Job overview
We have excellent opportunities for Clinical fellows to join our Emergency Medicine Departments at Queen’s and King George’s Hospitals.
Rotational posts via our Emergency Medicine Academy route are also available for the successful candidates who wish to acquire further experience in acute medicine, critical care and Paediatric emergency medicine in addition to emergency medicine. You will need to do at least 1 year of Emergency Medicine to be able to qualify for this and an interview will be required.
The successful candidates for this post will be rotating between Queen’s and King George hospitals.
We welcome applicants who are UK based as well those from overseas and we offer excellent re-location for Successful overseas candidates or those who are relocating in the UK (>150 mile radius) We offer a discretional allowance of £3000 (This is an equivalent of 6 months rent contribution at £500 per month) to support accommodation and other relocation expenses. This will be discussed at Interview.
Our hospitals are located in London and are 20 minutes train journey from central London. Our hospitals are located in vibrant areas of London with excellent schools, shopping and leisure activities on offer locally. We are also 2 hours by train from Paris! Having been recently lifted off special measures, our next target is to reach outstanding level of care for our patients and by applying for this post you can join us on our exciting journey.
Main duties of the job
We are a specialist Trauma Centre with close links to the helicopter services. We are also a major cancer and neurosciences centre with high quality hyper-acute stroke services. Queens Hospital is a Major Trauma Centre with attendances of around 96,000 patients per annum, while the ED at King George Hospital sees over 76,000 patients each year.
We aim to deliver outstanding care for our patients and provide the best working environment for our staff. As a Trust there is a lot to be excited about, we are on a journey of improvement and are extremely proud to be one of only five Trusts in the country selected to take part in the Virginia Mason Institute Programme to transform the care we provide for patients. Uniquely we are also a national Vanguard site, the only one in London, which will help spearhead transformational change in urgent and emergency care.
Please refer to our Emergency Department “Why you should join us” guide for further information of what you can expect from us as a Department.
Working for our organisation
We’re an organisation that is getting better and betterand ourimprovements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with.
They are benefitting from a new (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been by the Care Quality Commission.
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to and get rid of corridor care.
We’re proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We’re also part of the.
We run a in Ilford; an in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at and at. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The majority of our 8,400 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited. We’re proud to be a employer.
Some of the positive changes we’ve made are captured in .
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
If you want high quality training that will enable you to fulfil the requirements for the acute care common stem (ACCS) to enable you to pursue a career in Emergency Medicine, Anaesthesia or Acute Medicine while gaining practical hands on experience in patient care in a supportive and team working environment, our Emergency Medicine Departments are likely to be the place for you to come and train.
Please see the attached JD and Job Information for more details about the post.
Please note that candidates with no prior experience in Emergency Medicine will not be shortlisted.
The job advert will close early if sufficient applications are received.
Person specification
Personal Attribute
Essential criteria
1. Full GMC registration.
2. Completion of Pre- registration House Officer posts or equivalent.
3. Good communication, both in person and in Writing.
Desirable criteria
4. Relevant postgraduate qualification
5. Experience in specialties other than but relevant to Accident & Emergency.
6. ALS,ATLS,APLS/EPALS
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
This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.