Junior Clinical Fellow in Acute Medicine

at  Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

We are seeking a Junior Clinical Fellow to work within Acute Medicine mainly based at our Chorley and South Ribble General Hospital site.
As outlined in the enclosed timetable, the Junior Clinical Fellow will be involved directly with day to day functioning of Acute Medicine, mainly in Medical Assessment Unit and medical short stay unit. This will include Acute Ward Rounds supporting the Consultants. There will be opportunities to perform invasive procedure like lumbar puncture, ascitic paracentesis (diagnostic and therapeutic) and pleural aspiration.
The post holder would be expected to be flexible and may be required to support post-take ward round with consultant in ED or manage workload in MAU when busy.

OUR AIMS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

To expand and develop specialised and tertiary services
To deliver local services for Preston, Chorley and South Ribble
To enhance our workforce and our reputation through education, research and innovation
Our delivery strategies set out our plans to enable us to achieve our aims:
Quality Strategy – ‘Safe, Reliable and Compassionate’
Organisational Development and Workforce Strategy
IT Strategy
Operational Effectiveness Strategy
Clinical service strategies
Please refer to the attached Job description, Person specification and Specialty/ Trust Brochure for further details on:
What we can offer
Job Plan/On-call Requirements
The Tea

For GIM specialties
In patient management of patients admitted under the specialty team
Assessing patients, organising investigations, interpreting and acting on results
Attending, and contributing to wards rounds
Performing relevant practical procedures where competent
Completing appropriate paperwork for patients on discharge and liaising with other specialist teams and GPs regarding relevant follow up
For Acute Medicine
Assessing patients referred by GPs or ED for admission to the acute medical unit, making comprehensive assessments, ordering appropriate investigations, interpreting results and formulating initial management plans for patients under supervision by the senior medical staff
Attending and contributing to ward rounds on the short stay unit
Performing relevant practical procedures where competent
Completing appropriate paperwork for patients on discharge and liaising with other specialist teams and GPs regarding relevant follow up.
Our purpose is to be recognised as the centre for acute and specialised hospital services in Lancashire and South Cumbria, providing:
The highest standards of compassionate, safe care that gives our patients a positive experience
Excelling in research, innovation and teaching
Developing our staff to reach their potential
Improving the health and wellbeing of our diverse communities