Consultant Geriatrician

Northamptongeneral; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Northampton General Hospital is looking for a Consultant Geriatrician to shape the pathway for elderly care in South Northamptonshire. This full-time position involves working with a team of Geriatricians to enhance services and training for medical staff, ensuring high standards of care for the frail elderly.

Qualifications

• Experience in developing services and pathways for elderly patients.
• Strong desire to educate and train junior medical staff.

Responsibilities

• Develop pathways to ensure input for elderly patients during acute illness.
• Support medical education for students.
• Participate in audit and governance meetings.

Skills

Teaching

Clinical Governance

Care for Elderly

Education

Specialist training in Geriatric Medicine

Job description

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This is a new full time appointment to join the existing 4 Geriatricians

It is a response to the increasing number of admissions of frail elderly.

The job will be a combination of EAU based geriatric medical care and developing the front end service with help of two specialist nurses and A Geriatric Fellow.

The appointee will develop the pathways in and out of the unit to ensure input for elderly patients as early as possible in their acute illness.

The model links with front end admission avoidance services in the county (CECS) and community services from health and social care.

Special interests in any sub- specialty of Geriatric Medicine would be particularly valued and accommodated to compliment other consultant’s interests.

This is an exciting opportunity for the appointee to shape the pathway of services for the elderly in South Northamptonshire.

• 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
  
  

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

Compassion

Accountability

Respect

Integrity

Courage

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.

We are a Defence positive trust, supporting our reservists, veterans, spouses and partners.

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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Swapnil Jathar Job title: Clinical Lead for Geriatric Medicine Email address: [e-mail]

Please Also Contact The General Manager

Claudette Shapcott 07775 010366

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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