Consultant Geriatrician - Acute Frailty Care and Clinical Lecturer

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool City Region; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare institution in Liverpool is seeking a Consultant Geriatrician with a Specialist Interest in Acute Frailty Care. The role involves developing an innovative service for older patients, leading multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality assessments and care. Candidates must have relevant qualifications and experience in both geriatric and general medicine. This position offers a chance to make a significant impact on patient care in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Full registration with the GMC and licence to practice.
• On GMC specialist register for Geriatric and General Medicine.
• CCT in Geriatric and General Medicine or equivalent training.

Responsibilities

• Develop and provide innovative acute frailty service.
• Deliver comprehensive geriatric assessments.
• Lead Multidisciplinary team based comprehensive geriatric assessment.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical decision-making

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Education

MB ChB or equivalent

MRCP or equivalent

Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians

MD or PhD

Job description

Job summary

The Department of Medicine for Older People wishes to appoint a Consultant Geriatrician with Specialist Interest in Acute Frailty Care and Clinical Lecturer. The post holder will work alongside other geriatricians to develop innovative 7 day services for older people, both within the hospitals and community. They will work with colleagues across sites to develop a seamless, equitable service. This role is for a consultant to support acute frailty services and general geriatric ward cover at the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen sites.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will be expected to work alongside other geriatric team members to continue to develop and provide an innovative acute frailty service with commitment to continue to improve quality of care for older frail people and provide CGA with the MDT.

They will have sessional work to support the acute frailty services in the emergency areas. The job plan will develop as the service develops supported by the senior leadership team.

The post holder will have sessional work on the general geriatric wards and re-ablement wards where they will work alongside the Geriatrics consultants to deliver comprehensive geriatric assessment to patients requiring in patient care. These sessions will involve responsibility for leading MDT based CGA care on this ward.

The in-patient wards comprise 14-28 beds with on average 2-4 new admissions each day.

The post will be supported by trainees/ junior doctors and Advanced Nurse Practitioners at the Broadgreen and Royal Liverpool sites predominantly. There will also be STR support on a sessional basis.

The out-patient work will be supported in our MDT geriatric outpatient department with support from nurses and therapy staff. The ratio from new to follow up will be developed as this is a new clinic as previous colleague passed follow ups to other colleagues. There are ambitions to develop rapid access frailty services as an alternative to admission.

About us

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital. We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients. UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond. For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West. Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services. For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit their careers page.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Sample Timetable*

*the elements will remain but the specific days may vary depending on needs.

Monday – Friday schedule as described in the original timetable with sessions for Ward MDT and Ward rounds, Frailty Inreach, Admin, Core SPA, Educational activities, and On Call commitments. The detailed timings and allocations (e.g., DCC PA allocations, Frailty in Reach contributions, SPA) are subject to change as the service evolves and will be supported by the senior leadership team.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• MB ChB or equivalent
• MRCP (or equivalent)

Desirable

• Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians
• Higher degree such as MD or PhD

Registration

Essential

• Full registration with the GMC and licence to practice
• On GMC specialist register for Geriatric and General Medicine or eligible for specialist register

Clinical Experience

Essential

• CCT in Geriatric and General Medicine (or equivalent training) or 6 months of attaining CCT at time of interview

Desirable

• Evidence of continuing medical education
• Geriatric and General Medicine experience across the specialties and for the duration required for CCT
• Evidence of training and education (PGCE)
• Proven track record in significant audit
• Publication of audit results
• Involvement in research
• Publication of research

Managing Others

Desirable

• Demonstrates an understanding of management and the specific management issues within an NHS Foundation Trust.
• Demonstrates ability to work in a multidisciplinary team with the ability to lead and manage conflict.
• Committed to the delivery of operational targets.
• Develops, supports and motivates trainee medical staff
• Excellent communication and knowledge sharing, both within the multidisciplinary team and externally, and with patients, carers and healthcare professionals as appropriate.
• Committed to improving the patient healthcare experience and improving Trust performance.
• Projects a positive image and able to challenge negativity, internally and externally.
• Empathic and sensitive approach to patient needs

Leading People

Desirable

• Experience of implementing service change to enhance the quality of patient care.
• Ability to provide consultant level leadership - Experience of and ability to work in multi-disciplinary teams - Evidence of leadership skills within multi-disciplinary teams. - Ability to organise own workload and prioritise clinical needs. - Understanding of NHS, Clinical Governance and risk management - Able to assess, contain and manage clinical risk and support colleagues in managing risk - Ability to act as mentor to junior medical staff - Act as a role model - Able to demonstrate management skills
• Demonstrates an approach based on critical enquiry, evidence based practice and the development of practice based evidence.
• Strong but collaborative leadership abilities, within the multidisciplinary team, across the Trust and in an interagency context.
• Good leadership skills with the ability to adapt and innovate and lead change within the healthcare system.
• Shows enthusiasm for the development of the service and an ability to think strategically.

Teaching & training Experience

Desirable

• Evidence of training & education (PGCE)
• Evidence of delivery of education, both undergraduate and postgraduate

Knowledge

Desirable

• To have a good understanding of 'Good Medical Practice' from the GMC

Audit Experience

Desirable

• Proven track record in significant audit
• Publication of audit results

Research Experience

Desirable

• Involvement in research
• Publication of research

Managing self

Desirable

• Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on clinical conditions of adult patients and in particular, older patients. Ability to offer management of long term conditions.
• Ability to advise on efficient and smooth running of the department of medicine for the elderly.
• Ability to take responsibility, make decisions, exert appropriate authority.
• A commitment to the highest standards in clinical care and service and personal development.
• Must be able to demonstrate and model the key Trust Common Purpose 'Getting it right for every patient every time' and the Trust values of - Delivering safe compassionate care - Improve through learning and innovation - Communicate honestly and openly - Work as a team - Use resources wisely - Value each other
• Positive approach to lessons learnt

Legal and administrative information

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.

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Employer details

Employer name

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Liverpool University Hospital

Mount Vernon Street

Liverpool

L7 8YE

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