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
Employer heading
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
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
Documents to download
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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