Job overview

Applicants are invited to apply for the role of Simulation fellow in Frimley Emergency Department. The role is 75% clinical and 25% non-clinical. We are looking for doctors to start August 2025.

This is an excellent opportunity for doctors to maintain clinical work but also have time in their schedules dedicated to areas of interest to them. We see this as a way of sustainable working whilst also building on CVs and experience.

Study leave: 18 days (10 days general study leave, 5 days private study leave, 3 days for exams or interviews). Study budget: £650 per year.

The emergency medicine rota will include evening, night, weekend and bank holiday working. LTFT enquiries are welcome.

Applicants must have a minimum of 24 months experience working as a doctor in the NHS. This advert is open to ST1/2 and ST3+ applicants.

Main duties of the job

• To attend a course in Level 1 emergency ultrasound (if the applicant does not have this already) in the first 3 months of the post. This includes FAST, AAA, echo in life support and vascular access
• Self-directed time to become level 1 accredited (Your supervisor and the ultrasound tutor will support your accelerated accreditation of level 1)
• Following accreditation, to be available to undertake POCUS scans of ED patients to help inform clinical decision making for non-accredited colleagues
• To lead on one or more point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) related quality improvement projects
• To organise ultrasound teaching for ED staff. You will organise the ultrasound guided access training which is a 3-day shadowing opportunity with the hospital IV access team. You will also coordinate the practical teaching slots delivered by the ultrasound tutor
• To deliver level 1 training locally to ED staff, once qualified to do so
• To work with the other ED fellows to expand your experience and support each others’ projects

Working for our organisation

rimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available. 

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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