Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Junior/ Senior Clinical Fellow in Emergency Medicine

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Job summary

Applicants are invited to apply for a range of clinical fellow posts which are 75% clinical and 25% non-clinical. We are looking for doctors to start August 2022.

This is an excellent opportunity for doctors to maintain clinical work but also have time in their schedules dedicated to areas of interest to them. We see this as a way of sustainable working whilst also building on CVs and experience.

Clinical fellow posts are available in: Simulation, Education, Trauma, Ultrasound, Research & Quality Improvement, Wellbeing and Mental Health & Frequent Attenders. More detail on these posts can be found below. Please explain in the 'supporting information' section of your application, which fellowship topic(s) you would be interested in applying for and why.

Main duties of the job

Clinical work will be carried out in the Emergency Department (ED) at Frimley Park Hospital. Both the hospital and the ED have excellent reputations and are CQC rated Outstanding. We work hard to do the best for our patients and we look after our staff. We are a supportive team with very approachable seniors. Our team of 17 ED consultants provide 8am-midnight presence in the department seven days a week and are on-call from home midnight til 8am. Teamwork and valuing all members of the multidisciplinary team is core to our values. Training is very important to us and you will be allocated a supervisor who will support you to achieve your development goals. You will join the departmental teaching programme which is 2 hours weekly for ST1/2 equivalents and is one day per month for ST3+ equivalents. You will also be encouraged to take your allocated study leave.

About us

We will expect your values and behaviours to mirror those of the Trust, as detailed in the "Trust Values" document:

http://www.frimleyhealth.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/FH-our-values-for-internet.docx

Date posted

11 May 2022

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

£33,790 to £53,132 a year + 1A banding (50%)

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

151-SCF14

Job locations

Frimley Park Hospital

Frimley

GU16 7UJ

Job description

Job responsibilities

SIMULATION

At Frimley Park Hospital, we have a high-tech sim lab in the postgrad centre. We have high-fidelity adult, child, baby and obstetric manikins, a control room behind one-way class and a separate classroom next-door where the scenario can be watched via multiple video cameras. An enthusiastic and experienced team of simulation technicians will be working with you. This year weve started Lightning Sim sessions which are brief in-situ simulations that occur in the emergency department. You will take over this role from the August 2021 ED simulation fellow.

Expected roles:

To attend the Trust simulation faculty training
To organise and run simulation teaching for the emergency department staff and medical students
To run simulation both in the sim suite and in-situ
To be faculty on the KSS regional simulation training days held at Frimley
To write simulation scenarios
To learn the technical skills involved in running simulation
To work with the trust simulation fellows to support each others training days and to share ideas and learning
To promote multi-disciplinary learning
To work with your supervisor to ensure that the work is beneficial to the department and to support you in meeting your learning goals
To supervise medical students whilst on placement in the ED
To work with the other ED fellows to expand your experience and support each others projects

Optional roles:

To learn moulage (make up skills for realistic injuries)
To train others to become faculty
To liaise with other emergency medicine departments to share ideas and potentially run cross-site training days
To attend simulation conferences and present your work
To get involved with other sim activity in the trust eg. Trust medical student training, Simley Park (FY1 new starters sim day)
To be involved in other non-simulation based educational activities within the department

EDUCATION

Education and training is very important to our department. In addition to our SHO and middle grade timetabled teaching, there are many other opportunities for you to get involved with. Past educational fellows have organised a wealth of training for all of the ED MDT including FIB training, minors teaching and Resuscitate Frimley- a one-day conference at our Trust - to name a few. Medical students from Southampton and St.Georges have placements with us and you will be involved in their supervision and teaching.

Expected roles:

To organise and deliver MDT teaching for the ED
To provide medical student teaching
To support medical students on ED placement and help with their induction
To organise the medical student supervision rota for the times they are present in the department. (Supervision is carried out by the education and simulation fellows plus any other fellows with an interest in teaching)
To partake in simulation training
To organise either the SHO or the middle grade teaching programme, supported by the consultant lead for medical education
To collect and analyse the feedback from the teaching programmes
To provide feedback on peers teaching (and complete teaching observation assessments depending on grade)
To be able to deliver virtual teaching
To support regional training days hosted by Frimley ED
To work with the other ED fellows to expand your experience and support each others projects

Optional roles

To provide any other additional teaching
To attend the Trust simulation faculty course
If you chose to take a PG cert alongside this fellowship, we will ensure that you are able to attend your uni days. £650 study budget can be used towards this.

TRAUMA

We are a busy Trauma Unit and work closely with the Major Trauma Centre at St.Georges Hospital in London. We have particular interests in silver trauma and trauma team leadership. This new post has been running for one year and you will work with the consultant lead for trauma to develop this post according to your skills and interests.

