Senior Clinical Fellow in Geriatrics

The over-riding purpose is to support the provision of the highest quality patient care through personal actions and continuous improvement.
You will be expected to undertake the following duties:
+ Provision of a service to Sherwood Forest Hospitals, with responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness, and the proper functioning of the department
+ the post holder is expected to contribute towards the teaching and training of medical students
+ participating in medical audit, the Trust's Clinical Governance processes and in CPD

Working for our organisation
We have close working relationships with community teams and primary care, and we have been successful in creating effective pathways for our patients in order to improve their care and experience across the healthcare system.
Existing services have been recently assessed by GIRFT and formal feedback was excellent. The Front Door frailty service, the collaborative work with the community and impressive results in relation to improved flow and length of stay were highlighted as being examples of good practice.

The successful candidate will be joining a well organised department providing a wide range of services at specialty and sub-specialty level. We work together collaboratively and supportively, and we are always looking to improve the care for frail, elderly patients across the organisation.
The continued expansion and development of quality services within the department and the Trust is essential and has the support of senior management and the executive team and we are working with colleagues in other specialties and in other settings in order to achieve this.

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journal's Trust of the Year in 2020.
The Care Quality Commission rated King's Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.
For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.
Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.
We would love you to join us., We reserve the right to close a vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received. Priority for vacancies at the Trust will be given to existing employees of Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust whose roles are currently at risk of redundancy due to organisational change.
Only applications received on or before the closing date will be considered for short listing. This is to ensure that the Trust meets its commitment to Equality of Opportunity.
In submitting an application, you authorise Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to confirm any current and previous NHS Service details and you agree to the Trust obtaining and transferring personal date held about you, including Occupational Health data (inoculations and screening tests). This data will be shared using the NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) and third party systems via an automated process and will only be used for the purposes of maintaining your employment record.
Please note if you are successful in obtaining this position and the post involves regulated activity you will be required to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service check. The Trust will pay for the check initially and the money will then be invoiced to you once you've commenced employment. The current price of a check is £40 plus VAT for an enhanced and £23 plus VAT for a standard check. If you are asked to complete a DBS check and have a previous identity that you do not wish to be disclosed to your employer and/or on your DBS certificate, you should call or email the dedicated sensitive applications team before submitting your application. The team is experienced in dealing with sensitive cases and will advise you of the process and what you need to do.
Proposed for us: Covid-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, family, colleagues and our patients/service users from the Covid-19 virus. Whilst Covid-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this present time unless you work in a Care Home facility, we continue to encourage our current and potential colleagues to get vaccinated. There is helpful advice and information about the Covid-19 vaccination and how to access it at: https://nottsccg.nhs.uk/covid-19/covid-19-vaccinations