Teaching Fellow in Emergency Medicine

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Teaching Fellow within Acute Medicine to join our friendly, enthusiastic Emergency Department team at UHDB, based at the RDH site.

This post is a fixed-term, 12 month post and are an excellent opportunity to gain valuable experience in a teaching post. Any candidate who wishes to work less than full time will be considered and supported, taking into account service needs.

• Maintaining the highest clinical standards in the management of patients presenting to the Emergency Department.
• Expected to prioritise and time-manage effectively according to the activity of the department and to utilise appropriately the available senior staff for advice.
• Participation in the 24 hour Emergency Department rota.
• Encouraged to complete work based place assessments for their own development.
• Participation in ED specific teaching, training and support depending on career aspirations.
• Taking the role of Team Leader in the management of patients with major injury or illness within the department.
• Supervision of Junior Medical Staff and Emergency Nurse Practitioners including clinical work, time keeping and documentation.
• Teaching of Junior Medical Staff, Medical Students and Emergency Nurse Practitioners in the clinical setting.
• Assist to maintain the flow of patients through the department.
• Be responsible for the management of the Emergency inpatients (Ward 101).
• Undertake other responsibilities by mutual agreement with the Consultants as part of continuing professional development and clinical governance.
• Opportunity to participate in Audit.
• Designated Educational Supervisor for the duration of the post.
  
  

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In Return We Will Offer

• Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
• On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car scheme
  
  

Key Facts About Our Trust

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
  
  

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Kirstine Coomer Job title: ED Consultant Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01332 788987