Job summary
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Department of Ageing and Health
Integrated Care Fellows (ICFs) (FY3 +)
- Clinical Fellows- Older adults ward/ Acute Front door frailty/ hospital@home - 1 post available
One year posts starting 7th August 2024 or as close to this date as possible.
Main duties of the job
Clinical posts Unique out-of-programme FY3+ training rotations in older adults' medicine and frailty pathways from hospital to the community, rotate through three placements; older persons' unit wards, acute ambulatory-OPU in the emergency floor, GSTT hospital @ Home in the community, and one speciality outpatient clinic per week. Also 6 month posts in hospital@home applying medical skills to acute care in the community combined with technology.
All ICFs participate in quality improvement programmes and teach undergraduates.
There is a monthly ICF training programme and a wealth of departmental and directorate educational meetings.
Some roles participate in an on-call rota, currently no role is required to do night shifts. Where roles match IMT requirements , IMT equivalence will be supported.
The posts provide excellent Geriatric & General Medicine training and opportunities to develop research and teaching skills. Ideal for those seeking to determine whether to follow a career in General Medicine, Acute Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, General Practice or Academic Medicine.
About us
Main place of employment:
The posts will be based at the St Thomas's and Guy's site but rotate to GSTT community based sites (in Elephant and Castle and Tulse hill). It is a requirement of your employment that you be prepared to work at any additional or different location owned or served by the trust, either on an on-going or temporary basis according to the demands of the service
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Summary:
The clinical posts provide experience of practicing medicine across the entire medical care pathway for older adults within community and hospital settings across Lambeth and Southwark. This scheme started in 2017 and has been very successful. The posts provide excellent Geriatric and General Medicine training and are ideal for those seeking to determine whether they wish to follow a career in General Medicine, Acute Medicine, Geriatric Medicine or General Practice. Each 1 year post will rotate through a combination of the Acute Ambulatory-OPU (frailty) (situated within the Emergency floor) and GSTT @ Home (a service providing acute and semi-acute care in patients own homes) and the OPU inpatient wards. Each post also attends one speciality outpatient clinic per week and contributes to undergraduate teaching in older adults medicine at GSTT with opportunities to participate and contribute to SIM training and postgraduate training. 6 month posts are in hospital@home applying medical skills to acute care in the community combined with technology. An opportunity to learn about this growing area of acute medicine.
For an informal discussion, please contact Dr Rebekah Schiff 020 7188 2515/9 [email protected] ICF programme lead
Interviews w/c 22nd July 2024. If you have not heard from us you may assume you were not short listed.
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Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Full GMC Registration and hold a license to practice
Desirable
- MRCP part 1
- BSc or BSc(i)
Clinical Experience
Essential
- FY2 or above level clinical experience in General Medicine & Geriatric Medicine
Desirable
- Other relevant clinical experience to compliment e.g GP training, previous UK community experience, previous experience in out patient clinics, A and E experience
- At least 4 months experience practising in a general medicine speciality in the NHS
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Ability and experience of working as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team Experience in discharge planning
Desirable
Teaching
Essential
- Experience of undergraduate teaching and post graduate teaching
Desirable
- Creation and delivery of under or post graduate teaching modules
- Experience of simulation teaching
- Teaching qualification
Research
Essential
- Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research e.g through journal clubs, personal journal reading
Desirable
- Participation in research studies
- Evidence of original research
Other
Essential
- Evidence of understanding of and adherence to the principles of Good Medical Practice set out by the General Medical Council
- Evidence of experience with clinical governance structures such as incident reporting
- Evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit with implementation of change
Desirable
- Experience in clinical guideline development
Management:
Essential
- Evidence of understanding of the role of clinical management
Desirable
- Evidence of leadership in the development of clinical services
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Address
GSTT Community/ STH
Westminster Bridge Road
London
SE1 7EH