Senior Clinical Fellow in Elderly Medicine

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 providesupport to consultant led ward rounds. You will also beinvolved 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 ChorleyHospitaland a period of shadowing can be provided before taking up the on-call in full.

Within the role, there willalsobe opportunities to perform procedures, develop communicationskills (including obtaining collateral histories and advance care planning)andparticipatein multidisciplinary team working (including physiotherapy, occupational therapy,speechand language therapy).

You canexpect training in both general medicine and comprehensive geriatric assessment. It is expected that you willparticipate in the weekly departmental meeting and medical grand round. In addition,there is amonthlymeeting to discuss clinical governance issues.

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust forms one of the major acute trusts in the Northwest of England withall ofthe 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 teachingcommencedin 2003.

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

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 elderlyfriendly with level 2 quality awards.

Qualifications

Essential: - Full GMC Registration and Licence to Practice; - MBChB or equivalent; - MRCP Part 1

Desirable: - Full MRCP; - Valid ALS

Experience

Desirable: - Completion of core medical training or equivalent; - Experience in Geriatrics; - Experience of required practical procedures