Junior Clinical Fellow in Frailty

3 months ago


Preston, United Kingdom Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

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

**You will**:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Participate in consultant-led ward rounds and perform ward rounds with supervision.
4. Undertake the administrative duties involved with the care of your patients.
5. Perform procedures (venepuncture, cannulation, arterial blood gas sampling, NG tube placement, catheters, mental state examination)
6. Develop communication skills (including obtaining collateral histories, conducting family meetings and addressing advance care planning needs)
7. Promote high professional standards of clinical care for patients, both through direct patient care and by the maintenance of continuing professional development.
8. Maintain continuing education and professional development.
9. Actively participate in the audit process and the quality improvement activity in the department.

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 strategiesPlease 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.

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.



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