Trauma Research Fellowship - Salford, United Kingdom - Northern Care Alliance NHS Group

Northern Care Alliance NHS Group
Northern Care Alliance NHS Group
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Salford, United Kingdom

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The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) brings together staff and services from the former Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

The sheer size, scale and potential of our combined service is huge.

Together, we've a wealth of skills and resources to share and tap into and, a wide range of career paths for you to develop and explore.

If you want to join a team of around 20,000 NHS experts in delivering high-quality, local care across Salford, Oldham, Bury and Rochdale and beyond
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come and take your place with us.

Job overview:


Our Major Trauma Centre at Salford is the principal receiving site in Greater Manchester for people who trigger prehospital Major Trauma activation and one of the busiest adult major trauma centres in the UK.

The Emergency department receives approximately 1200 major trauma calls per annum, and a high proportion of patients with elevated Injury Severity Score ISS>15 require critical care admission.

Our Major Trauma Service is led by a dedicated co-ordinator service and consultant of the day.

The wider MDT consists of consultants and registrars drawn from emergency medicine, anaesthetics, intensive care, neurosurgery, general surgery, orthopaedics & plastics and radiology services.

Emergency Department trauma care is consultant-led, with an on-site 24/7 Trauma Team Leader (TTL).

The department has links with the North West Air Ambulance, with 5 of our consultants working clinically for this service.

The department runs regular teaching in trauma case management and a European Trauma Course (ETC) is run on-site annually.

(Primarily based at Salford Royal Hospital, with possibility of some activity at other sites)


Main duties of the job:


This is a 12-month fixed term appointment for a senior or post CCT fellow to work with the Emergency Medicine Directorate within the Salford Care Organisation of the Northern Care Alliance.

There will be an option to extend the contract to 36 months dependent on progress and mutual agreement.


In addition, the successful applicant will be supported with 50% funded academic time to help deliver a broad established portfolio of NIHR Trauma and Emergency Care research projects, engage with the national Trauma Audit and Research (TARN) network (hosted in Manchester) and develop their own individual research interests.


Working for our organisation:

Salford Care Organisation is part of the Northern Care Alliance, one of the largest NHS organisations in the country.

Salford is the place, which is taking bold, pioneering steps towards delivering a world class, fully integrated care system for adults.

Home to the Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences, Greater Manchester Trauma Hospital and the Geoffrey Jefferson Brain Research Centre, Salford is improving care for some of the sickest patients in the region, and delivers a range of acute, community and primary care services and specialist services to Greater Manchester and beyond.


Detailed job description and main responsibilities:


Person specification:


Qualifications, Registration and Courses:


Essential criteria:


  • Medical degree
  • GMC registration
  • A minimum of 36 months postgraduate training in acute care specialties (EM/Anaesthesia/ICM)
  • Portfolio evidence of clinical skills commensurate with ST3+ training in acute care
  • ATLS / ETC provider
  • Evidence of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
  • Evidence of critical appraisal and/or research methods training

Desirable criteria:


  • FRCEM, or equivalent
  • Formal qualification in medical education
  • Evidence of formal academic training and/or postgraduate qualification in clinical research
  • GCP training
  • Associate PI Scheme credentialling

Knowledge, skills and experience:


Essential criteria:


  • Organisational skills
  • Communication skills
  • Enthusiasm and Motivation

Desirable criteria:


  • Distinctions or prizes
  • Research/publications
  • We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to supporting flexible working for our people wherever possible and all our colleagues are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

Employer certification / accreditation badges:


Applicant requirements:


  • You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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