Trauma Research Fellowship

Job summary

Our Major Trauma Centre at Salford is the principal receiving site in Greater Manchester for people who trigger prehospital Major Trauma activation and one of the busiest adult major trauma centres in the UK. The Emergency department receives approximately 1200 major trauma calls per annum, and a high proportion of patients with elevated Injury Severity Score ISS>15 require critical care admission. Our Major Trauma Service is led by a dedicated co-ordinator service and consultant of the day. The wider MDT consists of consultants and registrars drawn from emergency medicine, anaesthetics, intensive care, neurosurgery, general surgery, orthopaedics & plastics and radiology services. Emergency Department trauma care is consultant-led, with an on-site 24/7 Trauma Team Leader (TTL). The department has links with the North West Air Ambulance, with 5 of our consultants working clinically for this service. The department runs regular teaching in trauma case management and a European Trauma Course (ETC) is run on-site annually.

(Primarily based at Salford Royal Hospital, with possibility of some activity at other sites)

Main duties of the job

This is a 12-month fixed term appointment for a senior or post CCT fellow to work with the Emergency Medicine Directorate within the Salford Care Organisation of the Northern Care Alliance. There will be an option to extend the contract to 36 months dependent on progress and mutual agreement.The successful candidate will work 50% pro-rata as a member of the multidisciplinary team of senior medical staff on the clinical rota within the Emergency Department, incorporating the Greater Manchester Major Trauma Hospital (GMMTH) and wider major trauma system. They will work alongside Specialty Registrars and Senior Clinical Fellows in Emergency Medicine and will be given responsibilities for patient care commensurate with their level of experience and training. Opportunities to act up or practice at consultant level will be considered where relevant, in line with standard deanery preconditions.In addition, the successful applicant will be supported with 50% funded academic time to help deliver a broad established portfolio of NIHR Trauma and Emergency Care research projects, engage with the national Trauma Audit and Research (TARN) network (hosted in Manchester) and develop their own individual research interests. Support and mentorship will be provided for engagement with a higher postgraduate degree (MD/PhD) on individual request and subject to detailed planning discussions.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

We are currently in process of updating our values. For the latest information around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/