Job Description

Applicants are invited to apply for the role of Quality Improvement fellow in Frimley Emergency Department. The role is 75% clinical and 25% non-clinical. We are looking for doctors to start August 2025.



This is an excellent opportunity for doctors to maintain clinical work but also have time in their schedules dedicated to areas of interest to them. We see this as a way of sustainable working whilst also building on CVs and experience.

Clinical fellow posts are also available in:

Education, Simulation, Trauma, Ultrasound, Research and Wellbeing. Separate job adverts are also out for these roles. If you are interested applying for more than one role, please just make one application to the role you are most interested in and state in the 'supporting information' section of your application, all of the fellowship topics you would be interested in applying for and why.

Study leave:

18 days (10 days general study leave, 5 days private study leave, 3 days for exams or interviews). Study budget: 650 per year.



The emergency medicine rota will include evening, night, weekend and bank holiday working. LTFT enquiries are welcome.



Applicants must have a minimum of 24 months experience working as a doctor in the NHS. This advert is open to ST1/2 and ST3+ applicants.



To attend courses to upskill QI methodolody



To take part in QI projects within the ED



To lead on a RCEM QI project



To engage and inspire others to get involved in QI and support their projects



To organise and/or deliver teaching on QI



To liaise with the clinical audit and QI officer for ED



To engage with the Frimley Excellence team who oversee QI for the Trust



To be involved in QI work relating to national guidelines



To liaise with other specialties when their audit or QIP relates to ED



To attend the 4-monthly ED QI presentation mornings and present your work



To disseminate the department's QI work and maintain the department's QI area within MS Teams



To attend the trust clinical effectiveness and audit committee meetings (CEAC) and the Trust and KSS research meetings



To submit work for publication and to conferences



To work with the other ED fellows to expand your experience and support each other's projects



rimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.



Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.



We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.



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This job description is an indication of the type and range of tasks that are expected of the post holder, and other duties may be required, in line with the role and the banding. It will be reviewed and amended from time to time in consultation with the post holder to take account of changing organisational need.