Junior Clinical Fellow in Neurorehabilitation | Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 02 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £49,909 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 01 August 2025 |
| Location: | Preston, PR2 9HT |
| Company: | Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7268307/438-MS3115 |
Summary
This post is to provide care for inpatients on the neurorehabilitation ward. The post-holder should acquire considerable experience in clinical neurorehabilitation, and there are opportunities to contribute to the on-call general medical rota if the post holder wishes. Significant clinical learning opportunities are available, with weekly clinical and academic meetings, case presentations and frequent clinical teaching.
The appointment would be on a fixed term basis for 12 months in the first instance.
You will:-
- Be involved directly with the day to day functioning of Barton Ward, a 16 bed Neurorehabilitation ward.
- Participate in multidisciplinary team working (including physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, mental health liaison) to promote patient independence and wellbeing, and proactive discharge planning.
-Participate in consultant- and registrar-led ward rounds, and also perform independent ward rounds under supervision.
- Undertake the administrative duties involved with the care of your patients.
- Develop communication skills (including obtaining collateral histories, conducting family meetings and addressing advance care planning needs)
- Maintain continuing education and professional development.
- Actively participate in the audit process and the quality improvement activity in the department.
Modern Education Centres are based at both Royal Preston and Chorley and South Ribble Hospital sites and offer excellent library and study facilities, including PC/Internet support for staff and students.
As a teaching hospital, we encourage all our staff to participate in teaching and training at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. We are committed to developing our teaching and academic activities and can facilitate meeting any training needs for these roles.
We support the requirements for Continuing Medical Education as laid down by the Royal Colleges and are committed to providing time and financial support for these activities.
We are keen to support the postholder to achieve their personal educational goals, and can facilitate some time and opportunities to achieve this. Previous post-holders have thus gained further experience in quality improvement and teaching, and also explored future career choices.
Please refer to the attached Job description, Person specification and Specialty/ Trust Brochure for further details on:
• What we can offer
• Job Plan/On-call Requirements
• The Team
This advert closes on Wednesday 16 Jul 2025