Simulation Fellow in Paediatric Emergency Medicine

Derby, England, United Kingdom

7/11/2025

This is a fixed term post of 12 months duration due to commence July 2025 for Derbyshire Children’s based at the Royal Derby Hospital, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Any applicant unable for personal reasons to work full time will be eligible to be considered for the post; if such a person is appointed; modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis with the Associate Director, but the out of hours commitment is fixed.

This is an amazing opportunity to take advantage of an exciting new post designed to help provide out of hours support at senior decision maker level in a award winning dedicated Children’s emergency department who see over 36,000 children per year.

All posts come with the opportunity and supervision to develop an interest within the department and are ideally suited to a ST4 equivalent doctor to decide if a career in PEM is for them and they wish to apply for Grid training in future OR a post CCT fellowship enabling successful candidates to develop and complete a project that will help make them more competitive in the Consultant Job Market.

Simulation Fellow

To help develop and deliver a multi-disciplinary high fidelity simulation programme

• Contribute to and develop the current simulations occurring in the department.
• Instruct on in house Paediatric AIM, PLS, APLS courses
• Facilitate simulation based training events with the clinical skills teams.
  
  

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In Return We Will Offer

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
  
  

Key Facts

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
  
  

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Ian Lewins Job title: ACD Children's Emergency Department Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01332 786808