Lead Clinical Practice Facilitator (Perioperative Projects)

Job overview

Paediatric Emergency Medicine Clinical Fellow posts with Speciality Interest

Start date August/September 2024 for 12 months

Applications are invited for candidates experienced in Emergency Medicine or Acute Paediatrics. The post offers an opportunity to consolidate Paediatric Emergency Medicine competencies and pursue an area of interest, which may include one of the following:

Main duties of the job

Education and Simulation fellowship - Broad based practical training in simulation and education. The opportunity to complete a postgraduate certificate (PgCert) in medical education at University College London.

Research and Quality Improvement fellowships - Opportunities to pursue research include evaluation of digital interventions, artificial intelligence in emergency medicine (UCLH-Turing partnership), clinical trials, novel therapeutics and diagnostics. Established links exist with the sepsis network and PERUKI. Opportunity to develop and complete projects with expertise and ground support of the research and quality improvement teams.

The post holder will be allocated 60% of their working time to clinical duties in Paediatric Emergency Medicine and 40% to develop an area of special interest.

This role is supported across both the Emergency Services and Paediatric divisions.

Working for our organisation

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)

National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery 

Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals 

University College Hospital Grafton Way Building 

Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine

University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre

The Hospital for Tropical Diseases 

University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street 

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.