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Specialist Clinical Fellow

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Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

21d ago

  • Job
    Full-time
    Mid & Senior Level
  • Healthcare

AI generated summary

  • You need a relevant medical degree, GMC registration, CPD evidence, elderly medicine experience, strong communication skills, and a commitment to professional development and palliative care.
  • You will provide inpatient care across multiple wards in Older People's Medicine, attend weekly clinics, and support follow-up calls while benefiting from professional development opportunities.

Requirements

  • Job Requirements:
  • - Relevant medical degree
  • - Full registration with the GMC
  • - Evidence of Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
  • - Experience in elderly medicine and frailty care
  • - Strong communication and interpersonal skills
  • - Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
  • - Commitment to professional development and training
  • - Understanding of the complexities of palliative care

Responsibilities

  • The post holder will be required to work within the Older Peoples Medicine department, providing care to inpatients across our 5 wards during the course of their employment.
  • Our core Older Peoples Medicine Unit comprises wards 7, 8 and the Acute Frailty Unit with a bed base of 78.
  • We have 2 additional wards, ward 17 and ward 20, giving an additional 28 and 24 beds respectively.
  • Each ward has a dedicated consultant(s).
  • We offer one face to face general Care of the Elderly clinic each week, with additional ward follow up telephone clinics.
  • The majority of subspecialty clinics such as falls and movement disorders are provided in the community by Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust.
  • We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
  • We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

FAQs

What is the primary focus of the Specialist Clinical Fellow role?

The primary focus of the Specialist Clinical Fellow role is to provide care to inpatients within the Older Peoples Medicine department, which includes elderly medicine, acute frailty, and palliative care.

How many wards will the post holder be responsible for?

The post holder will be responsible for providing care across five wards, including wards 7, 8, the Acute Frailty Unit, ward 17, and ward 20.

Is there a dedicated consultant for each ward?

Yes, each ward has a dedicated consultant(s) to oversee patient care.

What opportunities for professional development are available?

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust offers a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training opportunities for staff.

Are there flexible working options for this role?

Yes, the Trust encourages applications from individuals who wish to work on a flexible basis and strives to accommodate different working patterns and hours.

Who can I contact for more information about this position?

For more information, you can contact Dr. Lucy Abbott, Chief of Service, at lucyjane.abbott@nhs.net or by phone at 07815 046909.

What is the bed capacity for the core Older Peoples Medicine Unit?

The core Older Peoples Medicine Unit has a total bed capacity of 78 across wards 7, 8, and the Acute Frailty Unit.

Does the Trust have any recognition for being an inclusive employer?

Yes, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has received the Gold award for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme.

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Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Our vision is to be a leader in health and wellbeing, delivering exceptional services for our communities.

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Mission & Purpose

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As well as a performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. The Trust’s vision is to lead in delivering exceptional health and well being services to our communities. Turning our vision into reality, we are continuing to make significant invest in our infrastructure and facilities, striving for excellence and empowering our people to deliver excellence. Providing a supportive, dynamic MDT working environment, allowing our teams to deliver high quality patient care and achieving work life balance, whilst encouraging continuous professional development. We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in Health & Wellbeing, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. Services are delivered from three main hospital sites: Frimley Park Hospital (Camberley) Heatherwood Hospital (Ascot) Wexham Park Hospital (Slough) Additionally, the Trust delivers outpatient and diagnostic services from Aldershot, Farnham, Fleet, Windsor, Maidenhead and Bracknell bringing a range of services closer to these communities. We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties. We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June 2022 and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment. Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients.