# Clinical Fellow - Geriatrics Medicine or General Medicine

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Wye Valley NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Wye Valley NHS Trust
- **Town:** Hereford
- **Region:** Midlands
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Medical doctor
- **Speciality:** General Internal Medicine
- **Grade:** Junior
- **Salary:** £54,499 per annum
- **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed term until 04/08/26. Mutually agreed extension may be available.)
- **Employment type:** Full time - 40 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-26T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-21T11:42:37.647Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Hereford/Hereford/Wye_Valley_NHS_Trust/Geriatric_Medicine/Geriatric_Medicine-v8171297
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8171297?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

We have five excellent opportunities to join the Geriatric Medicine (3) or General Medicine (2) team here at Hereford Hospital.  Within these positions you will be working within the Frailty block or as part of the General Medicine team.

Important information

When completing the supporting information box please complete as follows.

Divide your answers with separate headings:

- Attainments & Qualifications
- Presentations & Posters
- Teaching
- Quality Improvement
- Dedication to Specialty

There are no specific word limits for each section, but you will be expected to link each section to the Person Specification.

If this instruction is not followed, your application will not be considered for shortlisting .

This is an exciting opportunity for anyone interested in Geriatric or General Medicine to work with a growing team in Hereford to deliver excellent clinical care in a department focussed on training and career development.

This is an ideal job for doctors wishing to take a year out from training or getting more experience in Geriatric or General Medicine, with clinical supervision and support for portfolio interests available to help with future career development.

These posts will provide excellent medical experience, teaching, and opportunities for learning.

These posts will be fixed term until start of August 2027 in the first instance, mutually agreed extension may be available.

The advert may close early if we receive a high volume of interest.

### Main duties of the job

Clinical

The post holders will be working in the new Frailty Block within Geriatric medicine or the General Medicine ward, gaining experience in all aspects of inpatient Geriatric or General medicine.  Each speciality has weekend cover of a one in four rota.

Non-clinical

Supervision and support of doctors in training and ACPs as appropriate to experience and competence. Quality improvement, education and training and audit will be supported in development of a high quality acute medicine service within the trust.

All posts are whole-time. However part time/ job share will be considered.

The post will not include participation in the acute medical on call rota.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the main duties described above and the job description attached for further details about these roles.

## Person Specification

### Teaching

**Essential**

- Any specific and detailed evidence of teaching

**Desirable**

- Provided regular teaching for healthcare professionals or medical students, as part of a defined programme/course
- Worked with local tutors to organise a teaching programme (a series of sessions) for healthcare professionals or medical students on which they regularly taught over a period of approximately three months or longer with detailed evidence of formal feedback.

### Attainments

**Essential**

- GMC
- Experience of General/Geriatric medicine

**Desirable**

- ALS
- Postgrad: Diploma/Certificate
- Additional BSc/MSc/PhD

### Quality Improvement

**Essential**

- Any involvement in QI/Audit

**Desirable**

- Involved in all stages of one cycle of a QIP with specific detailed example
- Involved in all stages of two cycles of a QIP or involved in two QIPs with specific detailed examples

### Dedication to Specialty

**Essential**

- Clear reason why they wish to do General or Geriatric Medicine

**Desirable**

- Experience of MDT working and patient focussed care, with specific and detailed examples.
- Evidence of appropriate communication skills with specific and detailed examples

### Presentation and Posters

**Desirable**

- Presentation or poster at local meeting
- First of second author of poster or presentation at regional or national meeting

## Documents

- [sl (pdf, 408.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10473522)
- [job description & person specification (pdf, 579.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10473521)

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