Consultant in Geriatrics

Job title:

Consultant in Geriatrics

Company

NHS

Job description

The Trust is keen to develop an outstanding geriatric service and is looking for a highly motivated and innovative physician to supplement the present team.The vision for this new post is to creatively expand our Medicine for Older People service and design posts with and around an individual who may wish to develop services in orthogeriatric, stroke, community geriatrics, Parkinson’s, acute frailty, rehabilitation, or other aspects of geriatric medicine. There is scope for part-time and flexible working and the department may wish to carry out team Job Planning and/or annualisation, depending on the team membership.Main duties of the jobWe expect daily consultant presence on the acute wards with daily MDT board rounds and review of new admissions and unwell patients and twice weekly ward rounds. We support a 7-day acute frailty service and frailty virtual ward as well as weekly ward rounds of our community inpatients.Teaching and development of medical students and trainees is an integral part of the role as well as participation in research and audit activities in the department. Duties may also include teaching, lectures or workshops for other departments, nurses, GPs and others.About usFrailty is a priority for the Frimley Integrated Care System and as a department we are actively involved with designing systems of care for older people with frailty in our population.Date posted28 August 2024Pay schemeHospital medical and dental staffGradeConsultantSalary£99,532 to £131,964 a year Per annumContractPermanentWorking patternFull-timeReference number151-HWF10-MJob locationsFrimley Park HospitalPortsmouth RoadFrimleyGU16 7UJJob descriptionJob responsibilitiesThere is flexibility in the Job Plans for the design of an optimal service.There is currently a 1:18 acute medical on-call rota for day or night takes. There is also a second on call 1:9 for medicine covering medical admissions unit and Elderly care zone on the weekends as part of 7 day working. Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesThere is flexibility in the Job Plans for the design of an optimal service.There is currently a 1:18 acute medical on-call rota for day or night takes. There is also a second on call 1:9 for medicine covering medical admissions unit and Elderly care zone on the weekends as part of 7 day working.Person SpecificationQualificationsEssential

  • MRCP (UK)
  • CCT in elderly care medicine (or within 6 months of achieving at the time of application)

Desirable

  • MD/PhD
  • Other post-graduate degree

ExperienceEssential

  • Delivery of inpatient and outpatient elderly medical care
  • Involvement in unselected medical take
  • Involvement in the design of elderly care services/pathways.
  • Ability to make decisions at the level of a consultant

Person SpecificationQualificationsEssential

  • MRCP (UK)
  • CCT in elderly care medicine (or within 6 months of achieving at the time of application)

Desirable

  • MD/PhD
  • Other post-graduate degree

ExperienceEssential

  • Delivery of inpatient and outpatient elderly medical care
  • Involvement in unselected medical take
  • Involvement in the design of elderly care services/pathways.
  • Ability to make decisions at the level of a consultant

Expected salary

£99532 – 131964 per year

Location

Frimley, Surrey

Job date

Wed, 04 Sep 2024 07:36:12 GMT

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