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NHS LOTHIAN
Clinical Fellows in Emergency Medicine with specialist interests in
Toxicology, MSK with pitch-side sports medicine, Head & Neck, QI, Research, Psychiatry, Well-being, Stroke, Simulation, ICU & Paediatrics
St John’s Hospital
Reference: TG1765
NHS Lothian is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.
To this end, NHS Lothian welcomes applications from all sections of society.
Applications are welcome for the above fixed term, full (40 hours per week) posts based in St John’s Hospital.
There are a number of full-time posts available to commence February 2023. Consideration will be given if there is a request for less than full time. Eighty percent of the working time will be spent as part of the Emergency Department’s multi-disciplinary team. You will be expected to assess and manage a broad range of adult and paediatric patients with the support of colleagues including emergency medicine trainees and consultants. The department receives around 130-180 patients per day.
Twenty percent of the working time will be given to a specialist interest. Within each post study time can be given for any extra qualifications that are deemed appropriate for the post. The positions that are currently available are shown below. If these options do not fit your educational needs it may possible to tailor your development time in a bespoke way. Most special interest areas will only accommodate one person, awarded based on ranking at interview. However there is scope for specialties such as paediatrics to accommodate more than one candidate. There will also be training given in the department towards CV preparation and interview technique.
Special interest positions available are as follows:
Toxicology – Spend up to a day a week with a toxicology consultant working on the toxicology ward at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. Attend toxicology education days, complete Toxbase learning modules or even consider starting a toxicology qualification.
Simulation – gain experience and qualification in designing and running simulations. Follow this up by getting involved in the provision of sim teaching to healthcare colleagues.
Head and Neck – Attend head and neck theatre and out-patient clinics in ENT and Max Fax on average one day a week
MSK and sports – Spend time pitch-side during the rugby season, at fracture clinic, hand clinic and in the physiotherapy department gaining valuable soft tissue injury assessment and management experience.
Quality Improvement – take on a QI project with a consultant mentor at St John’s Hospital. Attend QI training days
Research – engage in an ongoing research project with the EMERGE research team based at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh or work with the new research team at St Johns Hospital.
Well-Being – Look at this growing area of Emergency Medicine. Consider resilience within the ED and engage the staff in well-being projects. Work alongside a consultant with a specialist interest in this area. Attend training and workshop days.
Stroke – experience the whole of the Stroke journey from hyperacute care in the ED, to in-patient assessment, secondary prevention and multi-disciplinary rehabilitation in the ward. Also attend neuroradiology meetings, ward rounds and clinics.
Psychiatry - Spend time with the psychiatry team on the ward and with the acute assessment team in the ED
Paediatrics – Work on average a day a week at the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People assessing and managing children and young people.
ICU – Spend a total of 4 weeks in 6 months with the ICU team at St Johns. This is a valuable opportunity to gain experience in critical care
Bespoke – suggest your own design for the 20% development time. Previous fellows have studied for qualifications in legal medicine or pursued training in leadership and simulation.
The post does not have educational approval from the Postgraduate Dean and will not be recognised for training.
For an informal discussion or further information please contact:
Dr Jonathan Wraight
Specialist interest posts lead Consultant
St John’s Hospital
Tel: 01506 523000
Email: Jonathan.wraight@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk
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We cannot accept CV’s as a form of application and only a completed online application form will be accepted. Personal information will not be sent with the application for short listing. The application form will be identified by the candidate number only to ensure that all applicants are treated equally.
Closing Date: 30/11/2022
***PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early***
Interview Date: 13/12/2022