Trust Junior Clinical Fellow-ST1 / 2 - Care of the Elderly (MN35)

We have an opportunity to recruit a Trust Junior Clinical Fellow-ST1/2 to start as soon as possible in Care of the Elderly.

The post is Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm, with an eventual on-call commitment of 1A.

Watford General Hospital is a busy General Hospital with an active AAU with excellent support from radiology and specialist physicians to provide rapid diagnosis and effective treatment to smooth the patients' journey from acute to primary care. We work closely and cooperatively with the Primary Care providers and adult care services for bed and home-based care.

The Department of Medicine for the Elderly has 10 consultant posts with subspecialty interests including Orthogeriatric Medicine, Movement Disorder, Dementia/Delirium and Continence. The Stroke Team, working within this department, provide excellent hyperacute stroke services. The department also plays a very active role in the local provision of Intermediate Care.

Please note this post is not recognised for training.

Please apply online

The Elderly Care Department based at Watford General Hospital and the post-holder will be accountable to the relevant Elderly Care Consultant on their ward.

During the duration of the contract in this department doctors are expected to become competent at organising the day-to-day duties of the clinical areas.

The post-holder will be expected to work closely with appropriate nursing, professional, technical, and administrative and support staff.

The post-holder will be responsible for ensuring adequate clinical notes are made in accordance with good medical practice.

The post-holder may, on occasions, be asked to assist in the teaching of medical students.

With a new hospital planned for Watford and work underway to update theatres at St Albans City Hospital, this is an exciting time to join us.

We are building on the success of our award-winning virtual hospital and re-imaging models of care, working ever more closely with partners and making the most of advances in digital healthcare.

Staff wellbeing and development are a priority at our Trust, as is the role of innovation in improving clinical care, outcomes and patient experience.

Our vision is Excellent patient care, together and our values are to be empowered, compassionate, professional and inclusive. They capture an important balance across what we must all do as individuals and to support others.

At West Herts we offer a variety of flexible working options as we recognise the importance of a good work life balance and the ability to work flexibly.

https://www.westhertshospitals.nhs.uk/flexibleworking/

We kindly invite you to consider submitting an application.

If you have a disability or long-term health condition and should you require support or guidance please contactwestherts.recruitment@nhs.net

If you are a Service Leaver, Veteran, Military Reserve, Cadet Force Adult Volunteer, or partner/spouse of those serving please tick "Member of the Armed Forces Community" on the application form.

If you do not hear back within 3 weeks of your application, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

Junior doctors are required to perform duties over and above their contracted hours in occasional emergencies and in unforeseen circumstances, at the request of the Clinical Director of the service.

It has been agreed with the profession and the Department of Health that these additional commitments are exceptional, and juniors should not be required to undertake work of this kind for a prolonged period or on a regular basis.

There will be provision for junior doctors to join the on-call rota and contribute towards the GIM on call system for a supplemental increase in pay. This can be discussed further at interview.