Roles:

To workwith the ED Trauma Lead & Nurse Lead onquality improvement and work to develop new strategies, policy, and management guidelines related to major trauma
To co-chair bi-monthly Trauma Mortality & Morbidity meetings and work with the ED Trauma Team to implement changeand improvementsidentified
To Work with the ED Trauma Team to review and develop current major traumadocumentation
To work with the TARN data team to understand, develop and use TARN data
To aid in disseminating important learning outcomes to ED and external speciality teams
To attend the Trust Trauma Network Faculty Group meetings and liaise with other speciality leads
To participate in ATLS courses (if appropriate to level of training)
To develop MDT trauma training for the emergency department

To work with the other ED fellows to expand your experience and support each others projects

Optional roles:

To supervise medical students while on placement in the ED

ULTRASOUND

Many of our consultants and registrars are trained in ultrasound and it is used in our daily practice at Frimley. We have 2 Sonosites, 1 GE and 2 Butterfly IQs with accompanying iphone 12s. Your supervisor will be the ED consultant lead for ultrasound. Our previous ultrasound fellows have created many training opportunities for all our staff, including vascular access training for all band 4s and above.

Expected roles:

To attend a course in Level 1 emergency ultrasound (if the applicant does not have this already). This includes FAST, AAA, echo in life support and vascular access
Self-directed time to become level 1 accredited (Your supervisor will support your accelerated accreditation of level 1)
Following accreditation, to be available to undertake POCUS scans of ED patients to help inform clinical decision making for non-accredited colleagues
To lead on one or more point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) related quality improvement projects
To organise ultrasound teaching for ED staff
To deliver level 1 training locally to ED staff, once qualified to do so
To work with the other ED fellows to expand your experience and support each others projects

Optional roles:

Self-directed time to further enhance skill set (eg. Level 2 ultrasound, fascia iliaca blocks, undifferentiated hypotension, focussed echo, lung ultrasound)
To attend local ultrasound training as faculty or observer
To Supervise medical students whilst on placement in the ED

RESEARCH & QUALITY IMPROVEMENT

At Frimley, one of our core values is that we are committed to excellence. We embrace change in order to improve our service. As a specialty, Emergency Medicine was one of the first to establish quality improvement (QI) as a tool to improve patient outcomes. Both research studies and quality improvement projects (QIPs) have been running in our department for many years now. Previously, we have had QI fellows in the department and now we are looking to expand this role to include research as well. Previous fellows have been involved in a range of projects and were instrumental in delivering QI education and supporting others projects.

Expected roles:

To use some of the time and study leave available to attend courses to upskill in research and QI methodolody
To take part in QI and research projects within the ED
To lead on a RCEM QI project
To complete the GCP (Good Clinical Practice) and then recruit patients to ongoing studies
To engage and inspire others to get involved in research and QI and support their projects
To organise and/or deliver teaching on research and QI
To liaise with the clinical audit and QI officer for ED
To engage with the Frimley Excellence team who oversee QI for the Trust
To be involved in QI work relating to national guidelines
To liaise with other specialties when their audit or QIP relates to ED
To disseminate the departments QI work and maintain the departments QI area within MS Teams
To attend the trust clinical effectiveness and audit committee meetings (CEAC) and the Trust and KSS research meetings
To submit work for publication and to conferences
To work with the other ED fellows to expand your experience and support each others projects

Optional roles:

Supervision of medical students whilst on placement in the ED

Job description

Job responsibilities

SIMULATION

Expected roles:

To attend the Trust simulation faculty training
To organise and run simulation teaching for the emergency department staff and medical students
To run simulation both in the sim suite and in-situ
To be faculty on the KSS regional simulation training days held at Frimley
To write simulation scenarios
To learn the technical skills involved in running simulation
To work with the trust simulation fellows to support each others training days and to share ideas and learning
To promote multi-disciplinary learning
To work with your supervisor to ensure that the work is beneficial to the department and to support you in meeting your learning goals
To supervise medical students whilst on placement in the ED
To work with the other ED fellows to expand your experience and support each others projects

Optional roles:

To learn moulage (make up skills for realistic injuries)
To train others to become faculty
To liaise with other emergency medicine departments to share ideas and potentially run cross-site training days
To attend simulation conferences and present your work
To get involved with other sim activity in the trust eg. Trust medical student training, Simley Park (FY1 new starters sim day)
To be involved in other non-simulation based educational activities within the department

EDUCATION

Expected roles:

To organise and deliver MDT teaching for the ED
To provide medical student teaching
To support medical students on ED placement and help with their induction
To organise the medical student supervision rota for the times they are present in the department. (Supervision is carried out by the education and simulation fellows plus any other fellows with an interest in teaching)
To partake in simulation training
To organise either the SHO or the middle grade teaching programme, supported by the consultant lead for medical education
To collect and analyse the feedback from the teaching programmes
To provide feedback on peers teaching (and complete teaching observation assessments depending on grade)
To be able to deliver virtual teaching
To support regional training days hosted by Frimley ED
To work with the other ED fellows to expand your experience and support each others projects

Optional roles

To provide any other additional teaching
To attend the Trust simulation faculty course
If you chose to take a PG cert alongside this fellowship, we will ensure that you are able to attend your uni days. £650 study budget can be used towards this.

