Job overview

Are you ready to take the most rewarding year out of training you’ll ever experience? Bangor ED’s Clinical Fellow programme is widely regarded as the original — and still the best — option for clinicians seeking high-quality rural EM experience, exceptional development time, and unparalleled exposure to pre-hospital and remote medicine. Based in a stunning corner of the UK, with Snowdon, Anglesey, and Eryri National Park on your doorstep, this role offers a unique blend of challenging clinical work, structured development, and outdoor adventure. These posts provide the full experience of rural Emergency Medicine with a remarkable bonus.   

Our PHEM posts are designed as an ideal stepping stone into PHEM subspecialty training.  You will have the opportunity to:

• Undertake supervised shifts with Welsh Ambulance Services and EMRTS Cymru, the Welsh HEMS service (up to 50% of your PHEM time)
• Work closely with Search and Rescue and Mountain Rescue teams
• Gain first-hand exposure to SAR medicine in the mountains of Snowdonia/Eryri

This is an unparalleled environment for developing confidence, adaptability, and pre-hospital decision-making.

Main duties of the job

Primarily consists of shifts with Welsh Ambulance (on ambulances and rapid response vehicles) and – if you want to go flying – with EMRTS on board the Welsh Air Ambulance.  We can provide unique insights into the work of our local SAR colleagues (Mountain Rescue/SAR helicopters) via the close working relationship with these services.

PHEM posts are for 12 months and must start in August. The posts includes your choice of funded pre-hospital course (usually IBTPHEM but could be PHTLS or ATACC) in PHEM time, in addition to the standard 10 days of study leave per year.

Unlike most PHEM opportunities, we do take pre-hospital beginners and our PHEM Fellows are encouraged to sit the DipIMC as soon as they have gained sufficient PHEM experience to become eligible.  The posts are designed as ‘prep school for PHEM’, and to equip post-holders with as many of the ‘essential’ and ‘desirable’ attributes required by the PHEM sub-specialty Person Specification as possible, as well as gaining a wider appreciation of the ambulance service. Most importantly, we ask our paramedic colleagues to train our Fellows to become the kind of doctors they welcome at scene.

Working for our organisation

The current applicable pay scales are displayed above; however, these may change upon implementation of the framework agreement for reform to the terms and conditions of service for resident doctors and dentists in Wales. Further details can be found here: Resident Doctors in Wales Contract Reform 

If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales, has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales.

Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and ‘Proud to Lead’ competence framework.  Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the “Disability Confident Employer” scheme.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.  Applications may be submitted in Welsh.  Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.