Geriatric Clinical Fellow ST3+ Vascular Surgery

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Job summary

A leading NHS healthcare provider in London is seeking a Senior Clinical Fellow in Geriatric Medicine. The role focuses on providing comprehensive geriatric assessments for older patients undergoing vascular surgery and involves working closely with the vascular team. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in geriatrics and chronic illness management, along with excellent communication skills. This full-time role offers competitive salary and the opportunity to be part of a significant healthcare organization.

Qualifications

• Extensive clinical experience in geriatrics and acute general internal medicine.
• Experience in teaching undergraduates and postgraduates.
• Commitment to audit and quality improvement activities.

Responsibilities

• Deliver comprehensive geriatric assessments for older patients in vascular surgery.
• Collaborate closely with the vascular surgical team for patient care.
• Attend and contribute to multi-disciplinary team meetings and vascular clinic.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team

Leadership experience

Good medical knowledge and clinical skills

Education

MBBS or equivalent

MRCP

BSc

MSc/ MA

Tools

ALS Certificate

Job description

Main area Geriatric medicine Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow Contract Fixed term: 12 months (48 per week) Hours Full time - 48 hours per week Job ref 200MC 712801-7692561/RG

Employer St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type NHS Site St Georges University Hospital Town London Salary £65,048 pro rata per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 16/02/2026 23:59

Geriatric clinical fellow (ST3+) Vascular Surgery

NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow

St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the regional specialist care provider for south west London, Surrey and beyond. The trust provides a high quality, comprehensive range of health services from leading edge tertiary and trauma care to community services.

With national and regional referrals added to our local 3.5m catchment, we serve a population of around 5m.

Co-located with St George’s, University of London and with both organisations now in a formal strategic alliance with King’s Health Partners, the trust delivers with its partners high quality research and education both of which contribute to the healthcare provision of tomorrow.

Acute and tertiary health services are delivered from over 1,000 beds across two sites, by around 8,000 staff.

St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a major acute hospital that offers very specialist care for complex injuries and illnesses, including trauma, neurology, cardiac care, renal transplantation, cancer care and stroke. It has a helipad which opened in spring 2014 and the work of its emergency department can currently be seen on Channel 4’s ‘24 Hours in A&E’ programme. The hospital also provides all the usual care you would expect from a local NHS district general hospital.

We also provide services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Roehampton. These include outpatient rapid diagnostic and treatment facilities, a minor injuries unit, limb fitting services and 70 elderly, intermediate care and rehabilitation beds.

As well as hospital services, we provide a wide variety of specialist, maternity and community services to children, adults, older people and people with learning disabilities. These services are provided from St John’s Therapy Centre, 11 health centres and clinics, schools, nursing homes and people’s own homes. The trust also manages the healthcare service at HMP Wandsworth.

Job overview

1 year fixed term post offered pending 3 month probationary period

The postholder will work for the vascular geriatrics consultant delivering comprehensive geriatric assessment to older patients undergoing vascular surgery. The postholder will undertake pre-operative assessments on the ward and in clinic, be involved in shared decision making and optimising patients for surgery and post-operative management on the ward. The fellow will participate in board rounds, ward rounds – jointly with vascular and independently - and multi-disciplinary team meetings. There may be an option of contributing to the on call rota covering acute medicine and ward cover on calls. The postholder will also be part of the senior health referral rota, reviewing patients under other specialties. These are often surgical patients and will provide exposure to other surgical specialties.

