Senior Clinical Fellow STLevel in General Medicine

This new post presents an exciting opportunity for a Fixed Term Senior Clinical Fellow for 6 months to join the established West Suffolk Foundation Trust, within Acute General Medicine.

• Provide general care at Registrar level to the patients admitted, including supervision of day-to-day oid management.
• Conduct ward rounds.
• Undertake appropriate investigations and therapeutic procedures under supervision if necessary.
• Train junior colleagues.
• In case of any difficulties, ensure that advice is sought from a senior colleague.
• Take part in regular ward‑based audit programme.
• Provide advice/supervision to trainees on adjacent ward when the registrar for that ward is absent.
• Attend fortnightly outpatient clinic.
• Review referrals to elderly department.
• Currently an 11 week rota with 16 varied.

We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high‑quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.

The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching bedtime University of Cambridge.

Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.

We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.

With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.

We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyone's voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.