Senior Clinical Fellow in Emergency Medicine 80:20 Simulation

Job overview

Emergency Department 80:20% Clinical Fellow Post – Simulation

Bristol Royal Infirmary Emergency Department offers Junior and Senior Simulation based clinical fellow jobs, 80% time working in the Adult ED and 20% SIM.

The SIM position of the post is directly managed and supervised by the Bristol Medical Simulation Centre allowing the post holder to undergo any basic or advanced Simulation training needed. The links to Simulation Services also allows for a really varied experience within the Trust, not only within the Emergency Department.

Within the Emergency Department, the successful candidate will join an enthusiastic and multidisciplinary teaching team with a wide range of clinical teaching and supervision skills.

The Emergency Department runs an active SIM programme with regular MDT, and monthly team centred training as part of the ‘in house’ Emergency Department programme. There also frequent MDT BMSC days which will resume as soon as Covid allows. Links to Regional Training and SW HEE Sim programmes would allow for experience there if desired.

While there is as much supervision as wanted, there is also plenty of time scope within this role on your own projects and ideas. There is ample time to aim for a publication, QUIP or other SIM based project.

Main duties of the job

The post will be a combination of service provision including out of hours and paid time to develop a specialist interest. The candidate to combine a job in Emergency Medicine with a 20% time allowance for a specialist interest. Specialist interests may include but are not limited to education (SIM/FOAMed), global health, expedition medicine, leadership and management, advanced airway management, research (with Professor Jonathon Benger), ultrasound, resuscitation, toxicology and paediatrics. If an applicant has a particular specialist interest they would like to pursue not listed above then we will accommodate. Open to trainees and non-trainees. For those trainees who already have a UK National Training Number in Emergency Medicine, these posts are eligible for OOPT or OOPE.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical

The reception, diagnosis and emergency treatment of patients presenting to the adult Emergency Department. The successful candidate will be given supervision and support from senior medical staff to develop competency in the autonomous clinical management of these patients whilst ensuring patient safety. This post is based in the adult Emergency Department and no sessions will be undertaken in the paediatric Emergency Department.

There is close liaison between ED and ICU at BRI. Patients referred to Specialist Units within the hospital are the responsibility of that specialist team, who will see the patient in the Emergency Department and arrange appropriate care. However, medical and nursing staff in the ED are responsible for any emergency care necessary. This shared care is seamless and collaborative.

Managerial

The management responsibility of the post holder will be to the Clinical Director who is responsible to the Chief Executive and Trust Board.

Clinical Audit and Clinical Governance

The post holder must be aware of clinical governance and clinical risk management and take an active part in their implementation, including audit. Clinical audit is established at the BRI. They will participate in at least one supervised audit project during the 12 month post and will be encouraged to attend interdisciplinary clinical governance meetings

On-Call Commitment

In ED the roster is a full shift system. Shifts are a balanced mix of earlies, mids, lates, and nights. The post’s pay will be calculated by HR and will be compliant with the new regulations set in Aug 2017.