Job overview

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.

Main duties of the job

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.

Working for our organisation

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon. The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 4,100 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity. 

Our main hospital site, Croydon University Hospital is one of the busiest in London. We’re also leading the way in providing more healthcare outside hospitals at clinics, specialist centres and in people’s homes. Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after people of all ages across Croydon and our Children’s Hospital at Home cares for children with long-term conditions without them having to come to hospital. 

Across the NHS everyone is working hard to meet growing demand and we’re no exception. But with the right people on board, we are rising to this challenge, putting our people in the driving seat, encouraging innovation and transforming our services to give local people the quality of care they deserve. Croydon Health Services puts a great deal of importance on education and training throughout the careers of all of our staff. As well as offering access to a range of core skills training and professional development.