Job Description

The role is of an IMT3 or ST4+ level trainee in general & geriatric medicine. The post-holder will join the current team of junior doctors in the Elderly Medicine Department. They will be based on the medicine for the elderly wards, rehabilitation wards and in the Older Person Rapid Access Clinic (OPRAC). There will also be opportunities to attend falls clinic.



This Medicine for the Elderly position involves leading multidisciplinary care on inpatient wards (8 South & 8 West) and the rehabilitation unit (5 West), including ward rounds, board rounds, MDT meetings, new patient reviews, and family discussions. It also includes outpatient work in a rapid-access OPRAC clinic--performing Comprehensive Geriatric Assessments, coordinating diagnostics and treatments--and a weekly falls clinic in collaboration with physiotherapy, all under consultant supervision. Departmental duties entail regular radiology meetings, Grand Rounds, educational sessions, Friday medical meetings, teaching juniors and students, and participating in audit and governance. The post carries acute medical registrar rota duties for admissions and ward cover including nights. For those pursuing geriatrics, opportunities exist to gain experience in subspecialty areas such as movement disorders and to engage in teaching, research, and career development initiatives.



Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust was created on October 1, 2007 by merging St. Mary's NHS Trust and Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust and integrating with the faculty of medicine of Imperial College London. One of the largest NHS trust in the country, we have come together to establish the UK's first academic health science centre (AHSC). The Trust has an annual turnover of over 950 million, approximately 10,000 staff, and it see over 500,000 patients a year.



The creation of the AHSC, a partnership between the NHS and Imperial College London, is a major advance for patient care, clinical teaching and scientific invention and innovation. The fusion of the different strands of our



work and the achievements that can now be realised will lead to significant benefits for patients and greater advances in healthcare than could be delivered apart.



Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust already has a world-leading reputation. Hammersmith and St Mary's hospitals have two of the highest clinical ratings in the country, rated second and third best Trusts for clinical performance, quality of care and safety.



Imperial College London has a campus on all main sites and is increasingly integrated with all the clinical specialties. The Clinical Sciences Centre of the Medical Research Council (MRC) is also based at Hammersmith Hospital providing a strong foundation for clinical and scientific research.



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