Emergency Medicine ST4

You must hold a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (BMBS, MBBS) degree or other equivalent medical qualification.

You must:

• be eligible to work in the UK.
• hold full registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) at the time of application, and hold a current licence to practise on the date your post commences.
• meet the standards set out in Good Medical Practice, and not be subject to fitness to practise conditions which would prevent you taking up the post or performing fully within it.

You must not

• hold, nor be eligible to hold, a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) for this specialty.
• already be eligible for the specialist register for this specialty.

You must be able to provide complete details of your employment history, including any gaps.

• You must complete all sections of the application form fully and truthfully, in accordance with written guidelines.
• You must disclose in your application if you are subject to any ongoing fitness to practise proceedings or are subject to any fitness to practise conditions.
• If you are currently in specialty training and applying to continue training in the same specialty in another region, you must obtain a Support for Application to another region form signed by the Training Programme Director/Head of School of your current Specialty Training Programme. This must confirm satisfactory progress and be submitted with your application.
• If you have previously resigned, or been removed from a training programme in any specialty, you must obtain a Support for Reapplication to Specialty Training form signed by the Training Programme Director/Head of School and Postgraduate Dean from the region you previously undertook training in. This must be submitted with your application.

Capability/Competences

You must have evidence of achievement of CT1/ST1, CT2/ST2, and CT3/ST3 ACCS Emergency Medicine competences, by the advertised post start date for the vacancy.

Experience

You must have evidence of current employment in a UK CT3/ST3 Emergency Medicine programme which leads to successful completion of the programme by the advertised post start date for the vacancy. This can be evidenced by:

• Providing your current ACCS Emergency Medicine UK National Training Number and satisfactory ARCP outcomes.

If you wish to be considered for Locum Appointment for Training posts (where available) you must have no more than 24 months experience in LAT posts in this specialty by the advertised post start date for the vacancy.

Professional Examinations

By the ‘initial offers released by’ date for the round; you must have either:

• been awarded Membership of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (MRCEM) (MRCEM Primary, Intermediate and OSCE) or
• completed FRCEM Intermediate Certificate (Primary, Intermediate and SJP).

Capability/Competences

You must have evidence of achievement of CT1/ST1, CT2/ST2, and CT3/ST3 ACCS Emergency Medicine competences. This can be evidenced by:

• Successful completion of a UK ACCS Emergency Medicine programme supported by satisfactory ARCP outcome. This must be submitted with your application.

Experience

You must have evidence of 36 months’ training at CT1/ST1, CT2/ST2 and CT3/ST3 level in ACCS specialties. This can be evidenced by:

• Successful completion of a UK ACCS Emergency Medicine programme supported by satisfactory ARCP outcome. This must be submitted with your application.

If you wish to be considered for Locum Appointment for Training posts (where available) you must have no more than 24 months experience in LAT posts in this specialty by the advertised post start date for the vacancy.

Professional Examinations

By the ‘initial offers released by’ date for the round; you must have either:

• been awarded Membership of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (MRCEM) (MRCEM Primary, Intermediate and OSCE) or
• completed FRCEM Intermediate Certificate (Primary, Intermediate and SJP).

Capability/Competences

You must have evidence of achievement of CT1/ST1, CT2/ST2, and CT3/ST3 ACCS Emergency Medicine competences. This can be evidenced by:

• A completed Alternative Certificate of Readiness to Enter Higher Emergency Medicine Specialist Training, submitted at the time of application.

Experience

You must have evidence of 36 months’ training at CT1/ST1, CT2/ST2 and CT3/ST3 level in ACCS specialties. This must include a minimum of:

• 12 months in Emergency Medicine.
• 3 consecutive months in Acute Medicine.
• 6 consecutive months in Anaesthesia.
• 6 consecutive months in Intensive Care Medicine.
• 3 consecutive months in Paediatric Emergency Medicine.

Experience in the above posts must be gained within a post that is specifically within the named specialty i.e. not combined with another specialty.

For posts not GMC approved for Emergency Medicine or ACCS training acceptable evidence is:

• A completed Alternative Certificate of Readiness to Enter Higher Emergency Medicine Specialist Training, submitted at the time of application AND
• A letter on hospital headed paper confirming dates, grade and specialty for each post, submitted at the time of application.

All experience in the ACCS Emergency Medicine specialties must be gained and evidenced by the time of application.

If you wish to be considered for Locum Appointment for Training posts (where available) you must have no more than 24 months experience in LAT posts in this specialty by the advertised post start date for the vacancy.

Professional Examinations

By the ‘initial offers released by’ date for the round; you must have either:

• been awarded Membership of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (MRCEM) (MRCEM Primary, Intermediate and OSCE) or
• completed FRCEM Intermediate Certificate (Primary, Intermediate and SJP).

You must be competent to manage adult and paediatric resuscitation both medical and trauma. This must be evidenced by either:

• Confirmation of competence from your most recent appropriate consultant supervisor; or
• In date course certificates, at the time of application.

Eligibility

• You meet all criteria specified in the Eligibility to Apply section above.

Clinical knowledge

• Interest in, and understanding of, the training programme.

Workplace skills

• Ability to work in multi-professional teams and supervise colleagues.
• Ability to lead, make decisions, organise and motivate other team members
• Ability to manage/prioritise own and others’ time effectively.
• Ability to work safely under pressure and deliver good clinical care in the face of uncertainty.
• Ability to monitor developing situations and anticipate issues.
• Good basic IT skills, including Microsoft Office, email, and ability to learn new systems.

Academic knowledge

• Understanding of research, including awareness of ethical issues.
• Understanding of the basic principles of audit, clinical risk management, evidence-based practice, patient safety, and clinical quality improvement initiatives.
• Knowledge of evidence-informed practice.

Personal skills

• Commitment to personal and professional development.
• Ability to work on own initiative, demonstrating curiosity.
• Strong attention to detail, preparation and planning.
• Ability to communicate messages effectively to a range of audiences.
• Ability to negotiate and build positive professional relationships.
• Strong problem-solving skills, with a scientific approach to problem solving.

Values

• Understands, respects, and demonstrates the values of the NHS

Knowledge and Experience

• Understanding of NHS management and resources.
• Experience of management.
• Experience of research.
• Experience of audit and quality improvement.
• Experience of teaching.

• Demonstrates interest and realistic insight into Emergency Medicine.
• Evidence of achievements relevant to Emergency Medicine within and outside of medicine.

• Evidence of completion of Royal College of Emergency Medicine e-learning modules.
• Extracurricular activities/achievements relevant to Emergency Medicine.
• Evidence of completion of short training courses relevant to Emergency Medicine e.g. airway or ultrasound course.