Senior Clinical Fellow in Emergency Medicine in Stevenage

Senior Clinical Fellow in Emergency Medicine

NHS Medical & Dental: Local Appointment nodal point 4 (MT04)

Main area Emergency Medicine Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Local Appointment nodal point 4 (MT04) Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 40 hours per week Job ref 361-M&D-8153672

Site Lister Hospital Town Stevenage Salary £67,325 PA Salary period Yearly Closing 25/10/2026 23:59

Here at East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
Our mission is:
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities

Our vision to 2030 is:
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service

Our values - We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do. Our values are:

Include
We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.

Respect
We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.

Improve
We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.

Job overview

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This is an excellent opportunity within Emergency Medicine at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust. We are seeking an enthusiastic clinical fellow to join the department to provide patient care within the trust. You will work as part of the emergency department team. We will offer you a Study Leave budget of £1,000 per year which will help towards your Continuing Professional Development. Wehaveatotalof1postavailable,sopleasestartyourapplicationtoday!

Main duties of the job

• Initialresuscitationandmanagementofallemergencypatientspresentingtothedepartment.
• Initiationofthenecessary investigationofpatients andthereferraltotherelevant on-callspecialist team when indicated.
• Initiationofthenecessary investigationofpatients andthereferraltotherelevant on-callspecialist team when indicated

Working for our organisation

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

In the paragraphs above you have read an overview about the role we would like to offer and general information about main duties of the post holder. Please see attached – job description which describes in full details the duties, responsibilities and reporting relationships of the advertising role.

Qualifications

• Hold full registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) at the time of application and hold a current licence to practice on the date your post commences.
• Full MRCEM Exam
• Advanced Life Support Certificate or equivalent
• Higher degree including: MSc, PhD or MD (not including intercalated BSc and ‘Honorary’ MA).

Experience

• Successful completion of a UK ACCS Emergency Medicine (or equivalent) programme
• Demonstrable interest in and comprehension of Emergency medicine
• Experience of working in Emergency Medicine at Senior Registrar level or equivalent
• NHS experience

Academic skills

• Demonstrates understanding of research, including awareness of ethical issues.
• Demonstrates understanding of the basic principles of clinical risk management, evidence-based practice, patient safety and clinical quality improvement initiatives.
• Evidence of involvement in a quality improvement or formal research project.
• Demonstrates knowledge of evidence-informed practice.
• Demonstrates an understanding of clinical governance.
• Evidence of teaching experience and/or training in teaching.
• Evidence of involvement in teaching students, postgraduates and other professionals and evidence of participation in a teaching course.

Personal Skills

• Demonstrates clarity in written and spoken communication, and capacity to adapt language to the situation, as appropriate.
• Capacity to take in others’ perspectives and treat others with understanding; sees patients as people.
• Demonstrates respect for all.
• Able to work in multi-professional teams and supervise junior medical staff.
• Capacity to manage and prioritise time and information effectively.
• Capacity to prioritise own workload and organise ward rounds

Fitness to Practice

• Up to date and fit to practice safely and aware of own training needs.
• Evidence of engagement with appraisal and revalidation

Clinical Skills

• Able to evidence engagement with clinical governance and the identification of errors and the learning from errors
• Able to show situational awareness and application of good decision making
• Ability to apply sound clinical knowledge and judgement to problems
• Can evidence leading on patient safety issues and achieving a change in practice
• Experience of supervising undergraduates, doctors in training and other colleagues
• Ability to teach clinical skills
• Experience in organising educational activities.

Other requirements

• Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion
• Role model our trust values every day

When you apply...

Please note we do not offer visa sponsorship for roles unless clearly stated in our adverts. This means even if you have the right to work currently but will require a new sponsorship to work for our Trust your application will not be considered.

Vacancies may close earlier than the advertised closing date where a high volume of applications are received.

While we recognise that AI can support in drafting an application, you are encouraged to clearly demonstrate your personal skills, experience and behaviours that align with the role, and this is usually best done in your own words. We reserve the right to review all applications for the use of AI tools and where this is inconsistent with our values and standards of behaviour your application may be rejected

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We are committed to fair, transparent and ethical recruitment. We will never ask applicants to pay fees at any stage of the recruitment process. All vacancies are advertised on our Trust Careers webpage and NHS Jobs, with applications managed through TRAC. We will only contact applicants through our official recruitment channels and Trust contact details.

Secondments/Fixed term

Where a vacancy is advertised as a temporary position, the duration will be specified in the advert. If the vacancy becomes permanent towards the end of the specified duration, the successful applicant may not be required to re-apply and can be slotted into the role on a permanent basis if appropriate.

If you are an internal applicant applying for a temporary working arrangement, please see the attached notes on secondments.

Committed to our Community

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community. We want to create a workforce which represents the communities we serve. We are on a journey to become a more inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone regardless of their background. In particular we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities, and candidates from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are currently under-represented in various parts of our workforce .

We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to support flexible working for our staff wherever possible and all our employees are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and achieved our status in 2019.

We will remove barriers that prospective candidates might face at any stage of our recruitment process. If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact us by emailing resourcing.enh-tr@nhs.net

We are also proud to support our UK armed forces by supporting Reservists, Cadet Instructors, Veterans and military spouses/partners into employment and offering supportive policies that value their contribution to the community and to our Trust.

We are committed to being a carer-friendly environment, addressing the complex needs of families with caring responsibilities. In partnership with Carers in Hertfordshire, all our working carers have access to support from recruitment. We are also a member of Carers UK, providing resources to make balancing work and caring easier. Our approach is inclusive, recognizing diverse challenges and creating a supportive environment where carers feel valued.

King's Trust Support

If you’re aged between 16 and 30 years-old, you can get FREE employability support from The King’s Trust. The King’s Trust will help build your CV and cover letter, offer advice and top tips for future interviews and support you with research about working in the NHS. Please contact Enquiries.H&SC@princes-trust.org.uk for support.

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You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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