Job summary
GUY'S AND ST. THOMAS' HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
Job title
POPS Junior Clinical Fellow
Employer
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Main area
Ageing and Health
Site
Cross-Site St Thomas' Hospital and Guy's Hospital
Grade
FY3/ST1/ST2
Town
London
Contract type
1 Year
Salary
Nodal point 3
Hours
Full-time
12 months
Main duties of the job
We are advertising for x2;one-year Junior Clinical Fellow posts in Proactive Care of Older People undergoing Surgery. This is a well-established fellowship programme, now in its fourth year, and has received consistently excellent feedback from previous fellows.
The post holders will join the Perioperative Medicine for Older People undergoing Surgery (POPS) team within the Department of Ageing and Health. POPS is an innovative, award-winning service providing Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) and optimisation for older patients undergoing both elective and emergency surgery. The service operates across both Guy's and St Thomas' hospital sites, supporting a wide range of specialties including urology, gastrointestinal surgery, vascular, plastics, trauma and orthopaedics, cardiac and cardiothoracic surgery, gynaecology, and community amputee rehabilitation.
The fellows will contribute to the delivery of preoperative assessment and optimisation, shared decision-making, and the postoperative management of surgical inpatients. Clinical duties will include participation in outpatient clinics, ward rounds, board rounds, and multidisciplinary team meetings.
The role offers a flexible 50:50 split between clinical work and research/quality improvement/service development. Fellows will be supported to complete projects, with opportunities to publish and present, alongside gaining management and service development experience.
About us
Our values help us to define and develop our culture, what we do and how we do it. It is important that you understand andreflect these values throughout your employment with the Trust.
The post holder will:
? Caring
? Ambitious
? Inclusive
Our values and behaviours frameworkdescribes what it means for every one of us in the Trust to put our values into action.The framework can be found on our Trust careers pages and GTIntranet.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This job description is intended as an outline of the general areas of activity and will be amended in the light of the changing needs of the organisation. To be reviewed in conjunction with the post holder.
The list of duties and responsibilities given above is not an exhaustive list and you may be asked to undertake other duties in line with the overall purpose and nature of the post as may be required from time to time.
This job description reflects core activities of a post at a particular time. The Trust expects that all staff will recognise this and adopt a flexible approach to work.
All staff are expected to contribute to the smooth running of their clinical service as required; in particular, to comply with the policies and procedures, Standing Orders and Financial Regulations of the Trust
*** Please be advised that this vacancy may close early should we receive sufficient number of applications ***
Job description
Job responsibilities
This job description is intended as an outline of the general areas of activity and will be amended in the light of the changing needs of the organisation. To be reviewed in conjunction with the post holder.
The list of duties and responsibilities given above is not an exhaustive list and you may be asked to undertake other duties in line with the overall purpose and nature of the post as may be required from time to time.
This job description reflects core activities of a post at a particular time. The Trust expects that all staff will recognise this and adopt a flexible approach to work.
All staff are expected to contribute to the smooth running of their clinical service as required; in particular, to comply with the policies and procedures, Standing Orders and Financial Regulations of the Trust
*** Please be advised that this vacancy may close early should we receive sufficient number of applications ***
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training:
Essential
Desirable
Clinical Experience:
Essential
- Clinical experience in geriatrics/general internal medicine
Desirable
- Experience in surgical liaison geriatrics or perioperative medicine
Knowledge and Skills:
Essential
- Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team
Desirable
- Familiarity with literature relating to perioperative medicine in older people Writing for publication Attendance at a geriatric, anaesthetic or perioperative medicine conference
Research:
Essential
- Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research
Desirable
- Evidence of original research
Teaching:
Essential
- Experience of undergraduate teaching and post graduate training
Desirable
- Development of a teaching programme
Other:
Essential
- Evidence of understanding of and adherence to the principles of Good Medical Practice set out by the General Medical Council
- Evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit and clinical risk management
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training:
Essential
Desirable
Clinical Experience:
Essential
- Clinical experience in geriatrics/general internal medicine
Desirable
- Experience in surgical liaison geriatrics or perioperative medicine
Knowledge and Skills:
Essential
- Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team
Desirable
- Familiarity with literature relating to perioperative medicine in older people Writing for publication Attendance at a geriatric, anaesthetic or perioperative medicine conference
Research:
Essential
- Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research
Desirable
- Evidence of original research
Teaching:
Essential
- Experience of undergraduate teaching and post graduate training
Desirable
- Development of a teaching programme
Other:
Essential
- Evidence of understanding of and adherence to the principles of Good Medical Practice set out by the General Medical Council
- Evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit and clinical risk management
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
