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TUE 5 NOV 2024
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The Junior Clinical Fellow will engage in various clinical practice areas, including Trauma, Sepsis, Mental Health, and Paediatrics, while contributing to service improvement initiatives. This role is particularly suited for those considering further training in emergency medicine, such as pursuing the MRCEM qualification. The state-of-the-art facilities at Croydon University Hospital provide an excellent environment for professional growth, making it a compelling opportunity for early-career doctors aiming to enhance their emergency medicine capabilities.
The Emergency Department at Croydon University Hospital (CUH) is one of the busiest in London and is a designated Trauma Unit, part of the South West London and Surrey Trauma Network. This post is part of an expansion of the clinical workforce delivering Emergency Medicine including middle grades and consultants. We are increasing our Junior Clinical Fellow posts up to 15 as part of a trainee and trust post roster of 21 at the level of ST1-3. These posts are targeted at doctors who having completed Foundation training (or the equivalent) are interested in a career in emergency medicine or a related speciality. We have an established record of post holders enhancing clinical skills and enabling doctors at this level to progress onto specialist training numbers and consultant equivalent training posts.
Junior Clinical Fellow
Level (ST1-2) in Emergency Medicine
We are looking to increase the doctors at Croydon Emergency Department.
- Are you looking for further opportunities to increase and perfect your emergency skills?
- Not sure about training programmes or what specialty to choose?
- Want good variety in your work?
- And the opportunities to learn and practice new procedures in your next job?
Then #ChooseCroydonED, we are a dynamic team who are also increasing the number of senior doctors and nurses working across the department. This will increase the offer of supervision and development we can offer our junior doctors. This is on top of our established track record of preparing doctors for training programmes from these jcf posts.
At Croydon we see a huge variety of medical, surgical emergencies, there are opportunities to get experience of urgent care and major trauma, working with us will prepare you well to manage anything that the any emergency department can offer you.
This exciting opportunity is best suited to those who have completed FY2 year or who have emergency experience outside of the NHS who already have GMC registration.
Did we mention that we work in England's newest Emergency Department? Our state of the art emergency department is regarded as the most modern facility and our paediatrics department the most advanced in use in the UK.
About us
The Emergency Department is part of the Emergency Clinical Business Unit alongside the Acute Medical service for Adults. Emergency, alongside Specialist Medicine and Elderly Care and Community Services Clinical Business Units makes up the Directorate of Integrated Adult Care (IAC). Collectively IAC is responsible for the clinical services for urgent and emergency pathways and adult inpatient medical and community services and therapies.
Whilst Paediatric Emergency Care is partnered with adult Emergency services, the specialty Paediatric Care Services are organisationally arranged within the Integrated Womens and Childrens Service Directorate. As mentioned, the Emergency Department enjoy a close working relationship with the Paediatric Specialty teams and collaborate with the Integrated Womens and Childrens Leadership teams on service relevant service improvement programmes.
Junior Clinical Fellow in Emergency Medicine.
This post will offer doctors the opportunity to develop their emergency medicine skills though a wide variety of medical, surgical, trauma and urgent care presentations. It is aimed at doctors who have completed their Foundation training (or equivalent) with and interest in Emergency medicine through to those looking to undertake their MRCEM or those who can demonstrate the equivalent competencies. As part of our commitment to support a diverse workforce we would consider a less than full time candidate to join our team.
As part of the role there will be opportunities to develop specialist interested and take part in a number of service improvement and clinical specialist areas such as Trauma, Sepsis, Mental Health and Paediatrics. This is an exciting time to be involved in emergency medicine as trusts understand and embed practices to support the proposed clinical standards for emergency care following NHS Englands senior clinical review.
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