Digital Education Fellow in Emergency Medicine with PGCert (Education)

Job description

Job responsibilities

This is fulltime role in the Emergency Department and jobs plans will be bespoke to the successful applicant.

The approximate split in the job plan will be 50% clinical and 50% education, with a weekend frequency of 1 in 6 in order to support successful completion of a fully funded modular PGCert in Medical Education at UCL subject to their application process. Details of how to apply for this will be supplied upon appointment in August 2023.

Salaries will be commensurate to the post-holders previous experience and subject to banding with London weighting. Overseas candidates will need to be registered with the GMC prior to commencing the post in August 2023 and supported through a certificate of sponsorship (CoS) process.

It is essential that you have experience leading a clinical shift as a senior registrar as you will be participating on our tier A rota as well as full paediatric, trauma and anaesthetic competencies.

Main duties of the Education Role

Be responsible for the planning, organisation and delivery of our internal ED education programme.

Analyse curriculum requirements to ensure that delivery is matched to the learning needs of our multidisciplinary team.

Collect feedback from each session electronically and use this to quality assure the programme.

To improve on the use of technology to deliver novel educational experiences.

To use the education platform to deliver key messages and enhance safety and clinical governance.

To work with the simulation leads to deliver at least twice monthly live-streamed micro-simulations in the ED.

To develop a comprehensive electronic resource or virtual classroom for trainees to access in their own time.

To present our work in international conferences and publish in peer reviewed journals.

Main duties of the Clinical Role

You will work at a senior registrar in the ED role participating in the tier A rota with approximately 1 in 6 weekends to allow sufficient time to complete your PGCert.

To work independently in all areas of the ED including the resuscitation room, majors, urgent treatment centre and paediatrics.

You will be responsible for reviewing patients seen by our junior medical team and complementing Consultant delivered care.

Deliver point-of-care teaching and support for our multi-stream trainees as well as career-grade doctors and ACPs.

You will be supported to develop your senior registrar leadership abilities with supported ESLEs and work-based assessments by our experienced Consultant trainers.

You will be encouraged to develop and fully sign-off your point-of-care ultrasound skills in line with the requirements set-out by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine.

To engage with our research team in the ED, appropriately recruiting and supporting patients recruited to our studies.

To attend our weekly clinical governance meetings and participate and enhance your managerial and safety skills.

You will be supported to complete a quality improvement project as part of your clinical component.

Person Specification

Professional Qualifications

Essential

• MBBS or equivalent primary medical degree.
• Full GMC registration.

Desirable

• MRCEM or FRCEM Primary
• MRCP, MRCS, MRCGP, Primary FRCA
• Post-graduate teaching qualification.

Knowledge

Essential

• At least 12 months experience in emergency medicine.
• ALS, ATLS and APLS or equivalent certification.

Desirable

• Experience in internal (acute) medicine, anaesthetics, paediatrics, surgery, and orthopaedics.
• Instructor in life support courses

Training

Essential

• At least 4 years post-graduate training.

Desirable

• Familiar with the UK system of healthcare delivery.

Skills

Essential

• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Good record keeping

Desirable

• Vlogging, blogging and social media experience.
• Fully signed-off for point-of-care CORE ultrasound.

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

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

UCLH

235 Euston Road

London

NW1 2BU

Employer's website

https://www.uclh.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)