Senior Clinical Fellow in Emergency Medicine

Applications are invited for an enthusiastic, motivated and committed individuals to join our friendly team within the Emergency Department at Colchester Hospital.

Opportunities to gain experience in other specialties such as ITU and/or Anesthetics, Paediatrics, Acute Medicine and Trauma and Orthopedics which allows an opportunity for career progression and the possibility to apply for Pathway Portfolio in Emergency Medicine.

Pay: 12 PAs (of which 1 SPA/week).

The rota offers an excellent work-life balance allowing annual leave spells of up to three weeks. The rota also allows protected weekly teaching sessions and a new journal club is being set up by our FCEM consultants

An allocated mentor within Emergency Medicine as well as a clinical supervisor when on secondment will be provided.

Local opportunities to become ALS and ATLS instructors, as well as full support from all EM consultants to prepare for FCEM are provided.

The rota allows protected weekly teaching sessions and a new journal club is being set up by our FCEM consultants.

Colchester ED is a Major Trauma Unit with a helipad in front of the department and has close links with Emergency Department/Major Trauma Centre at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge., The successful candidate will be clinically responsible to the Consultants for the reception, resuscitation, diagnosis, and initial treatment of all emergencies in the main Emergency Department. There is the same responsibility for clinical decisions on appropriate admission of patients into hospital beds to special units or other hospitals, to out-patient clinics, or to the care of the family doctor.

The post-holder will review ad hoc returns.

He/she will share responsibility for coordinating the hospital's major incident procedure

At ESNEFT we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities. Flexible working options will be considered for all roles in line with service needs.Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause delays for our staff and patients.

We have invested in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This will transform life at ESNEFT for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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