Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Clinical Fellow in Emergency Medicine

The closing date is 17 November 2025

Job summary

The Fellow will gain experience in various aspects of an agreed area of interest which will be supported by a consultant mentor.

The Royal Bolton Hospital Emergency Department continually seeks to develop and improve the service of emergency care to the local population. The Department has a strong educational background, with an established programme of undergraduate and postgraduate training as well as Consultant representation at local, regional and national level.

All Consultants have a variety of special interests that include Paediatric Emergency Medicine and Event Medicine.

This post will involve working weekends and out of hours.

Main duties of the job

You will work in a safe, effective, timely fashion as part of the ED middle grade rota, which will include nights and weekends.

You will provide departmental leadership and guidance for junior staff and work closely with operational management, senior nursing colleagues and the consultant body to embed departmental improvements.

There will be opportunity for the Fellow to lead quality improvement in the department in an area of their interest, such as:

  • Creation of a frailty/geriatric area of ED
  • "Silver" trauma
  • Dementia friendly care
  • End of life care
  • Supported discharge

About us

Thank you for taking the time to

consider this post in our EmergencyMedicine Team. This Senior Clinical

Fellow post offers an excitingopportunity for candidates looking to

pursue a career in Emergency Medicine.

Please see the 'Recruitment Pack' located in the Documents section, for further details.

Details

Date posted

14 November 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

£65,048 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

241-450MD-25

Job locations

Royal Bolton Hospital

Minerva Road

Bolton

BL4 0JR


Job description

Job responsibilities

For a detailed Job description and main responsibilities of the role, please see the 'Job Description'and'Person Specification'. (Located in the Documents Section)

Job description

Job responsibilities

For a detailed Job description and main responsibilities of the role, please see the 'Job Description'and'Person Specification'. (Located in the Documents Section)

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge and experience of Emergency Medicine
  • Ability to work within the Emergency Medicine Sub- directorate and liaise with professional colleagues
  • Evidence of clinical competencies in their specialty appropriate for their stage in training

Research

Essential

  • Understanding of research, including awareness of ethical issues
  • Understanding of research methodology and ability to use basic qualitative and quantitative methods
  • Knowledge of evidence-based practice

Quality Improvement /Audit

Essential

  • Understanding of clinical governance, including the basic principles of audit, clinical risk management, evidence-based practice, patient safety and quality improvement initiatives
  • Evidence of active involvement in quality improvement, audit, research or other activity that focuses on patient safety and clinical improvement and innovation

Education/Teaching

Essential

  • Evidence of interest in and experience of teaching
Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge and experience of Emergency Medicine
  • Ability to work within the Emergency Medicine Sub- directorate and liaise with professional colleagues
  • Evidence of clinical competencies in their specialty appropriate for their stage in training

Research

Essential

  • Understanding of research, including awareness of ethical issues
  • Understanding of research methodology and ability to use basic qualitative and quantitative methods
  • Knowledge of evidence-based practice

Quality Improvement /Audit

Essential

  • Understanding of clinical governance, including the basic principles of audit, clinical risk management, evidence-based practice, patient safety and quality improvement initiatives
  • Evidence of active involvement in quality improvement, audit, research or other activity that focuses on patient safety and clinical improvement and innovation

Education/Teaching

Essential

  • Evidence of interest in and experience of teaching

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Bolton Hospital

Minerva Road

Bolton

BL4 0JR


Employer's website

http://www.boltonft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Bolton Hospital

Minerva Road

Bolton

BL4 0JR


Employer's website

http://www.boltonft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Consultant

Amy Nickson

Amy.Nickson@boltonft.nhs.uk

01204390390

Details

Date posted

14 November 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

£65,048 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

241-450MD-25

Job locations

Royal Bolton Hospital

Minerva Road

Bolton

BL4 0JR


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