Main area: Ageing and Complex Medicine
Grade: NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 40 hours per week
Job ref: 236-SCO-SCF-Elderly-25
Employer: Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Salford Royal Hospital
Town: Salford
Salary: £55,329 - £63,152 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 28/02/2025 23:59
Senior Clinical Fellow in Ageing & Complex Medicine
Job overview
We have an amazing opportunity to join our department as a Senior Clinical Fellow in Ageing & Complex Medicine. You will assist in supporting your colleagues in managing the department.
We have a well-established reputation for postgraduate training and clinical research, as well as a strong dedication to providing high quality patient care.
If successful, you will be offered a permanent contract.
The post holder will provide St4+ level cover within our Ageing and Complex Medicine team, across the footprint of inpatient wards, acute frailty, trauma liaison, orthogeriatric and community settings. The post holder will work as part of the multidisciplinary team to deliver comprehensive care to older patients. Senior Clinical Fellows will be expected to provide leadership and support to junior staff on the wards.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be able to deliver the following key tasks:
1. Daily multidisciplinary board round
2. Review frail older adults identified as requiring CGA under consultant supervision in Ageing and Complex Medicine
3. Complete clinical tasks associated with this review
4. Liaise with members of the multidisciplinary team both on the unit and with the wider multidisciplinary teams including primary care/intermediate care and multidisciplinary groups/care co-ordinators
5. Take a proactive approach to discharge planning for frail older adults including discussion with families regarding appropriate transitions of care
6. Participate in regular weekly quality improvement/clinical microsystems work focused on continual improvement of our services
7. Participate in teaching medical students
Working for our organisation
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/
Person specification
Qualifications
* Has full MRCP UK
* Has full GMC Registration
Knowledge and Experience
* Previous NHS experience working as a medic in the United Kingdom
* Broad range of experience in General Medicine
* Experience of working at a senior level including supervision of junior colleagues
* Completion of foundation and internal medicine training
* Evidence of experience in geriatric medicine
* Ability to work at middle grade level on an on-call general medical rota
* Evidence of qualifications / CPD in geriatric medicine
Skills
* Evidence of participation in audit/QI/research
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust does not accept unsolicited CVs from recruitment agencies and will not be liable for fees for candidates submitted speculatively.
We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to supporting flexible working for our people wherever possible and all our colleagues are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working.
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) serves a diverse population, and each Care Organisation works hard to ensure all services are accessible and fair.
We respect the value of difference. So, our aim is to employ a workforce representative of the communities we serve. Regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, trans status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief, all are welcome.
We also warmly welcome interest from serving and ex-personnel, and their relatives. Please identify that you are a member of the armed forces community on your application form to be entitled to a guaranteed interview (subject to essential criteria being met). As a Disability Confident Employer, guaranteed interviews are also available to disabled applicants when essential role requirements have been met.
For posts advertised on a fixed term contract basis, we will offer secondments only for NHS appointments. Fixed term contracts will be only be offered for external non-NHS appointments.
In applying for this post, you give the Trust permission to use your data for recruitment purposes.
Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should we receive sufficient applications or if it is filled via the internal redeployment process.
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Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name: Dr Louise Butler
Job title: Consultant Geriatrician and Clinical Lead
Email address: louise.butler@nca.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 0161 206 4042
Additional information
Secretary: Helen McManus
Telephone: 0161 206 4042 to make arrangements for an informal visit to the hospital.
Applications from candidates who are unable to work whole time, or who wish to join in job sharing will be considered.
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