Senior Clinical Fellow-geriatrics and Frailty

Senior Clinical Fellow Geriatric and Frailty

We are seeking Senior Clinical Fellows to join the dynamic, motivated and innovative Geriatrics and Frailty team at BHRUT to deliver excellent and safe care for our patients. This appointment will be for a 12-month fixed term initially.
The post holder will drive forward developments, improving the quality of care delivered to patients with a focus on maximising peoples’ independence and supporting their return to their usual place of residence wherever possible. You will receive peer support from staff working across the Care of Elderly services at Barking, Havering Redbridge University and be fully supported by an integrated management team helping you to drive forward change.
The successful post-holder would support the development and clinical transformation of our busy Care of Elderly faculty through the extremely busy frailty pathway. We have opportunities for individuals who are looking to develop their skills at a higher level relating to the complex range of cases seen through a large number of acutely unwell elderly patients.

CLINICAL
- Attend daily consultant-led post-take ward round.
- Maintain overview of all ward patients.
- The post holder will be expected to prioritise and time-manage effectively according to the activity of the department.
- Actively participating and facilitating the discharges
- Contribute in the electronic and verbal handover of patients.
- Work a pattern of Standard Days, Long Days and night shifts across a 7 day roster
- Participate in audits and research.
- Post holders in this grade will participate in the Medical on call rota. This will cover the whole range of clinical responsibility for adults with emergency problems from minor injuries to major trauma, and minor illnesses through to the critically unwell. You will be expected to lead major cases in our resuscitation room. You will also be responsible for any patients you admit to our assessment units.

ACROSS ALL POST
- Responsibility to work as a team to provide the best care to our patients.
- Joint responsibility with junior team to plan discharges and write discharge summaries in a timely manner.
- Provide teaching to nursing and/or ancillary staff and undergraduate students.
- Perform duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances at the request of the appropriate consultant, in consultation where practicable with their colleagues both senior and junior.
- Actively participate in performance appraisal as per Trust guidelines.
- Participate in audits and research as arranged by the firms.

We are one of the largest Associate Teaching Hospitals in the country and employ circa 6,000 staff. The Trust is well situated in the South East. As well as the advantages of being close to the city the Trust has on-site nursery facilities and is located near good schools.
BHR is one of the largest University Hospitals, providing acute care for over 700,000 people across 2 main sites - Queen’s and King George Hospitals, as well as peripheral sites at Barking, Dagenham and Brentwood. We are a Trauma Unit and have close links to the HEMS services.
Our PRIDE values of Passion; Responsibility; Innovation; Drive and Empowerment inspire us and keep our patients at the heart of everything we do.
- Public transport facilities are good. Car parking facilities are available. There is an active junior doctor’s mess examination.
- The post is covered by the terms and conditions of services of Hospital, Medical and Dental Staff.

We are excited to be advertising Senior Clinical Fellow posts, based on our Geriatric wards at BHRUT. The posts offer excellent experience in all aspects of acute General and Care of the Elderly Medicine. The Trust is a leading partner in a whole system Frailty pathway and is seeking to appoint doctors who are considering a career in Elderly Care and Frailty.

Our aim is to provide excellent care for frail older patients from community to hospital and back home. We aim to treat acute illness appropriately, to enhance quality of life, to reduce disability, recognise when life is nearing its end and to provide individualised person centred care in the right place at the right time.

The post holder will work closely with the medical and nursing teams on all the wards as well as other departments. He/she will attend daily consultant-led ward round, maintain overview of all ward patients and actively participate in facilitating the discharges on the ward. There will also be participation in outpatient clinics, teaching and training and audit/data collection. In this role the post holder will be expected to support and supervise junior doctors on the ward.

Post holders in this grade will also participate in the middle grade rota oncall. Duties within Medical on call will cover the whole range of clinical responsibility for adults with emergency problems from minor injuries to major trauma, and minor illnesses through to the critically unwell. You w