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Job summary

Main area
Emergency Medicine
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Junior Clinical Fellow
Contract
6 months (Fixed term contract)
Hours
Full time - 40 hours per week
Job ref
269-MD964
Employer
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
Town
Salisbury
Salary
£52,656 - £65,048 per annum pro rata if part time
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
25/03/2026 23:59

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Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust logo

Junior Clinical Fellow Emergency Department

NHS Medical & Dental: Junior Clinical Fellow

 


Job overview

The Emergency Department has a well-equipped 3 bed Resuscitation area, 10 bedded majors area and 5 minors cubicles allowing separate streaming for this group of patients.  There are also a purpose built Paediatric waiting and clinical area and an 8 bedded Short Stay Ward. The department is adjacent to the Radiology department and CT scanner and an OOH GP service. 

The Department covers a large geographic area and sees over 60,000 new patients per year. It receives the full range of Emergency patients, with Paediatric patients making up approximately 25% of the total. Salisbury is a designated Trauma Unit linked to UHS as our nearest MTC.  There is a large military population utilising the Salisbury Plain Training Area and living in the area with their young families and this is set to grow over the next 2 years with a new military town being developed.

There is an experienced and supportive cohort of nurses with a Band 6 in charge of each shift and 3 ENPs through the day until midnight responsible for the Minors area.

The hospital has all DGH specialities including acute medicine based on AMU, paediatrics and daytime interventional cardiology.  Overnight surgical work is covered by a pooled junior doctor rota supported by critical care outreach.  Anaesthetics, medicine, O&G and paediatrics all have registrar presence overnight.

 

Main duties of the job

The new appointee will be expected to work with and be supported by the existing ED Consultants and Middle Grades to undertake clinical work within the department, assessing patients across all areas, including Majors, Minors, Paediatrics and Resus.

Please see attached job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities

We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications

Working for our organisation

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff

We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service.  We think working here is pretty rewarding.  You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme. 

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything.  With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible.  Don’t just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
  • Completed UK foundation programme
  • ALS

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of wide experience and a high level of competence in Emergency Medicine including management of paediatrics and trauma. Able to work effectively in majors, minors and resuscitation areas.
  • Appropriate knowledge base and ability to apply sound clinical judgement to problems: demonstrates clear, logical thinking and an analytical approach
  • Experience in managing risk and knows when to seek help. Able to prioritise clinical need
  • Knowledge and application of up to date evidence based practice
  • Minimum 4 months UK ED experience ( Foundation rotation can count, clinical attachment does not count)

Management Experience

Essential criteria
  • Ability to perform effectively as a member of a team and to motivate other staff particularly in the area of decision making and referral or discharge
  • Ability to contribute to the development of the service
  • Ability and willingness to work within the Trust and NHS performance targets
  • Ability to balance individual requirements against those of the department/Directorate
  • Commitment to active clinical governance and learning from errors

Other Atributes

Essential criteria
  • Good interpersonal skills
  • Demonstrates clarity in written and spoken communication in English.
  • To be empathetic and sensitive. Capacity to take others perspective and treat others with understanding
  • Always considers patients preferences when discussing treatment options

Teaching

Essential criteria
  • Demonstration of an interest and commitment to teaching
  • Ability to teach clinical skills to trainees and others. Enthusiastic and ability to inspire others

Audit and Research

Essential criteria
  • Experience in, and commitment to clinical audit
  • Ability to appraise research critically and apply research outcomes to clinical problems

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyDisability confident leaderImproving working livesCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardWe offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.Happy to Talk Flexible WorkingWe Work FlexiblyPeople PromiseNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark 2024

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.

Application numbers

Please note that due to high interest in this advert we reserve the right to close early. Please ensure you submit your application at your earliest opportunity.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Neil Garrett
Job title
ED Consultant and Clinical Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01722336262
Additional information

ext 4839

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