Job summary
- Main area
- Emergency Medicine
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Local Appointment nodal point 3 (MT03)
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (until August 2026)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 190-STH-25-109
- Employer
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Northern General Hospital
- Town
- Sheffield
- Salary
- £49,909 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Junior Clinical Educational Fellow in Emergency Medicine
NHS Medical & Dental: Local Appointment nodal point 3 (MT03)
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Emergency Medicine department in August 2025 as a Junior Clinical Teaching Fellow for a fixed term period of one year. The post is 80% clinical with a 20% non-clinical element to allow the successful applicant to undertake a project of their choice. Successful applicants will gain the opportunity to improve skills in teaching and training as well as developing their emergency medicine skill set. The position will give opportunities to improve skills in both undergraduate and postgraduate training. There is a study budget attached to the post that will give the opportunity for doctors to gain a PG CERT qualification in medical education or diploma in medical education.
The posts do not award a National Training Number, as the posts are not recognised as ‘training posts’. Full registration with the GMC with a licence to practise is required, and if the appointee does not hold right of residence in the UK sponsorship will be required. The duties of these posts are equivalent to ST1 level.
Main duties of the job
Responsibilities:
• The duties of this post are equivalent to ST1.
• The post holder will be expected to assess and manage all categories of patients presenting to the ED, under the supervision of the ED consultants.
• The post holder will have the opportunity to be involved in the hospital trauma team receiving critically injured patients by land and air from across the region. There will be opportunity to develop their trauma team leadership skill through supervised direct patient contact and simulated practice.
• The post holder will be responsible to the consultants in emergency medicine, in the management of all patients presenting to the department including those attending follow-up clinics and those admitted as in-patients
Non-clinical duties
Successful applicants will gain the opportunity to improve skills in teaching and training as well as developing their Emergency medicine skill set. The position will give opportunities to improve skills in both undergraduate and postgraduate training. There is a study budget attached to the post that will give the opportunity for doctors to gain a PG CERT qualification in medical education or diploma in medical education.
In addition, there will be opportunities to gain skills in
- Audit
- Quality improvement,
- Management
Working for our organisation
The Emergency Department at the Northern General Hospital is a large adult-only city department with 115,000 new attendances each year and acts as the Major Trauma centre for South Yorkshire served by road and air. There is an 8 bedded resuscitation room with excellent links to Critical Care, co-located CT scanning and a state of the art vascular angiography suite. There are 26 Majors cubicles and a minor injuries and ambulatory care stream, accompanied by a Clinical Decisions Unit.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the supporting job description and person specification.
Non-UK/EEA applicants should ensure they are aware of the recent changes to the Immigration rules. For further information on how this may affect your application visit the UK Government website.
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust promotes Equality of opportunity and Diversity within the workplace.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at point of application
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
- ALS
Desirable criteria
- Instructor candidate status for ALS
- ATLS, other life support courses
- Evidence of achievement of exam competencies, e.g. MRCEM Part 1
- Additional medical qualifications, e.g. Masters degree, PgCert in teaching/medical education
Clinical experience
Essential criteria
- 1 year of clinical experience post-qualification and evidence of achievements of foundation competences from a UKFPO attained foundation programme or equivalent, in line with GMC Standards/Good Medical practice
- 6 months experience of working in the NHS as a doctor
- Minimum of four months contracted experience in UK Emergency Medicine in a Foundation post or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Experience working in a UK Major Trauma Centre or Teaching Hospital Trust in a Foundation post or equivalent
Teaching and training
Essential criteria
- Experience of teaching medical students
- Awareness of ethical issues
- Demonstrates understanding of the basic principles of audit, clinical risk management, evidence based practice, patient safety and clinical quality improvement initiatives
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of relevant academic and research achievements, and involvement in a formal research project
- Evidence of relevant academic publications/presentations
- Demonstrates an interest in and commitment to Emergency Medicine beyond the mandatory curriculum
Continuous Professional Development
Essential criteria
- Evidence of participation in CME/CPD in the last 12 months
Desirable criteria
- Maintenance of a CPD diary or portfolio
Clinical governance and audit
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of a portfolio of audit/quality improvement projects, including where the audit loop has been closed and there is evidence of learning of the principles of change management
- Evidence of understanding the practical workings of clinical governance e.g. handling a complaint, incident reporting
Personal attributes
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates behaviour consistent with PROUD values
- The applicant must demonstrate skills in writing the English language that enables effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues as set out in the GMC’ good medical practice (2013).
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
- Dr Hridesh Chatha
- Job title
- Consultant in Emergency Medicine
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0114271539
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