We are looking for a Senior Clinical Fellow in PEM, at middle grade level or above (see person specification), to help take the department forward. The fellowship provides an excellent opportunity to develop a ‘specialist interest’ while gaining additional experience in PEM in a hospital that looks after a financially and ethnically diverse population.
This job will entail protected 20% of your time for Leadership and Governance development within the Emergency Department. We are looking for a candidate who can deliver a significant leadership and governance project within the Emergency Department. On appointment to this post, a discussion between the successful candidate and the supervisor would occur, to be able to prepare for a QI project that is both of interest to the candidate and the department.
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.
Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.
Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.
Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
The post-holders will be an integral part of the clinical team and will carry out the following duties:
- Reception, examination, diagnosis, resuscitation, treatment and management of patients in the Emergency Department until appropriate transfer to inpatient facility or discharge home. This includes both medical and trauma patients.
- Running flow, safety and clinical decision making of department at night (0000-0800) when consultant is on-call from home.
- Supervision of more junior medical staff in the Emergency Department.
- Participation in the Trust Major Incident Procedure.
- Participation in delivering teaching to undergraduate students attached to the Department.
- Attendance at departmental meetings as appropriate.
- Participation in annual NHS appraisal.
