Job responsibilities
Leeds
Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is one of the largest acute hospital trusts in
the country. It provides emergency care in three Emergency Departments with
Adult Emergency Departments at St James University Hospital and the Leeds
General Infirmary and a separate Paediatric Emergency Department at the Leeds
General Infirmary.
The
Leeds Emergency Department offer 12-month Senior Clinical Fellows posts
designed to provide individually tailored experience and training for those
who want to develop a special interest in Emergency Medicine whilst working
in a large teaching hospital and major trauma centre. We provide self
rostering for the tier 4 doctors which, from feedback, allows a better
work/life balance. LTFT options are available.
Our
fellowship posts are designed with substantial non-clinical time (40%) to
allow for the development of special interests. They are supported by a
generous study budget. We will support trainees to complete a relevant PG
Certificate during their time with us.
At
present our core education roles for our adult SCFs include:
Simulation
This
post will allow you to work with an enthusiastic group of consultants with a
keen interest in simulation. Your responsibilities will include coordinating
an embedded weekly in situ simulation program across both of our adult
departments. We run a wide variety of simulations covering all EM
presentations including our monthly interprofessional trauma team
simulations. An interest in human factors and non-technical skills will serve
you well in this post.
During
your time with us, we will ensure that you have opportunities to develop your
own skills as simulation faculty with locally run courses such as
Introduction to Simulation and the national Becoming Simulation Faculty
course being run at the trust. You will also have the opportunity to empower
junior and interprofessional colleagues to work alongside you.
Postgraduate
Medical Education
As
the Senior Clinical Fellow in Postgraduate Education you will have dedicated
non-clinical time to pursue activities related to postgraduate education,
training and supervision. You will work alongside the departments specialty
tutors to develop and maintain a positive learning environment for clinicians
working in the department. There will be opportunities to get involved in
areas including (but not limited to) junior doctor teaching, senior teaching,
simulation, induction, FOAM-ed and trainee wellbeing. You will be supported
to develop your own educational skill set including teaching and curriculum
development. There is a study budget available and we will support you pursue
a Post Graduate Certificate in Clinical Education or other relevant course.
Undergraduate
Medical Education
As
the Senior Clinical Fellow in Undergraduate Education you will have dedicated
non-clinical time for the delivery of scheduled undergraduate education for
over 100 senior medical students each year. You will work alongside the
departments Undergraduate Tutor to maintain the learning environment and to
support the development of students capabilities in performance and
practice. You will be expected to teach, support and mentor the students on
the shop floor, in the classroom and in a simulated clinical environment.
There is also the opportunity to be formally involved in University summative
assessment processes. This fellowship prioritises support for you to
transform your own capabilities relating to educational theory, feedback
practice, simulation and teaching skills.
Ultrasound
This
post will allow you to work with our regional ultrasound lead for Emergency
Medicine. You will co-ordinate a local ultrasound specific programme which
includes shop floor observation and classroom teaching. You will also have
the opportunity to be involved in organising and teaching on our deanery wide
Emergency Medicine ultrasound teaching programme.
We
are also able to support fellowships in areas other than education including:
Frailty Emergency Medicine
Research
Clinical Leadership
Digital Health Transformation
MAJAX and Major Incident Management
Global Health
Health Improvement and Inequalities
We
welcome the development of fellowships in additional areas and would be happy
to discuss options with you on application.
We
would usually interview all interested in any of these posts then provide
options based on interview score (ie. highest scorer will get first choice
role etc). Please let us know at interview which roles you would be
interested in.
KNOWLEDGE,
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
Please
see the Person Specification.
The
posts are adaptable to suit the level of experience of the candidate
ranging from ST4 equivalence to post CCT.
LEVELS
OF RESPONSIBILITY
The
appointee must have experience in Emergency Medicine and in specialties with
relevance to emergency medicine i.e. ACCS specialties, T&O, surgery,
paediatrics
Applicants
must provide information regarding their status from the GMC and/or relevant
Royal College at the time of application for the application to be progressed
further.
The
candidate must have completed MCEM/FRCEM intermediate, or equivalent
qualification
The
appointee must be able to demonstrate they have the skills and competencies
to work at ST4 level.
DUTIES
OF THE POST
Our
Senior Clinical Fellows work alongside our HSTs in Emergency Medicine and
Staff Grade doctors on our tier 4 rota. Fellows work across both sites and
both adult departments.
Previous
candidates have had 60% of the post recognised as training time in emergency
medicine (OOPT). Trainees applying for out of programme training will be
allocated appropriate clinical / educational supervisors and supported to get
their required assessments completed and attendance at regional teaching.
The
individual will have up to 16 hours of non-clinical duties depending on
individual development needs. This non clinical time is for the development
of the fellows special interest but there is also an expectation that
fellows will contribute/ support the departments education, governance and
research programmes. For example:
Delivery and development of
undergraduate education and support of medical students in the department
Delivery and development of
postgraduate education
Delivery of simulation training
Development of clinical guidelines
relevant to the ED
Contributing to clinical governance
requirements including quality improvement projects and audit
An
example rota is seen below. We provide self rostering for our tier 4 doctors
which is a flexible rota system. The work schedule below is an example which
includes the correct number of shifts that you will be working but not the
order you will work them in.
The
posts are offered on a fixed term contract for up to 12 months in the first
instance. The post holder must be registered with GMC and hold a licence to
practice.
Medical
Staff in the Department
We
have over 50 consultants in the Emergency Department with a wide range of
clinical, educational, and managerial interests. These include
Dr
Anin Dasgupta (Clinical Director Urgent Care)
Dr
Helen Mollard (Clinical Lead Paediatrics Emergency Department)
Dr
Sundararaj Manou (Recruitment Lead, Clinical Lead Adults, LGI)
Dr
Catherine Holmes (Specialty Tutor, EM TPD for Simulation Y&H)
Dr
Claire Thompson (Speciality Tutor)
Dr
Andrew Davies (Head of School for Y&H EM training)
Dr
Dafydd Hammond-Jones (TPD HST West Yorkshire)
Dr
S Higgins (TPD- ST3- West Yorkshire)
Dr
Jennifer Russell (Undergraduate Lead, EM TPD for Education Y&H)
Dr
Mohit Arora (TPD for Ultrasound)
Dr
Alia Yaqub (Major Trauma Lead - Adults)
Dr
Rosanne Betton (Major Trauma Lead Paediatrics)
Dr
Jonathan Jones (West Yorkshire Major Trauma Network Lead)
Dr
Peter Cutting (Risk and Learning Lead)
Dr
Tajek Hassan (Past RCEM President, Adult Research co-lead)
Dr
Najeeb Rahaman (Global EM track, Adult Research co-lead)
Dr
Alice Downes (Paediatric safeguarding lead, Paediatric Research Lead)
