Senior Clinical Fellow in Older Peoples Medicine

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Norwich

Senior Clinical Fellow in Older Peoples Medicine

£55329

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Norwich

  • Full time
  • Temporary
  • Onsite working

Posted today, 4 Oct | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 6ac8648bc54542bd85c4b1ef5d35489f

Full Job Description

2. Ensure patients are assessed and reviewed on the OPM wards, which may be part of the consultant ward round or may be an individual ward round.
3. Communicate with patients' relatives.
4. Supervise more junior medical colleagues.
5. Keep accurate patient records as required; these must be dated, timed and signed off appropriately and be easily identifiable.
6. Produce timely discharge letters, with accurate and comprehensive diagnoses, and supervise their production by more junior colleagues.
7. Participate in the management of occasional emergencies and in unforeseen circumstances at the request of an appropriate Consultant.
8. Agree to read and follow medical guidelines and policies.
9. Take part in Clinical Governance activity, including Clinical Audit

Attend training and education sessions, regularly in the department

The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital is recruiting Doctors with a passion for caring for Older People. Our Older People's Emergency Department (OPED) provides Emergency treatment to people of 80 years and over, providing fast and efficient care in a specially designed environment, supported by a wealth of experts in Older People's medicine. In addition, we provide a dynamic outpatient service to help avoid unnecessary admissions to the acute setting., The Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (NNUH) is one of the busiest teaching trusts in England. We serve over 900,000 people across Norfolk, North Suffolk and surrounding areas for specialist services. In 2016/17 our 7,500 members of staff delivered 816,000 outpatient appointments, 90,000 day cases and 90,000 inpatient admissions from our two hospitals.

Our clinical services are structured across four divisions offering a wide range of careers to new staff of all disciplines. Our four divisions are Medicine, Surgery, Women's and Children's, and Clinical Support Services. We always strive to hit the highest standard in each of these areas, including pioneering treatments and the best career development for employees. In addition, the Trust provides a full range of more specialist services such as Oncology and Radiotherapy, Neonatology, Orthopaedics, Plastic Surgery, Ophthalmology, Rheumatology, Paediatric Medicine and Surgery.

Our vision is to 'provide every patient with the care we want for those we love the most', Our PRIDE values support our vision and guide the behaviour of everything we do.

We wish to recruit people who share our values and want to be part of our vision to provide every patient with the care we want for those we love the most