Fellow in Care of The Elderly Medicine - Crewe, United Kingdom - Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Crewe, United Kingdom

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An opportunity has arisen for a 12-month fixed term Fellow in Care of the Elderly Medicine with an interest in Orthogeriatrics.

This post is suitable for doctors with an aspiration for a career in Care of the Elderly and General Practitioners with a specialist interest in Care of the Elderly.

We would like to appoint a highly motivated doctor with good team working skills and a desire for innovation. These skills are essential to the continued development of this role.

This post is aimed at Geriatric Medicine Trainees who are approaching or have completed specialist training in Geriatric Medicine and GPs with a special interest in Geriatric Medicine/Orthogeriatrics.

The post holder will lead the Orthogeriatric assessment and management of medical pathologies and the pre-operative optimisation and care of Trauma and Orthopaedic patients at Leighton Hospital, Crewe.

A structured timetable of activities will be provided under the supervision of Dr L.Garcia-Alen, Consultant Orthogeriatrician.

The successful Fellow will be given active support with Quality Improvement Projects/Audit and clinical research and will be expected to present and publish this work as appropriate.

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) provides good quality, safe and effective healthcare to the people of Cheshire and beyond.

The Trust, which manages Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford, was established as an NHS Trust in April 1991 and became a Foundation Trust in April 2008.

We employ almost 5,000 members of staff, provide around 540 hospital beds, with a range of services including accident and emergency, maternity, outpatients, therapies, and children's health.

The Trust is also part of Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP), a unique local health partnership that provides a range of community services for people across South Cheshire and Vale Royal.

During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its 'Be Safe Be EquiPPEd' campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE.

The results in the 2020 national NHS Staff Survey showed improvements in all elements of the safety culture theme, with 92% of respondents feeling their role made a difference to our patients.

We were also recognised nationally for our workforce health and wellbeing initiatives.

At Mid Cheshire, we value our staff and appreciate that in order to give our patients the best quality, compassionate care, we also need to look after our colleagues.

A full Job description and Person Specification is attached to this advert.

THE APPOINTMENT
The successful applicant must have full registration with the GMC and continue to hold a Licence to Practise.

THE ORTHOPAEDIC DEPARTMENT, SURGERY AND CANCER DIVISION

There are 13Consultants within the department:

Mr Cefin Barton, Lower Limb Arthroplasty and Revision.

Mr Derek Pegg, Lower Limb Arthroplasy and Revision

Mr Stephen Duckett, Lower Limb Arthroplasty and Revision

Mr Hussain Kazi, Lower Limb Arthroplasty and Revision

Mr Nick Boyce Cam, Lower Limb Arthroplasty and Soft Tissue Knee & Clinical Lead

Mrs Karen Luscombe, Soft tissue surgery and Knee Arthroplasty

Mr Simon Barnes, Foot and Ankle

Mr David Machin, Foot and Ankle & Associate Medical Director

Surgery & Cancer

Mr Nasser Hyder, Hand and Upper Limb

Mr David Miller, Shoulder and Upper Limb

Mr Chris Armistead, Shoulder and Upper Limb

Mr Greville Farrar, Soft Tissue Knee and Lower Limb Arthroplasty

Dr Luciano Garcia-Alen, Physician and Orthogeriatrician

The Department is supported by 6 Deanery ST3+ senior trainees, a trust grade doctor and 6 F2/GP/LED level posts. We also have 4 Advanced Care Practitioners who support the trauma and fractured NOF service.

FACILITIES

The Department has exclusive use of a purpose-built outpatient / Fracture Clinic with plaster room and surgical appliances within this facility.

There is a screened 18 bedded arthroplasty ward and a separate ward for trauma and non-screened admissions. We enjoy exclusive access to 4 laminar flow theatres.