Specialist Registrar

4 weeks ago


Brighton, United Kingdom University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279) Full time

The Geriatric Medicine department works across, Princess Royal Hospital (PRH), Royal Sussex County Hospital (RSCH) and Newhaven Community ward. This post is primarily based at Royal Sussex County Hospital. The Geriatric Medicine team work both on the acute floor and across level 8 in the new Louisa Martindale building with short stay frailty areas, general geriatrics and dementia specialist areas as well as daily rapid access clinic with the development of a frailty SDEC in due course. There is opportunity to work within our Rapid Access Clinic for Older People (RACOP) which offers timely assessment for un-well patients, while also facilitating admission avoidance and early discharge through close working with community teams.

As the Registrar, you will be expected to lead the team of junior doctors, supported by the Consultants, in providing high quality care and ensuring timely discharge for inpatients on one of our wards. The wards have dedicated multidisciplinary team with daily board rounds which supports the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment of our patients.



  • Brighton, United Kingdom 279 University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust Full time

    The clinical work will be based at Sussex Eye Hospital and other local sites including Princess Royal Hospital, Hove Polyclinic and Lewes Victoria Hospital. Clinics are generally made up of a mixture of new and follow-up patients, e.g. 4 new patients and 8 follow-ups, but this will vary depending on the nature and complexity of the clinic in...