Senior Clinical Fellow- Emergency Medicine (Creative Writing)

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for an Emergency Medicine doctor who is keen to gain experience in Creative Writing and Medical Journalism and be supported through a qualification in this field. This job is suitable for senior middle grade doctors and trainees who are motivated to broaden their experience and develop sub-speciality interest.

These jobs are for Senior Clinical fellows who will be based at Chelsea and Westminster Emergency Department and are expected to provide clinical cover for the department. During this year you will attend a suitable 'Writing a Memoir Course' at the Faber Academy - an established resource for training writers with a highly successful track record, organised by the Faber publishing house. You will organise a Writers Group within the Trust, led by an EM consultant with experience in medical narrative. You will organise a Writers Group within the Trust, led by an EM consultant with experience in medical narrative and work towards in-house publication of an anthology of the best submissions. The post would also involve producing the two-monthly departmental newsletter. By the end of your year you should submit a poster and an article to the EMJ describing your journey and your views on the reflective value of creative writing as a practicing clinician. In addition your membership of the Medical Journalists' Association would be sponsored during the year.

This post will be on 2002 Junior doctor contract on MN37 payscale

Main duties of the job

This post will incorporate a job split of up to 70:30 Emergency Medicine :Creative Writing. The split will be agreed with the educational supervisor depending on projects or postgraduate courses that the postholder wishes to undertake, and regularly reviewed against progress demonstrated towards their PDP.

We have a strong commitment to training and exam preparation in the department. In addition to the Regional Higher Speciality Trainees, you will be working with our clinical fellows who have special interest in Education, Research, Ultrasound and International Emergency Medicine. The successful candidate will be expected to attend and contribute to weekly SpR teaching. The Trust and the ED adopt a trainee centred approach to learning with a designated supervisor and opportunities for support by trained mentors.

This is suitable as an out of programme post; for further information on seeking prospective GMC approval for training, please refer to the details on the GMC website.

Commencing August 2024 onwards for twelve months. (alternative start dates may be accommodated)

For further information please contact Dr Rosalind O'Shaughnessy rosalind.o'shaughnessy@nhs.net

Interviews to be held week beginning :TBC

About us

We provide services from two main hospitals, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, and a number of clinics across London and the South-East. We have over 6,000 members of staff that arePROUD to Carefor nearly one million people. Both hospitals provide full clinical services, including full maternity, emergency and children's, in addition to a range of community-based services across London, such as award-winning sexual health and HIV clinics.

We're one of the best preforming Trusts in the country. We're also one of the top trusts to work for - our staff say they're engaged, motivated, and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment.

Our Trust has been rated by the Care Quality Commission as 'Good' in all five of the main domains of safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led, giving an us overall rating of 'Good'. We've also been awarded an 'Outstanding' rating for 'use of resources' by an NHS Improvement inspection.

Our facilities are some of the best in the country. We have been investing around £10 million a year in our estate. We are currently spending £25 million on expanding our adult and neonatal critical care facilities at Chelsea and Westminster and redevelopment of our children's unit at West Middlesex - in partnership with our charity, CW+ and generous donors.