Senior Clinical Fellow in Elderly Medicine
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustChorley, North West
Overview
This is a NHS role (permanent) with Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust based in Chorley. The advertised salary is £67,325. Applications close on 29 October 2026. GovJobs has indexed this vacancy from its official source — use the apply button to view the full advert and apply directly.
Job description
Working within a supportive and education-focussed environment and within the Elderly Care service as detailed within the attached specialty brochure,...
You will be working at registrar level in Elderly medicine at Chorley Hospital.
You will work in an Elderly Care department with 4 Consultant Geriatricians.Your team consists of 1 Consultant and 2 Junior Clinical Fellows. and you will be responsible to the Consultant Geriatricians, predominantly workingon Rookwood B ward at Chorley Hospital.
You will lead ward rounds, typically consisting of 16 patients. and will also providesupport to consultant led ward rounds. You will also beinvolved in the general medicine on-call rota (as the other middle grades and consultants are involved).The on-call is based on the medical admissions unit (MAU) at ChorleyHospitaland a period of shadowing can be provided before taking up the on-call in full.
Within the role, there willalsobe opportunities to perform procedures, develop communicationskills (including obtaining collateral histories and advance care planning)andparticipatein multidisciplinary team working (including physiotherapy, occupational therapy,speechand language therapy).
You canexpect training in both general medicine and comprehensive geriatric assessment. It is expected that you willparticipate in the weekly departmental meeting and medical grand round. In addition,there is amonthlymeeting to discuss clinical governance issues.
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust forms one of the major acute trusts in the Northwest of England withall ofthe usual specialties on site, as well as being a Tertiary Centre for Lancashire and South Cumbria in the Departments of Neurosciences, Nephrology, Oncology, Plastic Surgery and Burns. Undergraduate medical student teachingcommencedin 2003.
The Medical Directorateis responsible forthe provision of a full range of medical services across the Preston and Chorley hospital sites. This includes the following:
- Acute Medicine
- Emergency Medicine
- Diabetes and Endocrinology
- Gastroenterology
- Medicine for the Elderly
- Stroke Medicine
- Respiratory Medicine
- Renal Medicine
- Neurology
- Cardiology
Medicine for the Elderly has expanded recently with the establishment of an acute frailty assessment unit (AFAU) at Preston, hot clinics in the community and 4 new consultant appointments within the last 3 years. We have good relationships with our local CCG and with the local GPs: the community hot clinic is housed at a local GP practice.
The care of the elderly wards at both Preston and Chorley have been fully refurbished (2014) and are now dementia and elderlyfriendly with level 2 quality awards.
Essential: - Full GMC Registration and Licence to Practice; - MBChB or equivalent; - MRCP Part 1
Desirable: - Full MRCP; - Valid ALS
Essential: - At least three years working in hospital medicine following primary medical qualification; - At least 2 years working in general internal medicine or a medical speciality
Desirable: - Completion of core medical training or equivalent; - Experience in Geriatrics; - Experience of required practical procedures
How this role compares
We hold 1,185 NHS vacancies in North West that publish a salary, and their median advertised starting figure is £32,073. This role pays more than about 88% of them.
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You have 8 days left to apply. NHS adverts we hold typically run for around 46 days, so this is a shorter window than usual.
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