Senior Clinical Fellow in Geriatric Medicine London, England
Job description
We are looking to appoint Senior Clinical Fellows in General Medicine. These are posts for upto 12 months with opportunities for 6 months internal speciality rotations. In addition to General Medicine the trainees can also gain exposure in medical specialties including acute medicine cardiology, diabetes and endocrinology, care of the elderly, gastroenterology and , respiratory. Research, teaching or SIM training can also be part of the appointees job plan if desired. Post holders will support the existing medical team in delivering high quality care at both the front door of the hospital and across our medical wards. This post will enable you to further develop clinical knowledge and skills across General Internal Medicine .
Your training will mirror that given to doctors in training programs within the department and you will be allocated a consultant supervisor to support your career development. You will be encouraged to grow as a clinician and participate in governance including mortality reviews, quality improvement projects, departmental and trust-wide educational activities
Please see the full Job Description and the Person Specification for further details about the job role.
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Duties of the Posts
The post holder will work flexibly across the medical division supporting ward cover and acute admissions. They will work across in the ward area of the most suitable subspeciality.
Wards include
Acute Assessment Unit (AAU)
Coyle- General Medicine/ Endocrine
Victoria- General Medicine/ GI
Montuschi- Cardiology
Nightingale- Respiratory
Cavell, Cloudesley and Meryick- Care of the elderly
Please see the attached job description for full details and work schedule.
