Senior Clinical Fellow / Specialty Doctor in Emergency Medicine

Overview

We receive more than 100,000 type 1 patients per annum, of whom approximately 1,200 are major trauma calls for those triggering prehospital major trauma activation in the Greater Manchester and surrounding areas. A high proportion of these major trauma patients have elevated Injury Severity Score, requiring critical care admission. Salford Royal Hospital is a teaching hospital for the University of Manchester Medical School, with our ED offering plenty of educational opportunities for all staff. You can also develop your own educational portfolio by actively taking part in our departmental teaching sessions, simulation teaching, journal club, morbidity and mortality meetings, quality improvement & audit meetings, to name a few. We are proud to take part in many national research projects, with ample opportunity to develop research interests. Some of our specialist tertiary services include acute stroke, neurosurgery, neurology, renal and dermatology.

Our department also has links with the North West Air Ambulance, with the Department and trust running regular teaching in trauma management. In addition, ATLS (Advanced Trauma Life Support) courses are run locally by Salford Royal teams, and European Trauma Course (ETC) is also run on-site. You will work at a level equivalent to ST4+ and share the rota with our current Specialty Registrars and locally employed doctors in Emergency Medicine. Initially you will be supernumerary (depending on experience), after which you will join the self-rostering full shift pattern rota.

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.

Learn more about us in our Candidate Information Pack (opens in existing window).

Opportunity and Eligibility

We are welcoming enthusiastic doctors with middle grade (ST4+ level) experience in Emergency Medicine to apply for this post. Joining our dynamic Emergency Department family will be the perfect opportunity to develop your career in a department with a proud educational culture and striving to deliver safe, quality patient care. We also offer opportunities to develop interests in teaching, research, simulation, trauma care, quality improvement, and clinical governance.

Please do not apply for this post unless you possess all the essential criteria. The ideal candidate should be making good progress towards completing all 3 MRCEM examination components and already be working at ST4+ level (i.e. tier 4) in Emergency Medicine, with UK or Ireland NHS experience at tier 4 level (or at least 3-6 months tier 3 experience). If you are not sure, or think you have what it takes despite not fully meeting the essential criteria, please email your CV to [email protected] prior to applying for the post.

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. To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/

The NCA is proud to serve a diverse population and is committed to delivering inclusive, accessible care. We value individuality and aim to build a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. Applications are welcomed from individuals of all backgrounds, identities, and beliefs.

We also warmly welcome interest from serving and ex-personnel, and their relatives. Please identify that you are a member of the armed forces community on your application form to be entitled to a guaranteed interview (subject to essential criteria being met). As a Disability Confident Employer, guaranteed interviews are also available to disabled applicants when essential role requirements have been met.

If you require any reasonable adjustments to the application process, please contact [email protected]

Vacancies may close early if sufficient applications are received, or if an internal redeployee has been identified. For fixed-term roles, current NHS staff will be considered for secondments, while fixed-term contracts will be offered to external (non-NHS) applicants. The NCA does not accept unsolicited CVs from agencies. Read more about this here.

The successful candidate will join our dynamic and enthusiastic multidisciplinary team of medical staff, trainees, nursing, and allied health professionals, and will be given responsibilities for patient care commensurate with their level of experience and training. We support locally employed doctors in obtaining the training and secondments required to successfully complete all aspects of the Portfolio Pathway (previously known as CESR programme), supported by our CESR lead and three RCEM CESR assessors. We are in the process of setting up a more formal CESR programme in our department for fellows who wish to pursue this route. At the core of our reputation is an emphasis on education, with sustainability and flexible working. We recognise that a good work-life balance is of paramount importance in developing a rewarding career.