Job overview
Our Division has a strong track record in colleague training and development in addition to patient care. We are a supportive and active division with ongoing developments and initiatives across the clinical and educational spectrum.
These roles are based within the Acute Hospitals in the Geriatrics wards with internal medicine on-calls and opportunities to work in outpatient community settings in the Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch. Development of a subspeciality interest and long-term QIP in geriatrics would be encouraged.
These posts are suited to doctors who wish to pursue a career in Geriatrics, other Internal Medicine Specialities or allied specialities such as ITU and have completed training equivalent to ST3 level. The successful applicant will begin work at a level commensurate with previous experience.
Please refer to the attached JD for full details.
Main duties of the job
Senior Clinical Fellow
The post holder will provide care for patients for the designated Consultant team at ward level, and receive support/ training from the Consultant team.
Geriatrics ward duties including, but not limited to:
- Consultant and SpR ward rounds
- Assessing unwell patients and initiating treatment
- Liaising with specialty teams and making referrals
- Organising and reviewing test results
- Ward procedures
- MDT working and board rounds
- Discharge planning
- Provision of medical reports/referrals and discharge summaries
- Accurate and effective handovers/transfers of care verbally and electronically
- Safe and appropriate application ethical and legal considerations including DOLS, safeguarding, mental capacity assessments
- Updating families and explaining tests to families and patients
Acute medicine on call duties including but not limited to:
- Assessing and diagnosing new patients on medical take
- Initiating treatment and arranging tests
- Post take ward rounds, enacting and completing plans
- Medical ward cover
- Cardiac arrest team
- Accurate and effective handovers/transfers of care verbally and electronically
Please refer to the attached JD for full Job Description.
Working for our organisation
We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with.
They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care.
We’re proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We’re also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.
We run a Women’s Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The majority of our 8,400 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will provide care for patients for the designated Consultant team at ward level, and receive support/ training from the Consultant team.
Geriatrics ward duties including, but not limited to:
- Consultant and SpR ward rounds
- Assessing unwell patients and initiating treatment
- Liaising with specialty teams and making referrals
- Organising and reviewing test results
- Ward procedures
- MDT working and board rounds
- Discharge planning
- Provision of medical reports/referrals and discharge summaries
- Accurate and effective handovers/transfers of care verbally and electronically
- Safe and appropriate application ethical and legal considerations including DOLS, safeguarding, mental capacity assessments
- Updating families and explaining tests to families and patients
Acute medicine on call duties including but not limited to:
- Assessing and diagnosing new patients on medical take
- Initiating treatment and arranging tests
- Post take ward rounds, enacting and completing plans
- Medical ward cover
- Cardiac arrest team
- Accurate and effective handovers/transfers of care verbally and electronically
General duties across all posts
Responsibility to work as a team to provide the best care to our patients.
Perform duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances at the request of the appropriate consultant, in consultation where practicable with their colleagues both senior and junior.
Actively participate in performance appraisal as per Trust guidelines.
Once you understand the requirements outlined in the advert, please ensure your application accurately reflects where you match them. For further information regarding the role please read the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Please note that we may close this advert prior to the advertised closing date to streamline shortlisting process.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. Full Registration with the GMC
2. Full MRCP
3. Valid ALS
4. 2 years experience at ST3+ level in a UK Geriatric Medicine post including internal medicine on-calls
Desirable criteria
5. Other relevant post-graduate degrees or diplomas
6. Previous geriatric medicine experience. Risk management experience.
7. Teaching experience / certificate
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.