Based in an acute or rehabilitation Care of the Elderly ward in University Hospital Hairmyres.

Work as part of a team with daily consultant ward rounds and regular MDT meetings. Opportunity to:

1. Attend general Care of the Elderly or specialist clinics e.g. movement disorder, falls, fast-track TIA.

2. Learn about community services e.g.

• "Hospital at Home" team for their morning "virtual" ward round and home visits in the afternoon with one of the consultants or senior practitioners.
• "Frailty at the Front Door" team

• MDT working and planning complex discharges.
• Daily consultant ward rounds with ward based teaching and opportunities to participate in audit/quality improvement work.
• Opportunities to attend clinics and home visits with the Hospital at Home team.
• Participation in Departmental M&M meetings.

• Well-supervised posts with excellent senior support under direct Consultant supervision
• Experience of working closely within a multidisciplinary team
• Close involvement in the care of older patients, who are often frail with multiple complex issues.
• Opportunity to present at weekly departmental meetings
• Opportunity to join ‘Hospital at Home’ team and specialty clinics