Consultant in Older Adult Medicine

Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A major NHS healthcare provider in Wolverhampton is seeking two experienced Consultants in Older Adult Medicine to enhance geriatric care. The role involves implementing Comprehensive Geriatric Assessments and managing frail older patients, promoting innovative care strategies to reduce hospital stays. Candidates should be passionate about improving care quality and have experience in developing care models. This is a unique opportunity to work within a diverse team committed to excellent service delivery.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Diverse work environment

Training and education opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment.
• Ability to manage older patients with frailty.
• Knowledge in developing care strategies for innovative care.

Responsibilities

• Implement Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment.
• Manage older patients with frailty on the wards.
• Work with professionals to reduce hospital stays.

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 and have developed a successful orthogeriatric care model ranked in the top 8 for prompt geriatrician assessment and osteoporosis treatment of hip fractures in England in 2023.

Responsibilities

• Implementation of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment.
• Take responsibility for older patients with frailty on the older adult medicine wards.
• Work in conjunction with other professionals to manage older adult patients with frailty as close to home as possible, using community facilities to reduce hospital length of stay.
• Assist General Practitioners in the management of older people living with frailty.
• Contribute to education and training of staff of multiple disciplines caring for older people.
• Provide Consultant Geriatrician input into strategic planning of services for older people in Wolverhampton and develop new services aimed at caring for older people in an innovative way reducing dependence on hospital stays.
• Develop care of appropriate patients in other areas such 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 the Trust

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 proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are an equal opportunity employer and committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs.