Employee Story
We spoke with Dr. Mohamed Gamaa Kamel, Junior Fellow in Emergency Medicine
about what it's like working in the Emergency Medicine department at UHS.
What is it like working in the Emergency Department at UHS?
UHS is one of the biggest hospitals in the UK. It is a major trauma centre, so you will see a wide diversity of
cases and you don't need to refer your paࢼent to another hospital because you have all specialiࢼes at one
hospital, which means safer, more efficient and faster care.
I really enjoy working with the nurses' team who are amazing, mulࢼnaࢼonal and very efficient!
What made you choose to join UHS?
It is a teaching hospital as well, so you will have a lot of teaching opportuniࢼes to deliver presentaࢼons and
teach medical students in the ED and someࢼmes you will be invited to parࢼcipate in medical students' exams.
You can join research teams as well to conduct internaࢼonal research.
If you are preparing for any exams like MRCEM (for ED), MRCP (for medical specialiࢼes) or MRCS (for surgical
specialiࢼes), etc., it is very easy to find well-organised events and courses to prepare well for your exam, some
of these events are completely free!
It has an excellent raࢼng according to the annual report naࢼonally which reflects how safe, well-responsive,
effecࢼve, caring, responsive, and well-led UHS is.
What is the support like in the Emergency Medicine team?
One thing that I really like about UHS is that you have a consultant called "educator" from 8 to 5 and you can
go to that consultant anyࢼme to sign off any competencies or to teach you anything you want. This is one of
the reasons that I think I made the right decision to work here! Also there is always at least one consultant
present at all ࢼmes in day in ED for support and advice. If you are interested in the pre-hospital medicine
(PHEM), you will find more than five PHEM consultants/registrars in the ED!
Are they chances to progress and develop your skills?
You will have an educaࢼonal and clinical supervisor to support you and to help you to work on your future plan
regardless of your future speciality.
What are your career aspiraঞons?
Before I come to the UK, I wanted to do GP or ED but when I joined the NHS, especially the ED at UHS, I
cannot find myself anywhere but only in the ED.