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Job reference: 011951
Salary: Clinical Fellow - (£32,961 - £51,828)
Job closing date: 14/01/2020
Job Type: Medical and Dental
Location: Royal Alexandra Hospital
Employment type: Fixed-term
Hours Per Week: 40
Job posted date: 18/12/2019
Employer (NHS Board): NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
Department: Older People and Stroke

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We are delighted to advertise this post based at the Royal Alexandra Hospital (RAH). We are looking for a motivated, enthusiastic colleague to work within our GORU team. This post is available at FY2 completion level from 1st January 2020 (or an agreed date) for a period of 6 months

The successful candidate will work as part of the award winning Geriatric Orthopaedic Rehabilitation team.  The RAH team has won the Golden Hip award in three of the four years: this award has been made for the hospital with the highest achievement in complying with the 11 Standards of Hip Fracture Care in the Older Person.  The Orthogeriatric service covers all patients aged over 65 that are admitted to Orthopaedics from within the catchment of RAH, Vale of Leven District Hospital and Lorn & Islands District General.

The primary aim of the Orthogeriatric service is to provide a rapid and comprehensive geriatric assessment to all patients admitted with hip fractures within 72 hours of admission, while extending this same criteria to all patients that have been admitted to the Orthopaedic wards with a fall (with or without a bony injury).

The Orthogeriatric team currently comprises of two Elderly Care Orthopaedic Nurses (ECONs) who work on both RAH and Inverclyde Royal Hospital (IRH) sites and two RAH based consultant Orthogeriatricians.  It is envisaged that this post will be focussed on service delivery at RAH as an integral part of the multi-disciplinary team. 

The current Orthogeriatric service model includes a Fast-track pathway to transfer care from acute Orthopaedics to GORU.  At present, ECONs undertake an initial comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) and the Orthogeriatric service provide a medical liaison service of medically unwell elderly orthopaedic patients.

As a subspecialty, the GORU team are highly supportive of professional development and quality improvement projects and recently had multiple poster presentations at National and International conferences.

This post does not hold educational approval from the Postgraduate Dean and is not recognised for training.

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