Junior Clinical Fellow in Emergency Medicine

Job summary
The post holder will work as a Foundation Year 3 doctor within the Emergency Department.

The successful applicant will join a committed team in a forward thinking Emergency Department. The post will offer a wide range of experience in all aspects of both Adult and Paediatric Emergency Medicine and would be suitable for those planning a career in either hospital based specialities or General Practice.

The post holder will receive regular departmental and simulation based teaching. They will be assigned an educational supervisor and will also have the opportunity to take place in departmental audits. As a department we value staff wellness and have recently run a successful initiative to promote and facilitate staff taking their allocated breaks.

We are looking for doctors with at least 4 months experience working in an ED at FY2 level or above or 4 months experience working in a dedicated acute medical ward. We will also consider individuals who have spent time in other specialty training programmes, if, on the application form they demonstrate familiarity with the demands of working in Emergency Medicine particularly with regards to the challenges of patient flow and maintain government targets.

This post may close early if enough applications are received.

Main duties of the job
DUTIES OF POST
This job is ideal for a person who is looking to gain more experience in Emergency medicine or who is considering a career in the specialty.

The role will provide the successful applicant with further experience in a busy department with a varied and challenging case mix. It would also suit someone contemplating a future career in Emergency Medicine

The successful applicant will be involved in the initial assessment and management of patients. They will benefit from clinical leadership from Emergency Department Middle Grades and the ED Consultants. They will participate in the FY2 rota working a full shift pattern. Research interests and involvement in audit projects will be encouraged.

There are regular weekly and monthly meetings held in the hospital's Postgraduate Centre. Programmes are regularly circulated. There is also an ongoing Emergency Department teaching programme. The Emergency Department Consultants are committed to the supervision and development of this post. All post holders will have a Consultant allocated as their Educational Supervisor for the duration of the post.

About us
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Details
Date posted: 27 August 2026
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Doctor - other
Salary: £54,499 to £67,325 a year per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 220-WHT-4178
Job locations: Whittington Hospital, Magdala Avenue, London, N19 5NF, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
DUTIES OF POST
This job is ideal for a person who is looking to gain more experience in Emergency medicine or who is considering a career in the specialty.

The role will provide the successful applicant with further experience in a busy department with a varied and challenging case mix. It would also suit someone contemplating a future career in Emergency Medicine.

The successful applicant will be involved in the initial assessment and management of patients. They will benefit from clinical leadership from Emergency Department Middle Grades and the ED Consultants. They will participate in the FY2 rota working a full shift pattern. Research interests and involvement in audit projects will be encouraged.

There are regular weekly and monthly meetings held in the hospitals Postgraduate Centre. Programmes are regularly circulated. There is also an ongoing Emergency Department teaching programme. The Emergency Department Consultants are committed to the supervision and development of this post. All post holders will have a Consultant allocated as their Educational Supervisor for the duration of the post.

Person Specification
Shortlisting
Essential

• Applicants must have full GMC membership

Desirable

• To have up to date ALS
• Experience in trauma and orthopaedics
• Demonstrates proposed special interest undertaking will benefit the department specifically and the NHS as a whole

Essential

• The applicant must be familiar with and be able to demonstrate an understanding and experience of the major principles of the GMC's Good Medical Practice (2012) Have one of the following; -At least 4 months experience in emergency medicine at FY2 level or above -At least 4 months experience working in a dedicated acute medical ward -Worked in a training programme and can demonstrate in the application form understanding of the demands of working in Emergency Medicine with regards to patient flow and government targets

Essential

• Experience of either 4 months Emergency medicine, Acute medicine at FY2 level or above or a previous training programme (please see above)

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).