Job overview

The Emergency Department at Nottingham University Hospitals’ NHS Trust is excited to be able to offer an opportunity for a motivated doctor to join our friendly Children and Young People’s (CYP) Emergency Department team for 12 months maternity leave cover.  

Depending on your experience, you will be appointed to a Junior Fellow role (equivalent to CT1, CT2 or CT3) or on our ST4+ equivalent rota. You may be considered for the Senior Fellow role if full MRCEM or MRCPCH is held at the time of applying.  

This  post is an ideal opportunity for anyone wishing to gain more experience or exposure in Paediatric ED prior to an application to a National Training Programme or a joining a local CESR programme for example.

You will have the opportunity to work in a forward thinking, dynamic department which is committed to the Trust’s ambition of developing staff and delivering outstanding healthcare outcomes for patients.

Main duties of the job

Working in our CYPED encompasses many management skills such as managing the shop floor, keeping to the four hour target and constant reprioritisation of tasks. 

You will be supported to work through competencies to develop portfolio evidence to meet your set objectives and will work under the clinical direction of CYPED Consultants who are present in the department 24/7.  You will be allocated an Educational and Clinical supervisor

What we can offer you as a Fellow in ED:

• Monthly teaching
• Work place based assessments
• Shop floor supervision
• Opportunities to get involved with teaching
• Audit work and QIP's etc
• Research opportunities

Working for our organisation

Every day, our teams at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) make a difference. We save lives, we improve lives, and we usher in new life. We are proud to play a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of people in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire and our surrounding communities.

With around 20,000 colleagues, we are the largest employer in Nottinghamshire and one of the biggest and busiest NHS Trusts in the country, serving more than 2.5million residents of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire and a further four million people across the East Midlands and beyond.

Our Trust spans over four sites including Queen’s Medical Centre (QMC), Nottingham City Hospital, Ropewalk House and the National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) – the first NHS centre of its kind in the country and co-located with the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre near Loughborough. Our fifth site, the Broad Marsh Community Diagnostics Centre in Nottingham City Centre is due to open in 2027.

We provide a range of national and internationally renowned specialist services, and we are at the forefront of new surgical procedures and research programmes. We are home to the East Midlands Major Trauma Centre, the Nottingham Children's Hospital and in partnership with the University of Nottingham we host a Biomedical Research Centre carrying out vital research into hearing, digestive diseases, respiratory, musculoskeletal disease, mental health and imaging.

As a teaching hospital, we are instrumental in the education and training of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals. We are proud of our strong relationships with universities across the East Midlands, including the University of Nottingham, Nottingham Trent University and Loughborough University.

We have been home to Channel 4’s award-winning series 24 Hours in A&E, which takes a look inside one of the country’s busiest emergency departments at QMC and showcases the dedication, passion and skill of our teams, and we have our very own podcast ‘Don’t Say The Q Word’ which shines a light on the incredible patients, staff and achievements behind the scenes at our trust.

Recent years have been challenging. Our maternity services have been subject to an independent review, and we must do more to improve our finances. We have seen improvements in many areas already and continue to be more focused than ever on making sustained improvements across our services.

We continue to develop and invest in our hospitals, and we have extensive plans to improve our hospitals and the services we deliver for patients. We are one of the NHS Trusts identified in the government’s national New Hospital Programme, and our Tomorrow’s NUH project is expected to begin in earnest in 2037. In the meantime we continue to deliver investment in our hospital estate such as our expanded neonatal unit at QMC and three new operating theatres at City Hospital, as well as ongoing and future projects such as the expansion of our Same Day Emergency Care department and Urgent Treatment Centre, a further three operating theatres at our City Hospital site and a programme of digital transformation.

This is an exciting time to join NUH and help support our future ambitions.