Senior Clinical Fellow in Acute Medicine

Job summary

The advertised post is suitable for individuals who are interested in furthering their knowledge, skills, and experience in Acute and General Medicine, whilst working in a stimulating yet supportive environment. The posts have been designed for individuals who are interested in building on any experience already gained at middle grade level in Acute Medicine.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be expected to assess and manage patients presenting to the department with a wide spectrum of acute and unselected presentations. He / she will also be expected to supervise and support the more junior medical staff as required and will be involved in the resuscitation and management of acutely ill and deteriorating patients

About us

Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.

Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.

We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.

Our values should be the 'golden thread' which runs through everything we do - they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronymICORE; Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.

We have a number of staff networks including the Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women's Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our Armed Forces network is one of our emerging networks.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our 'Balance' programme balancegateshead.com to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.