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Bangor ED Clinical Fellow in EM w/ PHEM, MedEd or Mgt/QI Job Info Nov 2017 v1.01 The not-allowed-to-be-the-official-job-description-because-official-ones-are-boring COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE BANGOR ED CLINICAL FELLOW POSTS 2017/18 posts: starting dates Aug 18, Feb 19 (& Aug 19 for exceptional candidates) We believe that if you’re looking at a job like our Clinical Fellow posts, it is a choice to come here. It’s an important choice for you, and that makes it an important choice for us. So the EM consultants, independently of HR, have produced this extremely comprehensive unofficial guide to our Clinical Fellow posts. It is so comprehensive (and, we hope, gives a flavour of the character and ethos of our ED) that we can’t use it as the official Job Description: that, sad to say, is going to be far shorter, extremely boring, and will be downloadable from NHS Jobs when the job advert goes live. You should, of course, read it too, if you are thinking of applying! ☺ Contents Introduction Basic information about the posts Pages 2/3 Who are these posts An overview of the post requirements and options for flexible Page 4/5 designed for? dates, post duration & job planning Community COTE Our wild-card option: can we tempt you to spend 4 months in Page 6 community Care of the Elderly and really get to grips with keeping frail older patients in their homes? Our ED What to expect from our ED and the Clinical Fellow posts Pages 7-11 Rota, duration & pay 12 months? 6 months? Shifts or on-call? Annualised hours, Page 12-16 sessions? What’s the pay? PHEM, MedEd & More detailed information about the “activity” options Pages 16-20 Management/QI available (we can mix ‘n’ match!) The hospital Basic information about Ysbyty gwynedd Page 21 The city A few facts about Bangor Page 21 Lifestyle & Leisure A taster of life in North Wales – see website for more! Page 22 Conditions of Service Mostly, exactly what you would expect, with a little extra for Page 23 the PHEM posts Application procedure Check the Person Specification, contact us for a chat and apply Page 23 via NHS Jobs. General requirements Applies to all BCUHB staff Page 24 Visit our website The unofficial Emergency Department website – containing comprehensive FAQs about these posts and a wealth of other information about our ED and living in North West Wales – is at www.mountainmedicine.co.uk. Do have a look! #ThisIsNotTheOfficialJobDescription Questions? Contact [email protected] 1 Bangor ED Clinical Fellow in EM w/ PHEM, MedEd or Mgt/QI Job Info Nov 2017 v1.01 Introduction Our original Clinical Fellow posts (EM with PHEM) were created in 2011 and quickly became a roaring success. They were originally intended to provide a Fun yet productive “year out” after ACCS, with the added attraction oF pre-hospital activities. However, pre-hospital Emergency Medicine doesn’t appeal to everyone who might enjoy a year as part of our team, so we now ofFer three diFFerent varieties in our Clinical Fellow programme: • Medical Education (which can include Simulation) • Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine • Medical Management & Quality Improvement (Mgt/QI). Having overFlowed with Clinical Fellows in 2015/16, we expanded the number oF posts for 2016/17 and filled them too, and overFlowed our funded posts again in 2017/18. All our Clinical Fellow posts are designed to enable the post-holder to start/consolidate EM middle-grade responsibilities in the well-supported environment oF a Friendly rural DGH, with the added bonus oF living in a glorious part oF North Wales, sandwiched between Snowdonia National Park and the Isle oF Anglesey. Almost 25% oF the job plan (23.1% to be precise) is spent doing your choice of activity (+ SPA), with the majority of the job being a middle-grade in our thriving little ED. Our tertiary units are around 100 miles away, so it is rare for our ED to be bypassed, and - unlike most urban DGHs - we have kept most of our major trauma. For Fellows opting for the Full 13-session job plan, 44 days per 12 months is spent undertaking one of our special activity packages (i.e. PHEM, MedEd or Mgt/QI) and there’s a weekly SPA session too. We expect every Fellow to get involved with some projects (e.g. protocol development, teaching, and audit) but we’re aware that CV enhancement is more of a priority for some Fellows than others… iF you just want to do the minimum necessary For appraisal, that’s OK. We are highly skilled at helping Fellows get their first publications and many oF our Fellows gain their first conference posters whilst in Bangor. When it comes to the “Activity Time” (aka “playtime”), there are three activity packages available (see page 16-20 & our website For more detailed inFo): 1. PHEM: primarily consists oF shiFts with Welsh Ambulance (on ambulances and rapid response vehicles) and – if you want to go flying – with EMRTS onboard the Welsh Air Ambulance. We can provide unique insights into the work oF our local SAR colleagues (Mountain Rescue/SAR helicopters) via the Bangor Mountain Medicine Project, although sadly we are no longer able to access Flying experience on the SAR aircraFt. There is also the option oF becoming involved in pre-registration paramedic training. 