Junior Clinical Fellow (SHO) in Emergency Medicine

We are seeking junior clinical fellow grade doctors to join our team at St Mary’s Hospital Emergency Department as senior house officers (SHOs). This is an exciting opportunity to work in a Central London major trauma centre in a renowned university teaching hospital with an acclaimed research team.

The post will commence from August 2023 and will be 6 to 12 months fixed-term depending on candidate preference. The post is allocated 2 hours of protected non-clinical time a week on a fixed-rota working pattern, with the option of further non-clinical time for those wanting to pursue a specialist interest. The post-holder will be allocated an educational supervisor and access to weekly departmental teaching, as well as opportunities to take part in audit, quality improvement projects and research. Opportunities are available to progress and apply for our internal CESR training rotations and support is provided for those wishing to apply for life-support course, training posts or complete exams.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.

The clinical commitment comprises a full shift pattern, including out-of-hours work.

The postholder should be of senior house officer grade or equivalent and fully registered with the GMC. The post is suitable as a stand-alone experience with the opportunity to rotate into other junior clinical fellow roles at Imperial, subject to availability.

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

The statutory requirement to be fully Covid-19 vaccinated as a condition of employment from April 2022 is subject to legislative review. At Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19. The successful applicant may have contact with patients and service users and as part of our pre-employment checks and risk assessments, we will ask all candidates to confirm whether or not they have been fully vaccinated or have a medical exemption.

As part of our continued response to Covid19 we are still conducting the majority of our interviews virtually.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

In addition to the protected non-clinical time the postholder will work a full shift pattern including early, late and night shifts providing 24-hour cover with a 1 in 3 weekend commitment supported by ED consultants directly (0800-2400) and remotely (0000-0800) and a 24-hour consultant delivered trauma service. The shift pattern is new deal compliant with a 1A banding (subject to change to comply with new working practices).

The postholder will be allocated a consultant clinical and educational supervisor and opportunities to complete work-based assessments, audit, quality improvement projects and partake in research. The department delivers a full teaching programme and regular governance meetings.

For more details please refer to the Job Description document.