CESR Clinical Fellow in Emergency Medicine
Posted 23 hours 7 minutes ago by NHS
The closing date is 22 April 2026
This exciting post is aimed at providing clinicians with the support and training required to successfully achieve a CESR in Emergency Medicine. This 12 month post (in the first instance) is a structured training programme in a Major Trauma Centre, offering 3 month secondments in ICU, anaesthetics, acute medicine and in our dedicated Paediatric Emergency Department, with the option for extensions which will be mutually agreed.
You will be working at a junior registrar level in our Emergency Department, gaining experience with our enthusiastic and experienced consultant group. Following successful completion of this year and evidence of progression towards exams the candidate will move onto completing secondments in ICU and anaesthetics while continuing to gain EM experience. The final 2 years will involve the trainee working at a senior registrar level while completing secondments in the Paediatric Emergency Department and Acute Medicine.
The contract will be reviewed annually and may be extended on a mutually agreed basis, based on successful completion of required competencies at annual review.
During this training programme there will be opportunities to engage in QIP and management projects and we have fortnightly teaching. Our consultant body has FRCEM examiners, ALS, APLS and ETC instructors and consultants with an extensive interest in US. We also have a consultant and 2 locums who have successfully completed the CESR programme.
Main duties of the jobOpportunities to engage in QIP and management projects, fortnightly teaching, exposure to a team of FRCEM examiners, ALS, APLS, ETC instructors and consultants experienced with US. The trainee may work with the Cardiff Physician Response Unit and with Cardiff University for academic projects, and can develop interests in medical education, CEM and US.
About usCardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 15,000 staff and providing more than 100 specialist services across 6 hospital sites. We serve approximately 500,000 people in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, focusing on the health and care needs of the local population and working with partners to develop regional services.
Our mission is "Caring for People, Keeping People Well" and our vision that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. We are committed to innovation, improvement and clinical research, and we work closely with staff and the community.
Cardiff is a thriving Welsh capital offering diverse sports, arts and cultural attractions. The Vale of Glamorgan provides beautiful countryside and a dramatic coastline, giving both city and rural living options.
Person Specification- Qualifications: MBBS or equivalent medical qualification; Life Support provider status on ALS with RCUK, ERC or ARC; Full GMC registration with a licence to practise; ATLS, APLS, MRCEM; Intercalated Degree; MSc or PhD.
- Experience: Previous management of adult and paediatric emergencies; at least 4 years full time postgraduate training; at least 12 months in a consultant led NHS Emergency Department; evidence of participation in Research and Clinical Governance; interests in specialties related to Emergency Medicine; previous NHS experience.
- Abilities: Commitment to a team approach and multi disciplinary working; attitudes to emergency medicine compatible with the board's aims; counselling and communication skills.
- Audit: Participation in clinical audit; understanding of clinical risk management and governance; engagement with revalidation.
- Research: Ability to appraise research critically; initiation, progression and conclusion of research projects with publication.
- Management: Whole systems approach to ED working; experience in change management; evidence of management training.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service will be required to check for any previous criminal convictions.