TRAUMA

Roles:

To workwith the ED Trauma Lead & Nurse Lead onquality improvement and work to develop new strategies, policy, and management guidelines related to major trauma
To co-chair bi-monthly Trauma Mortality & Morbidity meetings and work with the ED Trauma Team to implement changeand improvementsidentified
To Work with the ED Trauma Team to review and develop current major traumadocumentation
To work with the TARN data team to understand, develop and use TARN data
To aid in disseminating important learning outcomes to ED and external speciality teams
To attend the Trust Trauma Network Faculty Group meetings and liaise with other speciality leads
To participate in ATLS courses (if appropriate to level of training)
To develop MDT trauma training for the emergency department

To work with the other ED fellows to expand your experience and support each others projects

Optional roles:

To supervise medical students while on placement in the ED

ULTRASOUND

Expected roles:

To attend a course in Level 1 emergency ultrasound (if the applicant does not have this already). This includes FAST, AAA, echo in life support and vascular access
Self-directed time to become level 1 accredited (Your supervisor will support your accelerated accreditation of level 1)
Following accreditation, to be available to undertake POCUS scans of ED patients to help inform clinical decision making for non-accredited colleagues
To lead on one or more point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) related quality improvement projects
To organise ultrasound teaching for ED staff
To deliver level 1 training locally to ED staff, once qualified to do so
To work with the other ED fellows to expand your experience and support each others projects

Optional roles:

Self-directed time to further enhance skill set (eg. Level 2 ultrasound, fascia iliaca blocks, undifferentiated hypotension, focussed echo, lung ultrasound)
To attend local ultrasound training as faculty or observer
To Supervise medical students whilst on placement in the ED

RESEARCH & QUALITY IMPROVEMENT

Expected roles:

To use some of the time and study leave available to attend courses to upskill in research and QI methodolody
To take part in QI and research projects within the ED
To lead on a RCEM QI project
To complete the GCP (Good Clinical Practice) and then recruit patients to ongoing studies
To engage and inspire others to get involved in research and QI and support their projects
To organise and/or deliver teaching on research and QI
To liaise with the clinical audit and QI officer for ED
To engage with the Frimley Excellence team who oversee QI for the Trust
To be involved in QI work relating to national guidelines
To liaise with other specialties when their audit or QIP relates to ED
To disseminate the departments QI work and maintain the departments QI area within MS Teams
To attend the trust clinical effectiveness and audit committee meetings (CEAC) and the Trust and KSS research meetings
To submit work for publication and to conferences
To work with the other ED fellows to expand your experience and support each others projects

Optional roles:

Supervision of medical students whilst on placement in the ED

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

First Medical Degree
Full GMC Registration

Desirable

Progress towards specialty-specific exams

SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES FOR ROLE

Essential

Good organisational and time management skills.
Excellent communication skills with patients, relatives and staff.
ALS course in date
Experience of audit or quality improvement or research
Teaching experience is essential for the educational fellow role

Desirable

Is currently training in an acute specialty or is planning on a career in an acute specialty
Evidence of management skills
Leadership experience
Teaching experience

PROFESSIONAL/ SPECIALIST/ FUNCTIONAL EXPERIENCE

Essential

24 months experience working as a doctor in the NHS
Computer literate

Desirable

Experience of virtual technology, particularly MS Teams. Able to use virtual technology for meetings and teaching.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

First Medical Degree
Full GMC Registration

Desirable

Progress towards specialty-specific exams

SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES FOR ROLE

Essential

Good organisational and time management skills.
Excellent communication skills with patients, relatives and staff.
ALS course in date
Experience of audit or quality improvement or research
Teaching experience is essential for the educational fellow role

Desirable

Is currently training in an acute specialty or is planning on a career in an acute specialty
Evidence of management skills
Leadership experience
Teaching experience

PROFESSIONAL/ SPECIALIST/ FUNCTIONAL EXPERIENCE

Essential

24 months experience working as a doctor in the NHS
Computer literate

Desirable

Experience of virtual technology, particularly MS Teams. Able to use virtual technology for meetings and teaching.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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UK Registration

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Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Certificate of Sponsorship

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Frimley Park Hospital

Frimley

GU16 7UJ

Employer's website

https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Frimley Park Hospital

Frimley

GU16 7UJ

Employer's website

https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)