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Senior Clinical Fellow ST3+ in Care of the Elderly (part time)

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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Location
Salary
£61,825 - £70,425 pa pro rata
Profession
Medical doctor
Grade
Senior
Deadline
21 Jul 2025
Contract Type
12 months (Fixed term)
Posted Date
14 Jul 2025

Job overview

Now is a really exciting time to Join our Team of forward-thinking Ageing and Complex medicine team at Wrightington Wigan and Leigh (WWL) NHS Foundation Trust, and make a real difference to our elderly patients in the Wigan Borough.

Here at WWL we put the patient at the heart of everything we do, as we strive to deliver and develop our modern and comprehensive Elderly Care service. We would love to hear from applicants who have already developed a sub-specialty interest within Elderly Care, and those who have not already done so would be encouraged to do so through in–house training/ attending relevant CPD activities. Opportunities are available across in-patient, out-patient and community services with support from the clinical director and divisional management team to build and develop your area of interest.

The Trust has excellent postgraduate and research facilities, supports study leave for CPD and aids with funding up to an agreed limit. WWL NHS Foundation Trust is an Associated Teaching Hospital of the Edge Hill University.  We also provide training for two Specialist Registrars as part of the Northwest Training rotation which includes an integrated MSc. course in Elderly Care medicine.

Main duties of the job

Working part time Monday, Thursday and Friday 9am - 5pm.

To provide direct clinical care to older patients accessing hospital services, with a specialist interest in managing frailty related syndromes.

To work within the department in other sub-speciality interests including ortho geriatrics, virtual wards.

To participate in departmental teaching and training programmes.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • Ageing and Complex Medicine Directorate currently has six substantive Consultants, one Associate Specialist and two Specialist Registrars. Following the recruitment, the applicant will join the existing team contributing expertise in Acute Comprehensive
  • Geriatric Medicine and sub sub-specialties including Stroke Medicine.
  • The successful applicants will join the existing team and have sessional commitments in delivering community medicine (regular MDT meetings, community clinics/visits and Care home visits). They may have sessions in out-patient clinics.
  • The Trust has an active department of Clinical Audit. The General Medicine and Rehabilitation & Care of the Elderly directorates undertake multi-disciplinary audits one half day per month with presentations by junior medical staff, consultants and other therapists.  They also take part in the monthly medical audit programme. Attendance to these sessions is compulsory.
  • In addition to accepting the normal responsibilities for the treatment and welfare of patients under the care of the service, the candidate will be expected to develop and maintain the necessary excellent liaison and working relationships with all other departments and agencies that are associated with the service both within and without the hospitals and the Trust.
  • Responsibility for all records (including patient health, financial, personal and administrative) that they gather or use as part of their work within the trust. The records may be paper, electronic, microfiche, audio or videotapes, x-ray images.