Job summary
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust - Department of Ageing and Health. Integrated Care Clinical Fellows (ICFs) (FY3 +)
One year posts starting 5th August 2026
Clinical Fellows- Older adults ward/ Acute Front door frailty/ hospital@home - 6 posts
Research and Teaching Fellows - 2 posts
Six month posts
Clinical fellows hospital@home starting 5th August 2026 and 3rd February 2027
Research and Teaching 5thth August 2026 for 6 months
Clinical posts Unique out-of-programme FY3+ training rotations in older adults' medicine and frailty pathways from hospital to the community, rotate through three placements; older persons' unit wards, acute ambulatory-OPU in the emergency floor, GSTT hospital @ Home in the community, and one speciality outpatient clinic per week. Also 6 month posts in hospital@home applying medical skills to acute care in the community combined with technology.
Research and Teaching posts A unique year (or 6 months) developing research skills, applying for grants, setting up and recruiting to a range of frailty and cardiac disease research projects, publishing results. Delivering and improving undergraduate medical school modules. No previous research experience required- just enthusiasm and a willingness to learn.
All ICFs participate in quality improvement programmes and teach undergraduates.
There is a monthly ICF training programme and a wealth of departmental, directorate and Trust educational meetings.
Main duties of the job
Department of Ageing and Health
The Department of Ageing and Health is a dynamic department right at the centre of the Integrated care strategic business unit at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. It has researched and developed many new service delivery models in Geriatric and General Medicine, and as a consequence is an ideal place to work as a trainee doctor considering general medicine or general practice as a potential career path.
The department provides specialist services for older people within the Acute Trust and throughout Lambeth and Southwark supporting community services. In the Acute Trust services include its own inpatient unit at St Thomas' Hospital (Older persons unit (OPU)), participation in General medicine (acute emergency floor and general wards) and input across multiple areas by our liason teams including POPS; surgery, orthopaedics, and oncology. It has its own specialist outpatients based at Guys (OPAU) and a newly established front door Acute Ambulatory-OPU within the emergency floor. Most Geriatricians also contribute to work as Locality Geriatricians within Lambeth and Southwark community services including working with GSTT@ Home service and within care homes.
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
Clinical:
The post holder will, together with other junior doctors within the department, be responsible for the provision of Acute Medicine services to the Guys & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust including
To provide inpatient and outpatient care for patients in General and Geriatric Medicine on the St Thomas & Guys site and community sites
To participate in the Ageing and Health ward based team model of care.
To participate in clinical and other service activities with the object of ensuring a high standard of patient care
Teaching:
All junior doctors are expected to take part in undergraduate teaching during their normal clinical work. Drs are allocated medical student teaching sessions in their timetables.
Please refer to the job description for more details.
*** Please be advised that this vacancy may close early should we receive a sufficient number of applications ***
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical:
The post holder will, together with other junior doctors within the department, be responsible for the provision of Acute Medicine services to the Guys & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust including
To provide inpatient and outpatient care for patients in General and Geriatric Medicine on the St Thomas & Guys site and community sites
To participate in the Ageing and Health ward based team model of care.
To participate in clinical and other service activities with the object of ensuring a high standard of patient care
Teaching:
All junior doctors are expected to take part in undergraduate teaching during their normal clinical work. Drs are allocated medical student teaching sessions in their timetables.
Please refer to the job description for more details.
*** Please be advised that this vacancy may close early should we receive a 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).
