Senior Clinical Fellow Geriatrics and Frailty

at  Barking Havering and Redbridge Univ Hospitals NHS Trust

Senior Clinical Fellow Geriatric and Frailty
We are excited to be advertising these 2 Geriatric Medicine Senior Clinical Fellow posts. These are fixed term, initially for a 2 years, and are be based at our new Unit in St Georges Wellbeing Hub, but with potential to rotate to work with colleagues in the Community Treatment Team based at Goodmayes Hospital within NELFT (the community Trust) and within BHRUT to one of our Acute Frailty Units and also general / sub-specialty Geriatrics in either Queens or King George Hospital.
We are opening the St Georges Wellbeing Hub in 2024. The Hub will deliver proactive frailty attuned care, delivered by a dedicated multidisciplinary team. This expansion of geriatric services is an exciting opportunity for the post holder to be involved in a proactive collaborative approach to community healthcare, reducing A&E Attendances, non-elective hospital admissions.
The post will provide the appointed clinician(s) with the opportunity to gain further experience working in Geriatrics in the NHS, would provide a good platform for candidates wishing to seek approved training rotations.
All post holders will be expected to cover the full on call rota pattern during rotations within the Acute Trust Sites only, subject to satisfactory experience and qualification.
This post would provide a good platform for candidates wishing to seek approved training rotations

Clinical

• Attend daily consultant-led Clinic / MDT / ward round.
• Maintain overview of all patients.
• The post holder will be expected to prioritise and time-manage effectively according to the activity of the department.
• Contribute in the electronic and verbal handover of patients.
• Work a pattern of Standard Days, Long Days and night shifts across a 7 day roster which will vary according to post
• Post holders in this grade will participate in the Medical on call rota (dependant on qualifications) which will cover the whole range of clinical responsibility for adults with emergency problems. You will be expected to lead major cases in our resuscitation room.

Non-clinical

• Responsibility to work as a team to provide the best care to our patients.
• Joint responsibility with Resident Doctor Team to plan discharges and write discharge summaries in a timely manner.
• Provide teaching to nursing and/or ancillary staff and undergraduate students.
• 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 annual appraisal and revalidation.
• Participate in audits and research

We’re an organisation that is getting better and better. We were the most improved Trust in England for A&E performance in 2023/24; we’re no longer in special measures; and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal. Our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and that our patients are happy with.
Many of our 8,000 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and the majority are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. More than 400 of them are on apprenticeship programmes and we’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
We operate from two main sites - King George Hospital (KGH) in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two of the busiest emergency departments in London – more than 300,000 people visited our A&Es in 2023.
Patients across northeast London are benefitting from two new state of the art theatres at KGH and our Community Diagnostic Centres at Barking Community Hospital and St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub will significantly increase the number of scans that can be carried out.
We’re looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record next year. This will mean the records of any patient visiting one of the seven hospitals run by BHRUT and Barts Health will be accessible to the clinical teams. It’ll make things easier for staff and will be better for patients.
Please see the detailed Job Description
Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Ayesha Mahmood, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 8617

Please refer the Job description for details