Junior Clinical Fellow in Frailty

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

You are invited to explore a JCF post in Elderly Medicine working alongside the friendly and supportive Elderly Medicine Team at Royal Preston Hospital.

This post will provide you with excellent training in Geriatric Medicine, including comprehensive geriatric assessment, frailty and communication skills. There will be opportunities to develop your presentation and teaching skills with constructive feedback. You will be exposed to clinical governance activity and continuous quality improvement methodology as we seek to improve the care of our patients and staff working experience. We are keen that you are afforded all the educational opportunities of specialist trainees and this post will strengthen any application for future speciality training posts.

Main duties of the job

You will:

Be involved directly with the day to day functioning of the Acute Frailty Assessment Unit, and support with the provision of frailty in reach into the Emergency Department.
Participate in multidisciplinary team working (including physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, mental health liaison and palliative care) to promote patient independence and wellbeing, and proactive discharge planning.
Participate in consultant-led ward rounds and perform ward rounds with supervision.
Undertake the administrative duties involved with the care of your patients.
Perform procedures (venepuncture, cannulation, arterial blood gas sampling, NG tube placement, catheters, mental state examination)
Develop communication skills (including obtaining collateral histories, conducting family meetings and addressing advance care planning needs)
Promote high professional standards of clinical care for patients, both through direct patient care and by the maintenance of continuing professional development.
Maintain continuing education and professional development.
Actively participate in the audit process and the quality improvement activity in the department.

About us

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

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

Date posted

10 November 2023

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

£43,923 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

438-MS2869A

Job locations

Royal Preston Hospital

Sharoe Green Lane

Fulwood, Preston

PR2 9HT

Job description

Job responsibilities

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 Team

The applicant must have demonstrable skills in listening, reading, writing and speaking in English that enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues, as set out in the GMC's Good Medical Practice (2013). Non-UK applicants must possess the IELTS/OET exam before obtaining a GMC licence to practice.

Successful applicants will be contacted by e-mail. Please ensure that email addresses are provided for your referees wherever possible.

As we often have many applicants for jobs at LTHTR, we regret that we will only be able to contact those applicants who are short-listed for interview. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, then please assume that you have not been short-listed for interview on this occasion.

Job description

Job responsibilities

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 Team

Successful applicants will be contacted by e-mail. Please ensure that email addresses are provided for your referees wherever possible.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Full GMC Registration and Licence to Practice
MBChB/MBBS or equivalent

Desirable

MRCP Part 1

Experience and Skills

Essential

Completion of Foundation Training (Foundation year 1 and 2) or at least 1 to 2 years working in general internal medicine or a medical speciality following primary medical qualification.
Basic procedural competencies (venepuncture, cannulation, urinary catheterisation)
BLS

Desirable

Experience in Elderly Medicine
Audit Experience
ALS

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Full GMC Registration and Licence to Practice
MBChB/MBBS or equivalent

Desirable

MRCP Part 1

Experience and Skills

Essential

Completion of Foundation Training (Foundation year 1 and 2) or at least 1 to 2 years working in general internal medicine or a medical speciality following primary medical qualification.
Basic procedural competencies (venepuncture, cannulation, urinary catheterisation)
BLS

Desirable

Experience in Elderly Medicine
Audit Experience
ALS

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).