Trust Grade Doctor (SHO level) in Elderly Medicine

We are seeking an enthusiastic and capable doctor to join our Acute Medicine team at St Mary's Hospital (SMH), Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, at SHO level as Trust Grade Doctor.The post holder will be attached to Medicine for the Elderly for 6 months, primarily based on Thistle Ward, with on-call duties in acute and general medicine., The posts are approved for specialty training in General Practice. Ward-based clinical commitments of the post are based exclusively at St Mary's Hospital.

The General responsibilities of all three post-holders are to:

1. Daily to review all patients admitted in their ward areas and to supervise the FY1 and FY2's.

2. Provide medical cross-cover to the all patients in the elderly care department where necessary

3. To attend multidisciplinary meetings and lead these meetings in the absence of the consultant or registrar

4. To take part in the General (Internal) Medical on call rota

5. To teach junior medical/paramedical staff and Year 3 and Year 5 medical students of Imperial College School of Medicine.

6. SHOs may be asked to work outside their work plan from time to time to ensure the above general duties are covered.

7. To participate in the educational activities of the department and the GP STS as outlined in the educational section above.

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

The statutory requirement to be fully Covid-19 vaccinated as a condition of employment from April 2022 is subject to legislative review. At Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19. The successful applicant may have contact with patients and service users and as part of our pre-employment checks and risk assessments, we will ask all candidates to confirm whether or not they have been fully vaccinated or have a medical exemption.

As part of our continued response to Covid19 we are still conducting the majority of our interviews virtually.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.