Core Clinical Fellow - Frailty Team

Job Overview

This job is for a Core Clinical Fellow to provide care for patients undergoing comprehensive geriatric assessment as part of our FPH Frailty Team and receiving support/training from both middle grades and Consultant staff.

Main duties of the job

This is a good post to gain experience in general and geriatric medicine.

Hours of work will be within the time period 8am – 7pm, Monday – Friday. The role will be in general and geriatric medicine based at Frimley Park Hospital.

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

• Assess and provide care for patients that have been referred to the FPH Frailty Team
• Work as part of the ward multidisciplinary team and actively participate in MDT meetings.
• Be expected to provide teaching to nursing and/or ancillary staff and undergraduate students.
• Be expected to participate in audits and research as arranged by the team.
• Perform duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances at the request of the appropriate consultant, in consultation where practicable with their colleagues both senior and junior.
• To attend monthly clinical governance meetings

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• MBBS or equivalent
• Full registration with the GMC
• Understands the principles and practice of audit

Desirable criteria

• Further qualification e.g MRCP or DGM
• Distinctions, Scholarships, prizes

Experience

Essential criteria

• Awareness of the basics of managing older patients, comprehensive geriatric assessment and frailty syndromes
• Evidence of competence to work without direct supervision where appropriate
• Demonstrate current ALS certification
• Previous experience of participating in teaching

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of special interest in geriatric medicine
• Evidence of involvement of significant service change associated with audit
• Previous participation in MRCP and DGM teaching

Skills & Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Able to demonstrate effective verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to evaluate own practice
• Computer literate
• Able to demonstrate ability to lead a team
• Ability to work well within the multidisciplinary team
• Innovative thinker
• Able to manage time and prioritise workload
• Recognises stressful situations and responds appropriately

Desirable criteria

• Able to demonstrate ability to lead a team
• Able to demonstrate ability to develop service provision

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) is proud of its strong reputation, record of achievement and ambition for the future. We serve a population of over 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire, and remain committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our communities.

Our new organisational strategy – FHFT 2030 – sets out our ambition to be the best place to receive care and the best place to work in the NHS. Underpinned by our Trust values – Committed to Excellence, Working Together, Facing the Future, and being a modern, compassionate, Healthcare Organisation – we are creating a culture where our people can thrive and patients always come first.

We continue to invest heavily in our services and facilities. This includes the development of a new hospital at Frimley Park, major expansion of diagnostics and inpatient capacity, and the continued transformation of services across our sites. We have already delivered a brand-new £100m state-of-the-art Heatherwood Hospital, a £49m Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park, and a £10m upgrade to maternity services.

We are also committed to sustainability and the NHS Net Zero ambition. Our new hospital and estate developments are being designed to be environmentally responsible, energy efficient, and future-proofed, featuring on-site renewables energy and intelligent energy systems. Through our green plan, we are embedding sustainable practices across all areas of care and operations, ensuring we reduce our environmental impact while improving population health and wellbeing. Our staff are key to helps us deliver on our ambition and to ensure sustainability is a core component of care delivery and our operations.

Alongside estates’ investments, we are embedding a strong focus on digital innovation and quality improvement. Our electronic patient record (Epic), launched in 2024, is already enabling safer, more connected, and more effective care for patients, while giving staff the tools they need to do their best work. Our electronic patient record also supports safe and effective digitised care pathways, savings time and carbon, whilst delivering excellent quality of care.

Everything we do is guided by our values, shaping how we care for patients, support colleagues, and build a sustainable future for healthcare together.

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