Senior Clinical Fellow in Elderly Medicine

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.

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.