Job Description

You will join the Specialty and Integrated Medicine Clinical Service Unit (CSU) which covers General Internal Medicine, Elderly Medicine, Diabetes & Endocrinology, and Infectious Diseases & Travel Medicine. Most of our departments are based at St Jamess University Hospital (SJUH), but we also provide a Surgical Liaison service to three Orthopaedic wards (L09, L34 and L35) at Leeds General Infirmary (LGI, where this post will be based). The department is hard-working, friendly and co-operative. There is a strong focus on continual improvement, multi-disciplinary teamwork, clinical excellence, and patient safety and quality.



Excellent training will be provided in the management of acutely unwell and deteriorating patients, Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment, rehabilitation, and complex discharge planning. Opportunities will be provided to join our audit, quality improvement, and clinical governance programme. There are excellent training facilities at both LGI and SJUH. Across the CSU, educational meetings are held on most days of the week.



MEDICAL STAFF IN THE DEPARTMENT Role Staff member Clinical Director (SIM) Dr Morag Arundel General Manager (SIM) Fiona Clarke Head of Nursing (SIM) Stuart Pearson Lead Clinician (Elderly Medicine) Dr Gillian Fox Lead Clinician (General Internal Medicine) Dr Steve Parke Service Managers Tracey Scanlon (Older Peoples Medicine), Mandy Heer (General Internal Medicine) Consultants 5 Consultants in Geriatric Medicine and General Internal Medicine Dr Sarah Dimond Dr Christiane Eaves Dr Vidhya Nair Dr Alice Wheeler Dr Steve Parke Doctors Approximately 10 Foundation Year 1 and 2 resident doctors undertaking placements in Orthopaedics and Orthogeriatrics