Consultant in Care of the Elderly Medicine

NHS; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 105,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in healthcare is looking for a Consultant in Care of the Elderly Medicine to join their dedicated team. This role offers the chance to enhance geriatric services, participate in multidisciplinary teams, and develop innovative patient management practices. With a commitment to flexible working arrangements, this organization values professional development and supports its staff in achieving their career goals. Join a team that is dedicated to providing exceptional care for older adults, and make a significant impact in the community while enjoying a range of benefits and opportunities for growth.

Benefits

NHS Pension Scheme

Generous holiday entitlement

Comprehensive health and wellbeing support

NHS Car Lease schemes

Discounts on restaurants and shopping

Extensive range of learning opportunities

Qualifications

• Must hold MRCP or equivalent and be on the specialist register for Geriatric Medicine.
• High level of clinical experience in geriatric medicine is essential.

Responsibilities

• Strengthening high-quality geriatric service delivery across the hospital.
• Developing innovative practices in clinical patient management.

Skills

Clinical experience in geriatric medicine

IT Systems proficiency (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)

Leadership across professions

Teaching and training of postgraduate doctors

Critical appraisal skills

Education

MRCP or equivalent

Specialist register for Geriatric Medicine

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Consultant in Care of the Elderly Medicine

Doncaster & Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS FT

This is a great opportunity to work as part of the Care of the Elderly service, which sits within the Division of Medicine.

You will join a team of 5 existing Elderly Medicine Consultants, with a diverse range of sub-specialty areas including post-acute care, delirium, frailty, ortho-geriatrics, movement disorders, and falls.

Main duties of the job

• Strengthening the delivery of a high quality geriatric service across the hospital.
• Participation in rehabilitation wards rounds and MDTs.
• Development of rapid assessment clinics.
• Forging links between emergency medicine to support admission avoidance schemes for older people.
• Liaising and developing working policies with relevant hospital departments, local General Practitioners, nurses and paramedical colleagues.
• Developing innovative practices in clinical patient management, focusing on high quality care and emphasis on links between emergency medicine and Care of the Elderly acute wards where appropriate.
• Developing the use of nurse practitioners and paramedical colleagues in the hospital.
• Developing a subspecialty interest.

About us

Doncaster & Bassetlaw NHS FT is one of Yorkshire's Leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 420,000 across South Yorkshire, North Nottinghamshire, and the surrounding areas. Our services are based over three main hospital sites employing over 6,000 colleagues.

It is our goal to give those who join Team DBTH the tools and opportunities to grow their career, so whether you spend just one year or fifty with us, it's our pledge to help you Develop, Belong and Thrive, Here.

As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to support a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.

We offer a range of benefits including:

• Extensive range of learning opportunities.
• NHS Pension Scheme.
• Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditions.
• Comprehensive health and wellbeing support.
• NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice schemes.
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers.

Job responsibilities

The complete Job Description / Person Specification and Job Plan for this post is in the attached document.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• MRCP or equivalent.
• You must be on the specialist register for Geriatric Medicine or within 6 months of being admitted to the register for trainees, if currently in a training programme in the UK. In accordance with the regulations, all other categories of Doctors must be eligible to be on the GMC specialist register (evidence required prior to commencement) to be considered for a consultant appointment by the Advisory Appointments Committee.
• Applicants must continue to hold a Licence to Practise.

Personal Qualities

• Ability to use IT Systems - inc Word, Excel, PowerPoint Outlook.
• Evidence of innovation.
• Evidence of continual learning and development.
• Understands self (strengths and weaknesses) and impact of behaviour on others.
• Access to own transport.

Experience and Achievements

• Must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in all aspects of geriatric medicine.
• Shows ability to work with and lead others across professions.
• Ability to offer expert clinical opinions on range of problems within the specialty.
• Attendance at a recognised management course.
• Wide based experience in General Medicine.

Teaching and Training

• Experience of and enthusiasm for clinical teaching of postgraduate doctors and non-medical staff.
• Training in clinical and educational supervision.
• Attendance at a teaching course.
• Formal qualification in teaching/education.
• Academic achievements/evidence of familiarity with research methods which have resulted in publications.

Audit and Research

• Knowledge of Audit principles and evidence of participation in and completion of audit projects and the implementation of outcomes.
• Critical Appraisal Skills.
• Evidence of knowledge of research methodology.

General

• Eligibility to work in the UK.
• Ability to work in various locations throughout the network of services provided by Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching NHS Foundation Trust.
• An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required with the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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.

Doncaster & Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS FT

£105,504 to £139,882 a year per annum (pro rata)