12-month posts include your choice oF Funded pre-hospital course (usually PHTLS or ATACC) in PHEM time, in addition to the standard 10 days oF study leave per year. Unlike most PHEM opportunities, we do take pre-hospital beginners and our PHEM Fellows are encouraged to sit the DipIMC as soon as they have gained sufficient PHEM experience to become eligible. The posts are designed as “prep school for PHEM”, and are designed to equip post-holders with as many of the “essential” and “desirable” attributes required by the PHEM sub-specialty Person SpeciFication as possible, as well as gaining a wide appreciation oF the world oF the ambulance service. Most importantly, we ask our paramedic colleagues to train our Fellows to become the kind oF doctors they welcome at scene. #ThisIsNotTheOfficialJobDescription Questions? Contact [email protected] 2 Bangor ED Clinical Fellow in EM w/ PHEM, MedEd or Mgt/QI Job Info Nov 2017 v1.01 2. Medical Education (+/- Simulation): love teaching, but want more practice? The majority oF “MedEd” days are used to teach CardiFF medical students (3rd and final years) on rotation to Bangor ED, but you’ll also support our junior doctors and MSc-student paramedics and nurses training to be ACPs. Our MedEd Fellows reFine their teaching skills on the shop Floor and in the classroom (lectures, small groups and one-on-one tutorials), plus gaining experience of mentoring juniors. We can also access opportunities to teach pre-registration paramedic students. Ysbyty Gwynedd has a well-equipped Simulation Suite, so an interest in medical simulation can be indulged. There is a well-established simulation programme For undergraduates & training in running simulation scenarios is available. 12-month MedEd posts commencing in time For the start oF the academic year include Funded enrolment onto a Post-Graduate CertiFicate in Medical Education course. For posts commencing mid-year, we will endeavour to find suitable short course(s) to attend. 3. Medical Management & Quality Improvement (Mgt/QI) – whether you are interested in medical politics, want to improve your Clinical Leadership skills, start your management portFolio or would like to gain experience designing and evaluating a quality improvement project, this variant oF the Clinical Fellow programme is incredibly Flexible. Working with colleagues locally, regionally, and nationally - at the very heart and highest levels of NHS Wales and Welsh Government - we are able to oFFer our Mgt/QI Fellows a programme oF experience and project work that is both tailor-made and truly unique. 12-month posts commencing in time For the start oF the academic year include Funded enrolment onto a suitable Post-Graduate CertiFicate course (or First year oF a distance-learning MSc). For posts commencing mid-year, we will endeavour to find suitable short course(s) to attend. Opportunities unique to Bangor Since we created the concept of Clinical fellow posts incorporating “playtime”, other hospitals have copied the concept. We don’t mind – we know we have fantastic posts on offer, and we have some elements that nowhere else in the UK can offer. Totally unique to Ysbyty gwynedd ED, Clinical Fellows are allowed to access the Bangor Mountain Medicine Database, which is the biggest of its kind in the world (over 1400 cases since 2004) and proving its worth as a goldmine for extracting material for conference abstracts! See www.scribd.com/BangorED for a taster. Those who help to maintain the Mountain Medicine Database may get a chance to add a national speaking engagement to their CV: we share them out! Visit www.mountainmedicine.co.uk to find out more. For Clinical Fellows with a PHEM interest, our relationship with local SAR colleagues means that we have incredible access to SAR, Mountain Rescue teams, and HART team training facilities. And for everyone, we have the experience of Rural Emergency Medicine: a unique and rewarding aspect of UK EM that city training alone cannot prepare you for. #ThisIsNotTheOfficialJobDescription Questions? Contact [email protected] 3 Bangor ED Clinical Fellow in EM w/ PHEM, MedEd or Mgt/QI Job Info Nov 2017 v1.01 Who are these posts designed for? We created these posts primarily For post-ACCS trainees wanting a “year out” prior to Higher Specialist Training: we typically have mostly post-ACCS EM Fellows on OOPE, one or two ACCS- anaesthetics/AM aFter CT3, occasional EM trainees aFter ST4 or ST5, and a Few who are only able to squeeze in a six-month post (NB - a minimum 10 months EM experience is required posts less than 12 months’ duration).