Main duties of the job

• To demonstrate excellent communication skills, working collaboratively and constructively with the vascular team
• Working closely with the vascular team to provide medical input, frailty assessments and comprehensive geriatric assessments primarily for patients over 65 years but also will need to be comfortable providing care to younger patients
• To provide senior medical support, teaching and mentoring to the vascular team
• To attend board rounds to ensure consistent geriatric presence and adequate handover
• To attend vascular POPS clinic and contribute to vascular MDT meetings
• To deliver teaching both informally in board rounds and on ward rounds and formally in vascular meetings
• To work closely with our multi-disciplinary team to facilitate discharge planning and support them in providing care to complex older patients
• To work closely with the geriatric consultant to embed the peri-operative service and to help with data collection/ QIP/ service development
• To take responsibility for the reviews and advice given and communicating this effectively while overall responsibility for patient care remains under the vascular surgical team
• Be part of the senior health referrals rota, providing senior health input into patients under other medical and surgical specialties

Working for our organisation

St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the regional specialist care provider for South-West London, Surrey and beyond. The trust is a major acute hospital that provides a high quality, comprehensive range of health services from leading edge tertiary care including trauma, neurology, cardiac care, renal transplantation, cancer care and stroke to community services.

The hospital also provides all the usual care expected from a local NHS district general hospital. Acute and tertiary health services are delivered from over 1,000 beds across two sites, by around 8,000 staff.

With national and regional referrals added to our local catchment of 3.5 million, we serve a population of around 5 million. Co-located with the trust is St George’s, University of London, a medical school with 270 students per year. Both the trust and the medical school have a formal strategic alliance with King’s Health Partners.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

· To demonstrate excellent communication skills, working collaboratively and constructively with the vascular team

· Working closely with the vascular team to provide medical input, frailty assessments and comprehensive geriatric assessments primarily for patients over 65 years but also will need to be comfortable providing care to younger patients

· To provide senior medical support, teaching and mentoring to the vascular team

· To attend board rounds to ensure consistent geriatric presence and adequate handover

· To attend vascular POPS clinic and contribute to vascular MDT meetings

· To deliver teaching both informally in board rounds and on ward rounds and formally in vascular meetings

· To work closely with our multi-disciplinary team to facilitate discharge planning and support them in providing care to complex older patients

· To work closely with the geriatric consultant to embed the peri-operative service and to help with data collection/ QIP/ service development

· To take responsibility for the reviews and advice given and communicating this effectively while overall responsibility for patient care remains under the vascular surgical team

· Be part of the senior health referrals rota, providing senior health input into patients under other medical and surgical specialties

Person specification

Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent
• MRCP
• BSc
• MSc/ MA

Experience

• Comprehensive clinical experience in geriatrics and acute general internal medicine +/- in peri-operative medicine

Knowledge and skills

• Good medical knowledge and clinical skills
• ALS Certificate

Personality

• Good written and oral communication skills
• Ability to manage own workload and take initiative
• Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Ability to be flexible and to manage reasonable workload that can quickly change
• Demonstrates experience in leadership

Audit and quality improvement

• Understands the principles of audit and quality improvement
• Experience in designing and leading quality improvement
• Evidence of quality improvement work resulting in sustained change

Teaching

• Experience in teaching undergraduates, post graduates and allied healthcare professionals
• Development of a formal teaching programme

Research

• Understanding of the principles and clinical applications of clinical research
• Evidence of involvement in original research

Management

• Excellent organisational skills
• Experience of supervision of more junior trainees
• Experience in clinical risk management and governance processes

Other Requirements

• Full GMC registration and hold a license to practise
• Evidence of understanding of and adherence to the principles of Good Medical Practice set out by the General Medical Council

We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the trust – being excellent, kind, responsible and respectful – and behave in a way that reflects these. More information on the vision and values of St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is attached below.

Please note that this vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient applicants are received. Please check your email regularly as all candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted and informed by email or via NHS Jobs.

If you are appointed to the post, as part of your pre-employment check we will be required to verify your identity. The document/s you present for this purpose will be checked for their authenticity by scanning all known security features. These features will include:

- The machine readable zone

- An ultra violet image

- An infra red image

As part of you pre-employment checks, we will also be required to obtain satisfactory, written references. Please ensure that the referee details which you provide on your application form are correct. We require atleast one written reference from your current or most recent line manager. We are only able to accept references from a professional work email address.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Dr Sarah Howie Job title Consultant Geriatrician in Senior Health Email address [emailprotected] Telephone number 020 8672 1255