Consultant in Older Adult Medicine

NHS; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A major healthcare provider in Wolverhampton is seeking two Consultants to enhance their Older Adult Medicine department. The role involves comprehensive assessments and working closely with community services to manage older patients, aiming to reduce hospital stays. Candidates should hold a GMC registration and have experience in geriatric medicine. The Trust promotes a supportive work environment with commitment to diversity.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Supportive working environment

Commitment to diversity and inclusion

Qualifications

• Experience as a consultant geriatrician.
• Evidence of understanding of audit and QI methodology.
• Experience delivering teaching to medical students and resident doctors.

Responsibilities

• Implement Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment.
• Take responsibility for older patients with frailty.
• Work with professionals to manage patients using community facilities.

Skills

Geriatric medicine subspecialty services

Teaching skills

Effective team working

Education

Full registration with the GMC

MRCP(UK) or equivalent

On the GMC Specialist Register

Higher Degree

Job description

The department of Older Adult Medicine (OAM) at The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust are seeking to appoint two substantive Consultants to join their team, who are passionate about delivering high quality and innovative care across all sub-specialties.

The OAM department provide a comprehensive service for older patients in inpatient and community settings. The department has undergone significant expansion through successful recruitment over the last five years, allowing the development of subspecialty services alongside inpatient care.

The department has 64 beds at New Cross split across 3 wards, and 27 beds at Cannock Chase hospital, specialising in rehabilitation.

We have developed a successful model of orthogeriatric care which was ranked in the top 8 for prompt geriatrician assessment and osteoporosis treatment of hip fractures in England in 2023 and are developing a perioperative medicine service. We are dedicated to providing high quality care to older people living with frailty, and have a Frailty SDEC

area with daily clinic capacity to ensure rapid access to CGA from ED and community settings.

The department has expanded its work in the community, providing consultant leadership to daily Frailty Virtual Ward round, the community Rapid Intervention Team, and support to clinical triage in community care coordination.

We would support any subspecialty interest, including the development of new services which would benefit people living with Frailty.

Main duties of the job

Main aims and objectives of the post include:

• Implementation of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment.
• To take responsibility for older patients with frailty on the older adult medicine wards.
• To work in conjunction with other professionals in managing older adult patients with frailty as close to home as possible and using community facilities where appropriate to reduce hospital length of stay by working proactively with community colleagues.
• To assist General Practitioners in the management of older people living with frailty.
• To contribute to education and training of staff of multiple disciplines caring for older people.
• To provide Consultant Geriatrician input into strategic planning of services for older people in Wolverhampton and to develop new services aimed at caring for older people in an innovative way reducing dependence on hospital stays.
• The post may also develop to include care of appropriate patients in other areassuch as trauma and orthopaedics, perioperative care, oncology, and community.

A job plan has been designed but this will be subject to annual review and may well develop significantly during the first year that the appointee is in post.

About us

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Consultant Candidate Pack for the job description document, person specification and Specialty / Trust Brochure for further details on:

• What we can offer
• Job Plan/ On-Call Requirements
• The Team

Person Specification

Educational Qualifications

• Full registration and a licence to practise with the GMC
• Completion of the MRCP(UK) or equivalent qualification
• On the GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of CCT in Geriatric Medicine and General Internal Medicine from the date of interview
• Higher Degree

Experience

• Experience relevant to the post of a consultant geriatrician. Subspeciality training to 2022 CCT curriculum level for a themed for
• Subspeciality training to 2022 CCT curriculum level for a themed for service area relevant to future practice

Ability / Skills

• Abilities to function in broad range of geriatric medicine subspecialty services at CCT level.

Research, Audit, and Quality Improvement

• Evidence of understanding of audit and QI methodology, and implementation of change.
• Relevant research published in peer review journal

Education and Teaching

• Experience of delivering teaching to medical students, resident doctors and the wider MDT.
• Attendance at teaching skills course.
• Completion of training required for GMC recognition of Educational Supervisor accreditation.

Management Skills

• Demonstrate effective team working skills.
• Time management/organisational ability.
• Proven knowledge of systems and process of NHS or equivalent.
• Sense of understanding and commitment to corporate responsibility.
• Commitment to and understanding of their responsibility to the organisation. Examples may include previous involvement in management roles, management courses.
• Examples of managerial roles/experience.
• Evidence of management/leadership training

Leadersip

• An understanding of and ability to demonstrate your ability to: Empower others / Lead through change / Influence strategically / Collaborative working / Drive for improvement / Integrity
• Evidence of management/leadership training

Other

• Demonstrate innovation and problem-solving abilities
• Ability to work at multiple sites as required for service delivery.

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.

Clinical Director for Older Adult Medicine