Senior Clinical Fellow in Elderly Medicine

Transformation Unit; Chorley; Remote; GBP 61,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust seeks a Senior Clinical Fellow in Elderly Medicine based at Chorley Hospital. The post offers registrar-level experience in a teaching hospital with exposure to main medical sub-specialities and potential progression toward specialty training or SAS/non-consultant roles.

The role includes ward rounds, on-call duties, and MDT collaboration, with opportunities for procedural development and governance participation.

Qualifications

• Registrar-level experience in Elderly Medicine.
• Experience after CMT or equivalent on pathway to specialty training.
• Proven ability to work in a teaching hospital environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead ward rounds on Rookwood B ward at Chorley Hospital.
• Participate in general medicine on-call rota.
• Support consultant-led ward rounds and junior medical staff.
• Engage in multidisciplinary team activities (physiotherapy, OT, speech and language therapy).
• Attend weekly departmental meetings and medical grand rounds.

Skills

Ward rounds leadership

On-call rota participation

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Education

MBChB or equivalent

MRCP Part 1

MRCP

Full GMC Registration

ALS (Advanced Life Support)

Job description

Main area Elderly Medicine CDH Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow Contract Permanent: . Hours Full time - 40 hours per week Job ref 438-MS3290

Employer Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Chorley and South Ribble Hospital Town Chorley Salary £67,325 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 29/10/2026 23:59

Senior Clinical Fellow in Elderly Medicine

NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow

Job overview

Working within a supportive and education-focussed environment and within the Elderly Care service as detailed within the attached specialty brochure, the post-holder will provide registrar-level experience in a teaching hospital with all the main medical sub-specialities.

This role would particularly suit doctors who have completed CMT and individuals with equivalent experience who are looking to progress to speciality training and for those looking to go down the non-consultant career grade or SAS route.

Main duties of the job

You will be working at registrar level in Elderly medicine at Chorley Hospital.

You will work in an Elderly Care department with 4 Consultant Geriatricians . Your team consists of 1 Consultant and 2 Junior Clinical Fellows . and you will be responsible to the Consultant Geriatricians, predominantly working on Rookwood B ward at Chorley Hospital.

You will lead ward rounds , typically consisting of 1 6 patients. and will also provide support to consultant led ward rounds. You will also be involved in the general medicine on-call rota (as the other middle grades and consultants are involved). The on-call is based on the medical admissions unit (MAU) at Chorley Hospital and a period of shadowing can be provided before taking up the on-call in full.

Within the role, there will also be opportunities to perform procedures, develop communication skills (including obtaining coll ateral histories and advance care planning ) and participate in multidisciplinary team working (including physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy).

You can expect training in both general medicine and comprehensive geriatric assessment. It is expected that you will participate in the weekly departmental meeting and medical grand round. In addition, there is a monthly meeting to discuss clinical governance issues.

Working for our organisation

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust forms one of the major acute trusts in the Northwest of England with all of the usual specialties on site, as well as being a Tertiary Centre for Lancashire and South Cumbria in the Departments of Neurosciences, Nephrology, Oncology, Plastic Surgery and Burns. Undergraduate medical student teaching commenced in 2003.

The Medical Directorate is responsible for the provision of a full range of medical services across the Preston and Chorley hospital sites. This includes the following:

Acute Medicine

Diabetes and Endocrinology

Medicine for the Elderly

Respiratory Medicine

Renal Medicine

Cardiology

Medicine for the Elderly has expanded recently with the establishment of an acute frailty assessment unit (AFAU) at Preston, hot clinics in the community and 4 new consultant appointments within the last 3 years. We have good relationships with our local CCG and with the local GPs: the community hot clinic is housed at a local GP practice.

The care of the elderly wards at both Preston and Chorley have been fully refurbished (2014) and are now dementia and elder ly friendly with level 2 quality awards.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job description, Person specification and Specialty/ Trust Brochure for further details on:

• What we can offer
• The Team

Person specification

Qualifications

• Full GMC Registration and Licence to Practice
• MBChB or equivalent
• MRCP Part 1
• Full MRCP
• Valid ALS

Experience

• At least three years working in hospital medicine following primary medical qualification
• At least 2 years working in general internal medicine or a medical speciality
• Completion of core medical training or equivalent
• Experience in Geriatrics
• Experience of required practical procedures

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