Job summary
- Main area
- Emergency Medicine
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Trainee
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed Term)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Job ref
- 151-FPHCCF-41
- Employer
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Frimley Park Hospital
- Town
- Frimley
- Salary
- £52,656 - £65,048 Per Annum (dependent on experience)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Ultrasound Fellow in Emergency Medicine
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Trainee
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 2026.
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 ST3-5 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
Frimley 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please review the attached Job description and Person specification.
This job description is an indication of the type and range of tasks that are expected of the postholder, and other duties may be required, in line with the role and the banding. It will be reviewed and amended from time to time in consultation with the postholder to take account of changing organisational need.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- 24 months experience working as a doctor in the NHS
- Clinical experience relevant to emergency medicine
- Experience of audit or quality improvement or research
- Teaching experience
Desirable criteria
- Is currently training in an acute specialty or is planning on a career in an acute specialty
- Ultrasound experience
- Level 1 Emergency Ultrasound course or other relevant course
- Life support courses
Special Requirments
Essential criteria
- Able to work flexible shifts, including evenings, nights, weekends and bank holidays as required
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full GMC at time of application
- MRCEM or equivalent
- First Medical Degree
Desirable criteria
- Progress towards specialty-specific exams
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Sound clinical knowledge and skills appropriate to grade
- Good organisational and time management skills
- Excellent communication skills with patients, relatives and staff
- Experience and ability to work in multi-disciplinary teams
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of management skills
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 Helen Collyer-Merritt
- Job title
- Emergency Medicine Consultant
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 613 3142
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