Emergency Medicine International Training Opportunities

Job Description

Health Education England is coordinating the recruitment of International Training Fellows in Emergency Medicine to complement our existing trainees, consultants and specialty doctors. Each post will be fully integrated within the specialty team in one of a number of Trusts within the East of England and will support high quality provision of patient care in Emergency Medicine. These posts will provide excellent training and service opportunities for doctors with varying career aspirations. The scheme is fully endorsed by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) and Society of Emergency Medicine India (SEMI) to give international doctors established UK based training with a view to bringing their skills back to their home country.

Health Education England (HEE) exists for one reason only: to support the delivery of excellent healthcare and health improvement to the patients and public of England by ensuring that the workforce of today and tomorrow has the right numbers, skills, values and behaviours, at the right time and in the right place.

Eligibility

To be considered for these roles, applicants will require MBBS or equivalent medical qualification suitable for professional registration with the General Medical Council (GMC), and additionally possess at least one of the following qualifications:

• MRCEM Part B or FRCEM Intermediate
• Any additional postgraduate examinations
• FRCEM Primary (or MRCEM Part A after August 2012)
• FRCEM Intermediate SAQ (or MRCEM part B after August 2012)
• FRCEM Intermediate SJP (or MRCEM obtained prior to August 2018)

Communications Skills

Evidence of the ability to communicate with patients, colleagues and staff at all levels demonstrated by achieving required IELTS or OET competency as per General Medical Council criteria.

While these qualifications are highly desirable, applicants with qualifications and experience equivalent to the above are also eligible to apply. We would be particularly interested in applications from current emergency medicine trainees or advanced trainees from Australia, New Zealand and Singapore eager to gain experience in an NHS setting. Such positions would be eligible for credit to your current training programme if required.

Successful candidates will be provided an opportunity to experience specialty training and development in the UK’s National Health Service (NHS). They will receive training at Specialty Training Year 3 level or above, supervised by a qualified NHS consultant. The training plan is usually tailored to suit their educational objectives to help them to work towards attainment of competences relevant to their level of training to support their continued career development and progression.

Candidates shall be able to receive additional financial funding, subject to contract and written agreement, to support their move to England totalling more than £10,000. This includes assistance for the cost of a Tier 2 visa, £7,000 towards relocation costs and up to £2000 towards the first three months’ cost of accommodation rental.

Successful candidates will be allocated a named educational supervisor for the tenure of their post who will meet regularly to agree and review short and longer-term goals and personal development needs.