Senior Clinical Fellow In Elderly Medicine

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals; Healey; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

The Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a registrar-level doctor to join the Elderly Care service at Chorley Hospital. This teaching hospital post offers broad exposure to all main medical subspecialties and a pathway towards specialty training, SAS roles, or non-consultant career grades.

You will lead ward rounds, participate in on-call responsibilities, and develop skills in geriatrics and general medicine, with opportunities for multidisciplinary collaboration and

Qualifications

• Full GMC Registration and Licence to Practice.
• MBChB or equivalent.
• MRCP Part 1.
• At least three years working in hospital medicine following primary medical qualification.
• At least 2 years working in general internal medicine or a medical specialty.

Responsibilities

• Lead ward rounds in Elderly Medicine at Chorley Hospital.
• Work in an Elderly Care department with a team of consultants and junior colleagues.
• Contribute to the on-call rota in the MAU at Chorley Hospital and participate in shadowing before taking on-call duties.
• Engage in multidisciplinary team work (physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy).
• Participate in general medicine and geriatric assessment training.
• Attend weekly departmental meetings and medical grand rounds, plus monthly governance meetings.

Skills

GMC Registration

Communication skills

Education

MBChB or equivalent

MRCP Part 1

Job description

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 workingon Rookwood B ward at Chorley Hospital.

You will lead ward rounds, typically consisting of 16 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 collateral 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




• Emergency Medicine




• Diabetes and Endocrinology




• Gastroenterology




• Medicine for the Elderly




• Stroke Medicine




• Respiratory Medicine




• Renal Medicine




• Neurology




• 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 elderly 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

Job Plan/On-call Requirements

The Team

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Full GMC Registration and Licence to Practice


• MBChB or equivalent


• MRCP Part 1

Desirable criteria

• Full MRCP


• Valid ALS

Experience

Essential criteria

• 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

Desirable criteria

• Completion of core medical training or equivalent


• Experience in Geriatrics


• Experience of required practical procedures