NHS Locum Consultant Geriatric Medicine

Northampton General Hospital; Shire Of Northampton; On-site; AUD 109,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

A large healthcare provider is seeking a Consultant in Elderly Medicine to develop services for frail elderly patients. This role entails participation in medical education, leadership, and on-call duties. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in geriatric medicine, specialized qualifications, and a commitment to fostering an inclusive work environment. Competitive salary and full-time position offered.

Qualifications

• Experience of teaching undergraduate students.
• Team leadership skills and experience in specialist areas.
• Publications in recognized medical journals.

Responsibilities

• Develop elderly medicine services for the Trust.
• Provide training and teaching to junior staff.
• Participate in on-call medical rota.

Skills

Organisational Skills

Communication Skills

Leadership Skills

Teaching Junior Staff

Audit and Quality Improvement

Education

Full registration with General Medical Council

MRCP (UK)

Completion of speciality training

Job description

NHS Locum Consultant in Elderly Medicine

Full time or Job share

Northampton General Hospital is looking for an enthusiastic and forward thinking Consultant in Geriatric Medicine to join and help develop the successful service that the Trust provides. This is an exciting opportunity for the new team member to join our well located DGH at a time when the department is changing practice throughout the hospital. We are looking to develop new areas of working so candidates with special interests will be accommodated and supported as much as possible.

This is an exciting time for Northampton General Hospital as we are establishing a service for frail elderly patients on Emergency Medical assessment unit. Current service consists of two Specialist Nurses for Elderly Medicine to carry out Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment within 24-hours of admission to Medical assessment units. They are supported by dedicated sessions of trust grade Registrar and a consultant Geriatrician. They identify suitable patients for multidisciplinary team assessment on two admission units to enable prompt and safe discharges. This service also identifies appropriate patients for 2 short stay elderly wards which are managed by Geriatricians.

Main duties of the job

Duties & Responsibilities OF clinical role

• To participate in the future development of Elderly medicine services for the Trust with a particular emphasis on the development of the front end frailty pathway.
• To provide input into medical student education for Leicester undergraduates on the diagnosis and management of medical emergencies
• To support and provide teaching and training of junior medical staff, post graduate training and nurse training on the unit
• To participate in the Department of Medicine meetings and have a representative on the Directorate management Board
• To ensure good practice by regular audit and review of incidents with the clinical team and take forward lessons learnt
• To link in with the directorate clinical governance meetings and contribute to lessons learnt from incidents and complaints
• To take part in the on call medical rota
• The appointee will link with all the acute physicians involved in the admission of elderly patients and the consultant Psycho-geriatrician who is also a member of the CECS.
• The consultant will be expected to join the on call rota for acute medical admissions to the emergency units.

About us

Northampton General Hospital is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All of our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.

Our Excellence Values

We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone's full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities.

The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals.We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.

We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details and information.

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING

• Full registration with General Medical Council
• MRCP (UK) with part 1 and 2 and paces or an equivalent qualification
• MD, PhD or other higher degree
• Completion of speciality training (or within 6 months of CCT)

TEACHING & AUDIT

• Experience of Audit and Quality Improvement
• Experience of Teaching Junior Staff
• Experience of Undergraduate Teaching
• Experience of Curriculum development and delivery

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS AND RESEARCH

• Effective Team worker, valuing the experience and contributing
• Demonstrable Team Leadership skills and experience
• A specialist interest in a specialist area to complement the other consultants in the department
• Publications in recognised Medical journals
• Research projects relating to speciality

INTERPERSONAL SKILLS

• High level Organisational Skills
• Communication Skills
• Leadership Skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£109,725 to £145,478 a yearPer Annum / Pro Rata