Senior Clinical Fellow in Geriatrics at Newark Hospital

Overview of the Senior Clinical Fellow in Geriatrics role at Newark Hospital

Newark Hospital is a small, non-acute general hospital serving its local population. As a consequence of recent changes to the delivery of medical services at Newark Hospital the medical in-patient population is now largely comprised of stable or sub-acute medical patients with long-term conditions and elderly patients requiring rehabilitation.

The in-patient medical services at Newark are currently provided by Dr Silva (Consultant Geriatrician) and Dr Iqbal (General Medicine). There are 2 medical wards at Newark Hospital: Sconce Ward and Castle Ward.

The patients on Sconce Ward are typically elderly individuals requiring subacute-level care and period rehabilitation following an acute illness. Their care focuses on recovery, functional improvement, and where needed active monitoring and management of ongoing stable medical conditions and non-critical intercurrent illnesses during the rehabilitation process.

Each of these wards is staffed by Middle Grade doctors (7 in total, including the Specialty Doctors) working with the members of the MDT and supported by 2 consultants. There is a consultant ward round each day.

There is a 7-week rolling rota for daytime and out of hours working. In the 7-week period the post-holder will work 2 weekends, 1 consists of Nights the other Long Days.

Main duties of the job

The over-riding purpose is to support the provision of the highest quality patient care through personal actions and continuous improvement.

1. The post holder will be required to provide a comprehensive medical service to the inpatients, undertaking ward work and conducting out-patient clinics under the instruction and supervision of the appropriate Consultant.

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.

5. Liaise with the multidisciplinary team regarding patient care.

6. There may be occasions where you are required to undertake similar duties at other hospitals within the Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

7. Perform administrative work i.e., discharge summaries and letters/reports within prescribed timescales.

8. The Specialty Doctor will be expected to comply with the Royal College requirements for undertaking CME and to participate in the trusts appraisal system as appropriate.

9. 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

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.