LAS ST3+ in Medicine for older people

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Integrated Medicine & Community CBU team for a Specialty Registrar post in Medicine for Older People for 10 months to cover a period of maternity leave (November 2024 to August 2025)., The successful candidate would be expected to be involved in the delivery of Medicine for Older Peopleservices to inpatients as well as the General Internal Medicine On-call rota.

In addition, involvement with the Inpatient Medicine for Older Peoplereferral rota team, to improve care for those patients requiring medical review, will also be intrinsic to the role.

We recognise a degree of training in this specialty area might be required and applicants will be mentored/supervised by one of the Consultants Medicine for Older People' specialty lead. It is expected that the candidate would register with a training body for an e-portfolio. There is a requirement to undertake annual appraisal and participate in job planning.

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff. We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.

Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.

Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.

A CQC-rated 'good' organisation with 'outstanding' features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.

Our workforce of nearly 5,000 across both sites comprises more than 50 nationalities. We strive to be an equal, diverse and inclusive employer, which is recognised as a pioneer in its equality, diversity and inclusion work. The Trust is proud to have achieved numerous external accreditations and is working towards achieving the Anti-Racist Organisation Framework, recognising the importance of anti-racism in all that we do.