Senior Clinical Fellow in Geriatrics and Rehab

The over-riding purpose is to support the provision of the highest quality patient care through personal actions and continuous improvement and by working closely with the broader Multi-disciplinary Team (MDT).

This post will be based between the acute geriatric wards based at Kings Mill Hospital, the subacute and non-acute geriatric wards at Newark hospital and the geriatric non-acute/rehabilitation wards at Mansfield Community Hospital.

Mansfield Community Hospital has 3 Geriatric Wards (Oakham Ward, Lindhurst Ward, Chatsworth Ward).

Each of these wards is staffed by one middle grade doctor/ACP working with the members of the MDT

and supported by a consultant who provides 2 sessions per week to the ward.

These wards are for frail, elderly patients who have been transferred from acute medical wards at

Kings Mill Hospital but who are medically fit and who may require a period of rehabilitation before being

discharged to their place of residence.

There are excellent educational opportunities, both formal (weekly medical Grand Round, weekly Geriatric Department educational meeting) and informal. There are also opportunities for audit and QIP projects whilst working at the hospital.

Main duties of the job

1. The post holder will be required to provide a comprehensive medical service to the inpatients, undertaking ward work at Kings Mill Hospital, Newark Hospital and Mansfield Community Hospital. There will also be regular out-of-hours work, including weekends and night shifts. 2. To establish and maintain liaison with users of the service including local General Practitioners and other external agencies 3. The post holder will undertake to perform additional duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances. 4. To actively participate in audit/teaching and research activities within the department, including having medical students. 5. Liaise with a multidisciplinary team regarding patient care. 6. There may be occasions when you are required to undertake similar duties at other hospitals within the Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Trust. 7. Perform administrative work i.e. discharge summaries and letters/reports within prescribed timescales. 8. The post holder will be expected to comply with the Royal College requirements for undertaking continued professional development, and to participate in the trusts appraisal system as appropriate. 9. The post holder will undertake to perform additional duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances. 10. So far as is consistent with the proper discharge of the above duties, the post holder undertakes to deputise from time to time for absent colleagues.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Full registration (and with a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC)
• Have completed 2 of the 3 parts of MRCP

Desirable

• Full MRCP

Experience

Essential

• The post holder must have completed at least 4 years full time regular hospital service at Specialty Registrar - Year 1 or 2 / F2 level or a higher grade with at least 4 months in Geriatrics and at least 4 months of registrar level (IMT3 or above) experience of general medicine on calls within the UK
• Previous experience in a multidisciplinary setting

Desirable

• Experience of working at a registrar level in geriatric medicine

Teaching

Desirable

• Experience with audit, teaching or research/critical review of literature

Other

Essential

• Good communication skills, both oral and written

Good listening skills

Organised with work

Clear reasoning and diagnostic skills

Confidentiality essential

Ability to seek and give advice when necessary

Desirable

• Tactful and diplomatic

About the employer

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.