Senior Clinical Fellow in Emergency Medicine

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Clinical Fellow in Emergency Medicine

The closing date is 08 December 2025

An exciting opportunity to work as a Senior Clinical Fellow in the Emergency Department at Royal Derby Hospital, to commence as soon as possible.

To provide clinical services to Derby, East Staffordshire and surrounding areas, with colleagues and to assist in the diagnosis and treatment of patients at the hospitals & clinics at which you have duties and the proper functioning of the department.

To provide continuing care and treatment of patients in your charge and personal performance of clinical duties as agreed and teaching of staff in training, and the multidisciplinary team.

Maintaining flexible arrangements for emergency cover and a provision of cover for colleagues during reasonable periods of leave.

Provision of an out-of-hours service with colleagues on the Tier 3 or 4 rota.

Active participation in undergraduate & postgraduate education, including training sessions for resident doctors, medical students and other healthcare staff in the specialty.

Assist in the supervision & training of medical staff/students, carrying out teaching, examination & accreditation duties as required & contributing to postgraduate & CPD activity locally & nationally as appropriate.

Participate in clinical governance activity under local arrangements.

Main duties of the job

The ED has 24/7 middle grade clinical cover & extended Consultant cover to 8am-2am 7 days per week. Post-holders in this grade will participate in the Tier 4 rota at "bleep-holding level". Duties within the Emergency Department will cover the whole range of clinical responsibility for both those patients seen in the Emergency Department and inpatients on our observation ward.

Clinical duties will include taking a lead role in the management of acutely ill or traumatised patients. The qualities of leadership required as head of an emergency team are stressed and it is anticipated that these qualities will be gradually learned through the process of supervision of more junior doctors and involvement in their education - both formal and informal.

The post holder will be expected to prioritise and time manage effectively according to the activity of the department and to utilise appropriately the available senior staff for advice.

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
• On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond
• A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts about our Trust:

• We see on average 4,810 OP appointments per day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2,077 per week.
• An average of 1,115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.

Job responsibilities

The post holder will be expected to prioritise and time manage effectively according to the activity of the department and to utilise appropriately the available senior staff for advice.

Education and Training

A Consultant educational supervisor for the period of the appointment will be allocated. The post holder will be expected to complete work place based assessments to allow documentation of their own development and develop a personal learning plan with regular review.

The successful applicants will gain clinical experience across all of these teams, whilst also engaging with the clinical rota when appropriate.

Person Specification Teaching Experience

• Evidence & experience of supervising and teaching resident doctors and medical students
• Ability to & experience of teaching clinical skills
• Any teaching courses or qualifications

Qualifications

• FRCEM intermediate
• ATLS/ETC certification
• ALS certification
• APLS or PALS certification
• MBBS/MBChB or equivalent
• Good Clinical Practice (GCP) training
• Higher degree

Clinical Experience

• At least one year of paid work in the NHS (clinical attachments do not count).
• Experience at Tier 4 level

Clinical Knowledge and skills

• Experience in making clinical decisions & managing risk
• Demonstrable experience of the "Top 20" acute medical presentations & their management
• Up-to-date clinical knowledge in relevant speciality & evidence of an understanding of its application
• Completed at least five years full time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part time or flexible basis)
• Demonstrates clarity in written/spoken communication & capacity to adapt language as appropriate to the situation

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust