Senior Clinical Fellow - Emergency Medicine

Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic Emergency Medicine Doctor to work at the Bedford Hospital Site Emergency Department. You must be dedicated to providing high quality emergency care, maintaining clinical standards, and continually looking to drive positive change by developing the service.

This is an exciting challenge for an Emergency Medicine Doctor who is keen to be at the heart of delivering a modern emergency medicine service across resus, majors, ambulatory majors, minor injuries, and paediatrics.

Your job will include a combination of direct clinical care, clinical education and personal development activities designed to support your career progression alongside delivery of the department's service objectives.

The senior clinical fellow role includes leadership responsibilities such as leading resus or trauma teams, leading on running areas of the department, EPIC role overnight, and supervision of resident colleagues in the department.

Senior clinical fellows are expected to take a leading role with educational activities, clinical governance, audits, and quality improvement in the department.

Main duties of the job
Your job will include a combination of direct clinical care, clinical education and personal development activities designed to support your career progression alongside delivery of the department's service objectives.

About us
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology.

Our Values
We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.

Details
Date posted: 20 July 2026
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Doctor - other
Salary: £45,715 to £69,976 a year per annum
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 416-SCF-EM-116
Job locations: Bedford Hospital, Kempston Road, Bedford, MK429DJ, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

• Senior Clinical Fellows take a leading role in the initial diagnosis and management of all patients attending the department across the full range of cases that present to a UK DGH ED.
• Contribute to follow up of patients discharged home or admitted under the care of the Emergency Department which can include ward reviews and discharges, review of investigation reports and recall of patients for review.
• Take a leading role in adult and paediatric trauma and resuscitation teams and coordination of the Emergency Department treatment areas.
• Supervision and teaching of medical students and resident doctor colleagues during ED shifts and in planned teaching sessions.
• Maintain a high standard of clinical documentation, complete discharge summaries and coding for patients treated, and prepare statements and reports relating to clinical episodes as required.
• Contribute to clinical staffing of observation units or Extended Emergency Medicine Ambulatory care units as required by the service.
• Duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances at the request of the consultant or specialist registrar. Such additional commitments arising would be exceptional and short-lived.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Medical Degree
• ALS Provider

Desirable

• APLS/EPALS provider
• ATLS provider
• Relevant postgraduate qualification; MRCEM, EBEEM or equivalent

Registration
Essential

• Full GMC registration with a licence to practice

Clinical Experience
Essential

• Excellent all round experiance of DGH work
• Minimum of 2 years post-foundation year 1/ internship related to Emergency Medicine
• Ability to work independently, but aware of own limitations and know when to seek advice from senior colleagues

Desirable

• Experience in managing paediatric Emergencies
• Experience in managing cardiac arrest
• Experience in managing injuries

Clinical Effectiveness
Essential

• Understand the principles of quality improvement (QIP) work
• Understanding Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

Desirable

• Evidence of QIP work
• Evidence of CPD
• Publications

Teaching
Essential

• Intrest in and ability to contribute to teaching and learning of more junior doctors and medical students

Desirable

• Evidence of teaching
• Development of teaching skills

Personnel Skills
Essential

• Ability to co-operate in a democratic team environment
• Flexible attitude, team player with good management skills

Clinical Governance
Essential

• Able to demostrate an understanding of the principles and elements of clinical governance

Desirable

• Engagement with clinical governance activity

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
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).

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

Employer details
Employer name: Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Bedford Hospital, Kempston Road, Bedford, MK429DJ, United Kingdom
Employer's website: Apply through our website

For questions about the job, contact:
Clinical Director for Emergency Medicine, Dr Thomas Larsen, View email address on meeveem.com