Locum Consultant with an Interest in General & Geriatric Medicine

Job title:

Locum Consultant with an Interest in General & Geriatric Medicine

Company

British Medical Journal

Job description

We would welcome applications from existing or newly trained Consultants who have an interest in holistic elderly care and encourage applicants who are dual trained in Geriatric & General Medicine. The position is to join our Resilience service multidisciplinary team with close links to the Elderly Medicine Service.There are a number of benefits working as part of the Resilience team at The Princess Alexandra Hospital including:

• Opportunities to lead on the provision of exceptional quality of life for our senior population, and to demonstrate geriatric expertise across different specialties and in the community
• Encouragement and support to work as part of an established multidisciplinary team and will help develop new models of care
• Opportunity for consultants with a specialist interest and additional skills to promote and develop the service in order to improve diagnosis and management – Encouraging an interest in surgical liaison and perioperative medicine
• Development and opportunity to take a leading role in infection, prevention and control
• Support provided and time allocated for CESR

Main duties of the jobThis post provides an exciting opportunity to join a newly established Resilience service with close links to the Elderly Medicine team. The Resilience service will encompass a team of 3 Consultants, 1 Registrar and 4 juniors who will provide the following:

• High quality inpatient care to a 31 bedded Medical Ward encompassing COVID, General Medical and Geriatrics
• Medical Outliers located on Surgical Wards (50% of which are over the age of 75)

To post holder will lead and motivate the multidisciplinary team within his/her ward area in order to deliver effective patient-focused interventions and timely discharge planning. To create and maintain excellent working relationships with their own team, management team and external agencies such as community providers and ICBs. This includes effective communication in line with the Trust valuesTo engage fully in development of services to meet the anticipated future challenges of the ageing population. To lead on and drive forward innovations within service area. To support consultant colleagues in the department in the delivery of their services where necessary.About usWe are looking for a forward-thinking Consultant to complete an experienced and dynamic team at the Princess Alexandra Hospital.We can offer:

• Full induction process
• Structured pay scheme with annual increments
• Additional living supplement to your basic salary
• Minimum 27days annual leave plus bank holidays ( pro rata for part time staff )
• NHS Pension scheme
• Flexible working patterns
• Onsite creche facilities
• Child care vouchers
• Annual appraisals with career pathways
• In-house training courses
• Discounted hospital restaurant
• Onsite accommodation subject to availability.

This organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Children and Young People, and Vulnerable Adults. Offers of employment are subject to pre-employment NHS screening checks. We aim to represent the diversity of our local communities and positively encourage applications regardless of age, race or ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief.Job description
Job responsibilitiesThis is an opportunity to join an organisation in which clinicians are at the forefront of management and service development. Princess Alexandra is a great place to work. It has an expanding population with growing healthcare needs which will be matched by service expansion and new ways of working. The Trust is heavily engaged with local providers and the ICBs to innovate with new models of integrated care.Elderly care at the Princess Alexandra is designed to give the best, ethical, timely care, first time. Services include our front-door (same-day-emergency-care) service, short stay unit as well as ortho-geriatric ward services, community clinics, Parkinson’s Disease clinics, cancer frailty clinic and general clinics, all designed to support our patients in their later years by meeting their changing needs seamlessly and avoiding crisis moments..The job plan will include a minimum of 8.5 PA direct clinical care as well as supporting professional activities. Direct clinical care will include ward rounds and outpatient clinics based at either at Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow or Herts and Essex, Bishops Stortford.On initial appointment there may not be a requirement to participate in the on-call rota (frailty or general medical), however, there will be a future requirements to join the frailty or general medical rota with the option for additional PAs or the job plan can be suitably modified for a candidate wishing to work a total of 10 PAs.Person Specification
Training
Essential

• Higher Degree or equivalent i.e. MD, PHD

Desirable

• ALS or equivalent

Training
Essential

• GMC Registered

Desirable

• Experience at Consultant Level

292-6243209-MED

Expected salary

£88364 – 119133 per year

Location

Harlow, Essex

Job date

Fri, 03 May 2024 05:58:06 GMT

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