Junior Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Emergency Medicine

Job summary

Junior Clinical Fellow in

Paediatric Emergency Medicine

1 post

Are you finishing your foundation training? Are you unsure which specialty you want to choose? Are you looking for an opportunity to try paediatric emergency medicine before applying for training?

Can we tempt you to join our amazing multidisciplinary team? Our Junior Clinical Fellow post is an ideal opportunity to work in a supportive clinical environment.

The children's emergency unit is a new development within the emergency department, with paediatric emergency consultant cover during weekdays. Here you will be able to influence the expansion of the unit, formulating new pathways and protocols to ensure our paediatric population receive excellent emergency care. This will be a fantastic opportunity for you to gain paediatric clinical experience as well as giving you an insight to the management activity that is required to create a new service.

Main duties of the job

THIS POST IS FIXED TERM FOR UPTO 12 MONTHS DUE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE SERVICE

Feedback from trainees has been extremely positive including:

'I have felt fully supported and able to discuss any issues; I was fully aware what was expected of me and felt well included in the ED Team'.

'Sim teaching here has been so useful and always highly relevant as well as engaging and interactive'.

The successful candidate will be part of a team of 13 junior doctors in a busy district general hospital Emergency Department (ED). You will work alongside nine middle grade doctors & eight consultants in a multi-disciplinary team including ENPs and ACPs providing front line care to an undifferentiated case mix. The successful applicant will participate in a full shift rota providing 24-hour shop floor cover. The department provides a consultant led service with ample opportunity for supervision. There is direct consultant shop floor cover approximately 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The post is available to start from 2nd August 2023

English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply

About us

The ED at the Princess of Wales Hospital sees approximately 56,000 new patients per year. There is substantial exposure to the breadth of EM cases ranging from seriously ill or injured adults and children to minor injuries with ample opportunities to develop EM procedural skills. Our ED has a dedicated, dynamic and friendly multi-disciplinary team. This provides an excellent and supportive working environment.

Please come and meet us we would love to hear from you or arrange a visit we would be happy to show you around.

Lucy Thomas 01656 754004 lucy.thomas3@wales.nhs.uk

Dr Sarah Devine sarah.devine@wales.nhs.uk