Job overview

BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST

Fellow in Resuscitation Medicine (ST2, ST3, and ST3-6)

This post is a 2 year rotation through emergency and critical care medicine, including a funded MSc in Emergency and Resuscitation Medicine

Barts Health NHS Trust and QMUL

We are seeking enthusiastic, full time clinical Fellow posts in Resuscitation medicine at Barts Health NHS Trust. This is a unique opportunity to join the UK’s largest trust, trauma centre and heart attack centre, and home of London’s Air Ambulance. The posts are for two years and include six month placements in the Emergency Departments at Royal London Hospital, Newham University Hospital and Whipps Cross University Hospital; and six months in critical care at Whipps Cross or Newham University Hospital (including intensive care, high dependency care and anaesthesia). Applicants should have at least two years medical post-graduate training, including 12 months Emergency Medicine or 6 months emergency medicine and 6 months in any of acute medicine, anaesthesia or critical care. It is anticipated most applicants will have more experience than this, and this would be regarded as an advantage in the application.

Main duties of the job

• Clinical work in the ED, CDU and ICU/HDU/Anaesthesia compatible with level of experience and training; but including being a middle grade or senior clinician in the ED/HDU for night shifts (consultant cover on call 2200-0800)
• The post holder will join the emergency medicine and critical care middle grade rosters with a proportion of evening, weekend and night work
• Administrative work such as review and follow up of abnormal results
• Assessment, treatment and referral or discharge of patients attending the emergency department, training and supervision of more junior doctors

This job description is not an exhaustive statement of the scope of the job, and the post holder may be required to undertake other duties commensurate with the position.

The post holder will carry out these duties as an employee and service provider, with close regard to Equal Opportunities legislation.

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.  

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.  

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.  

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.