Consultant in Elderly Medicine

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A local healthcare provider in Stevenage seeks a medical professional dedicated to high‑quality patient care. The role involves managing day-to-day operations, participation in strategic planning, and offering comprehensive training within a multidisciplinary service. Candidates must demonstrate a commitment to inclusion and diversity in the workplace. This position includes on-call duties, with flexible options available for part-time or job-share applicants.

Qualifications

• Experience in patient-centred care.
• Ability to manage service day-to-day.
• Involvement in multidisciplinary team meetings.

Responsibilities

• Maintain high‑quality patient‑centred care.
• Participate in strategic planning.
• Teach and train within the multidisciplinary service.

Job description

Overview

To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service. Our values - We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do. Our values are:

• Include: We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.
• Respect: We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.
• Improve: We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.

This is a substantive appointment based predominantly at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage. The posts comprise of 10 programmed activities (PAs) including an on‑call commitment of 1.25 PA, but part‑time and job‑share applicants are welcome to apply. The Job Plan also includes 2 Supporting Programmed Activities per week. The department is looking to innovate further with development of its outpatient offering to adapt to the changing needs of the population, evidenced by increasing integration with community clinics and services, enabling greater choice and flexibility for our patients.

Responsibilities

• Maintenance of high‑quality patient‑centred care.
• Shared responsibility for the day‑to‑day management of the service and participation in strategic planning.
• Teaching and training within the multidisciplinary service.
• Active involvement in multidisciplinary team meetings and directorate clinical governance activity.
• Active participation in continuing medical education.

The successful candidate will be responsible for 15 inpatient beds on a general elderly care ward (9A) as well as general geriatrics/subspecialty outpatient clinics. The role comes with an on‑call commitment for the unselected general medical take currently compensated as 1.25 PA subject to future consultations.

Equal Opportunity and Support

Committed to our Community East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community. We want to create a workforce which represents the communities we serve. We are on a journey to become a more inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone regardless of their background. In particular we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities, and from BAME backgrounds who are currently under‑represented in various parts of our workforce. We understand the importance of balancing work and home life and are committed to supporting flexible working for our staff wherever possible. We are a Disability Confident employer and also support UK armed forces personnel, reservists, veterans and military spouses/partners.

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