Job Description
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a unique organisation, serving as the sole integrated provider in the Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon, and Wiltshire system. Our scope extends beyond boundaries as we oversee adult community services in Swindon and provide acute care from the Great Western Hospital. Our 5,500 staff have 1.2m patient contacts a year, with 13,000 operations carried out in our Theatres, around 4,000 babies born, and our emergency attendances are now well over 100,000 per year.
Those numbers only tell part of our story about what an exciting time it is to join Great Western Hospitals.We are cultivating a culture that fosters our ambitions, prioritising equality, diversion, inclusion, wellbeing, and leadership. We aim to create an environment where every member of our team can truly thrive.The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer; all applicants who have a disability can opt to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme, which means that, providing they meet the minimum essential criteria for the post, they will be offered an interview. We are also proudly accredited as a Veteran Aware organisation and have signed The Armed Forces Covenant.If we receive a high volume of applications, we may close adverts prior to the published closing date.
Therefore, we advise you to complete and submit your application as soon as possible.Job overviewApplicants are invited to apply for a Clinical Fellow ST4+ in Emergency Medicine and MDT Education/Simulation. The Post is for a fixed term period of 12 months. This is an established role within the Emergency Department.
It encompasses education of the whole multidisciplinary team alongside the team of two clinical nurse educators.Funding will be provided to successful candidates to complete a postgraduate certificate in medical education at the university of Bristol http://www.bristol.ac.uk/tlhp/postgraduate-certificate/. This will be tied into successful completion of the 1 year term of the contract. Other equivalent studies will be considered as alternatives and funded to the same amount.The Emergency Department and Urgent Treatment Centre sees approximately 130,000 attendances per year with a separate Pediatric Emergency Department.The department has a 6-bay resuscitation area, a 16-bay majors trolley area, an ambulatory majors area, a minor theatre, a plaster room and a 4 bedded observation area.
Recently the integrated front door project has delivered a newbuild Urgent Treatment Centre, Emergency Department and Children’s Emergency Unit with a dedicated Resus, High Care beds and 12 assessment cubicle spaces.Main duties of the job50% of the post will be Emergency Medicine clinical care allowing an opportunity for doctors wanting to gain experience and responsibility in not just managing patients but managing a busy department.- Take a history and examine a patient- Identify and synthesize problems- Prescribe safely- Keep an accurate and relevant medical record (electronic notes)- Manage time and clinical priorities effectively - Communicate effectively with patients, relatives and colleagues- Use evidence, guidelines and audit to benefit patient careWe are a busy DGH Emergency Department and Trauma Unit that sees a wide variety of presentations (in both adult and paediatric). We deal with medical, surgical, orthopaedic, paediatric and trauma patients. These patients can present and be assessed in resus, majors, minors or paediatric ED.Working for our organisationOur STAR values are at the heart of everything we do.
You can expect to see them in the way we act and the way we treat each other. Our values make us who we are. We will expect your values and behaviours to reflect the STAR Values of the organisation:Service We will put our patients firstTeamwork We will work togetherAmbition We will aspire to provide the best serviceRespect We will act with integrityDetailed job description and main responsibilities50% of the time will be spent in the department teaching and delivering simulation.
The department has a strong educational ethos. There are opportunities to peruse within in-situ MDT simulation, tea-trolley teaching, social media, asynchronous learning, Virtual/Classroom teaching and shop floor teaching of the ED multidisciplinary team. There may also be opportunities to peruse simulation within the wider deanery and multiagency level with strong links to Severn Deanery and local 999 services and search and rescue.Further details can be found on the attached job description.Person specificationQualificationsEssential criteria- • Fully registered with the GMC with licence to practice- • ALS provider status- • MRCEM or equivalentDesirable criteria- • ATLS/ETC provider status- • APLS/EPALS provider statusClinical ExperienceEssential criteria- • Some experience within a specialty relevant to the role- • Expertise in full range of medical conditions- • EM experience- 6 months EM experience- Ability to help lead and supervise a multi-professional team and take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patientsDesirable criteria- • Some experience at Middle Grade level in EMManagement ManagementEssential criteria- • Ability to manage priorities- • Leadership skills- • Experience of audit/QI and management- • Intermediate level IT skillsDesirable criteria- • Advanced level IT skillsTeaching and ResearchEssential criteria- • Ability to teach clinical skills to trainees/undergraduates and multi-disciplinary teams- • Interest in leading multi-professional educationDesirable criteria- • Publications in peer reviewed journals- • Simulation Experience- • Teaching course- • Ability to supervise post-graduate researchThank you for expressing interest in this role.
For further employer guidance, please review the attached supplementary applicant information.Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used, then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.Certificate of SponsorshipApplications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications, subject to eligibility of the role for a skilled worker visa and salary requirements.
Not all roles in the Trust are eligible for sponsorship.Eligibility for this role requires:- Current right to work in the UK, subject to verification.- Qualification of the eligibility sponsorship criteriaFrom 4 April 2024, UK immigration policy changes has increased minimum salary levels for skilled workers. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).Current employees should be aware that this position is advertised as a Great Western Hospitals position and appointment ends any TUPE protection.Candidates are responsible for covering the cost of their own DBS check if required: £21.50 for a Standard DBS check, recoverable from the first pay, or £49.50 for an Enhanced DBS check, divided and recoverable over the initial two pay periods. Payment for DBS checks for bank posts must be settled prior to commencement.
Apprentices are exempt from DBS payment.We are committed to supporting our staff in achieving a healthy work-life balance through flexible work arrangements. Upon joining the Trust, you have the right to request flexible working, with an unlimited number of requests allowed.Upon acceptance of a job offer, your information will be transferred to the national NHS Electronic Staff Records System. All communication regarding your application will be conducted via email; please ensure to check your junk/spam folders as emails may occasionally be filtered there.