MYDoc Clinical Fellow (ST3-5 equivalent) Elderly Medicine

The Medical Division at Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust provides Acute care across the range of medical specialities in a large modern purpose-built hospital in Wakefield, which includes a large Acute Assessment Unit, Acute Elderly Assessment Unit, Coronary Care and Acute (Respiratory) Care Unit. We also provide care for Acute Elderly Admissions and step-down care for patients in a less acute phase of their admission at Dewsbury & District Hospital.

Successful applicants will support the Elderly specialty team in the management of their in-patient & outpatient workload, and will participate in the Trust-wide out-of-hours cover across both hospital sites.

Our Elderly Medicine team provides a crucial role for the Trust and our local community, by striving to achieve excellent patient care and experience every time for all our patients. The team provides care for approximately 250 inpatient beds spread across 2 sites and cares for the frailest and most vulnerable in the society, as well as supporting other medical colleagues in caring for older patients. We have grown our team to be able to run dedicated Elderly Care out of hours roster separate to general medicine.

Providing such varied roles also allows us the flexibility to offer bespoke careers; if you have a specialist interest that you wish to develop we can work with you to make that happen., The main duties of the post will include:

Provision of care with responsibility for the management of patients with acute and chronic conditions including complex cases.

Referral of patients to other specialities as appropriate

Out-patient activities - clinics

Involvement in specialty and cross-specialty multi-disciplinary teams and meetings

Involvement in relevant administration duties

Teaching and supervision of junior medical staff and other clinicians as appropriate

Active involvement in audit and clinical governance including service improvement activities

We are an acute trust caring for over half a million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.

We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.

If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.