01332 788987
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