Job overview

Fundamentals Fellow in Emergency Medicine Based at Grange University Hospital, Cwmbran, South East Wales

Duration: Fixed Term 6 months initially

Anticipated Start Date: February 2025

These 6 month posts are an innovation by the Emergency Medicine team at the Grange University Hospital. Previous post holders have used the roles to gather experience prior to successful applications for specialty training in Emergency Medicine, Anaesthetics or others. A number of past appointees have sought to extend their posts, having found the roles both enjoyable and educational.

This position involves Regulated Activity with children and adults as defined by the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act (amended by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012) and the following checks will be undertaken following any conditional offer.

Enhanced check with barred list information, including an adults and children’s barred list check

Applicants must hold or be eligible to hold full registration and a licence to practice with the GMC.

Free parking is available across all Aneurin Bevan University Health Board Sites.

Main duties of the job

These Fundamentals fellows in EM offer clinical experience in a busy and well supported new Emergency Department with 20% allocated time off the ED clinical rota for fundamental development in a number of innovative areas, including pre-hospital medicine with our physician response unit, Resus skills and Development, Teaching, Radiology and Simulation.

They would particularly suit those who have passed their FY2 (or equivalent) competencies and have sound background knowledge of medicine, but may be undecided about their career pathway and/or would like to take time out of formal training.  Within a supportive and professional team and environment, Clinical Fellows experience a very broad spectrum of clinical experience and a collaborative interface with wider associated specialties, aiming always to work together to provide an excellent patient experience. 

The Clinical Fellow are afforded the same training opportunities as our training posts, with access to in house training – this includes protected monthly consultant led teaching days.  Study leave is encouraged and the appointees will have the opportunity to perform an audit cycle and take part in case presentations.

Clinical Fellows (CF) in Emergency Medicine assume the responsibilities normally associated with junior grade (SHO level) appointment in Emergency Department (ED), and have access to a full range of IT facilities within the department.

Working for our organisation

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy which opened in October 2020.  Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.