Consultant Ortho-Geriatric Physician

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Orpington; On-site; GBP 79,000 - 108,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in Orpington is seeking a Consultant to provide high-quality care for elderly Orthopaedic Trauma patients. The successful candidate will join a multi-disciplinary team and will be responsible for leadership and impactful service development. The role requires a medical qualification, GMC registration, and experience in managing elderly trauma. This is an exciting opportunity to significantly influence patient care quality.

Qualifications

• Wide experience in medical management of fragility & peri-prosthetic fractures in the elderly.
• Experience in day-to-day organisation of orthopaedic and trauma services.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality care service to patients.
• Shared responsibility for providing 24/7 cover for the Unit.
• Conduct teaching and contribute to CPD and clinical governance.

Skills

Leadership capability within multi-disciplinary teams

Experience in medical management of fragility & peri-prosthetic fractures

Teaching skills for undergraduate and post-graduate education

Education

Registerable medical qualification

Full Registration with GMC

Job description

Overview

This is a new Consultant post, which is initially for 12 months fixed term with the scope to be made permanent. The primary remit of the post-holder will be to work within the multi-disciplinary team leading and further developing care for elderly Orthopaedic Trauma patients in conjunction with the existing Ortho-Geriatric physician and the Orthopaedic surgeons. The post would be based at PRUH, and may involve Orpington, part of Kings College Hospital.

In addition, the individual will be expected to provide consistent ward level leadership promote clear lines of communication between patients, relatives and staff involvement in service development and quality improvement and help to embed geriatric principles into routine ward care. The aim would be to change the culture of a trauma ward to one which is focused on providing high quality care to older, frail patients routinely.

About us

King\'s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK\'s largest and busiest teaching Trusts, with a turnover of £1.8bn per annum - and we are delighted you are considering a career with us.

Our teams provide services out of five hospitals across South East London and Kent, namely King\'s College Hospital, the Princess Royal University Hospital, Orpington Hospital, Queen Mary\'s Hospital Sidcup, and Beckenham Beacon.

We employ nearly 14,000 staff, who together treat over 1.5 million patients every year.

We provide a full range of local and specialist services, and our teams are nationally and internationally recongised for our work in liver disease and transplantation, neurosciences, cardiac, haemato-oncology, fetal medicine, stroke, major trauma, and emergency medicine.

Our Strong Roots, Global Reach strategy, published in 2021, sets out our BOLD vision, and commitment towards:

• Brilliant People
• Outstanding care
• Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education
• Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. Together with other colleagues, to provide a high quality care service to patients. This includes all aspects of treatment and relevant management duties for the proper functioning of the Care Group
2. Shared responsibility with other colleagues for providing 24 hours, 7 days a week cover for the Unit on a rota basis. Responsible also for covering colleagues periods of annual leave and short-term sickness as detailed in your contract
3. Provide clinical supervision of junior medical/dental practitionersas a shared responsibility with other consultant colleagues
4. Responsible for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and contributing to CPD and clinical governance initiatives
5. Responsible for outpatient clinic commitments in peripheral hospitals as agreed with the Care Groups management team where part of the service structure
6. Contribute to the Care Groups research interests in accordance with the Trusts R&D framework
7. Contribute to the audit programmes, Morbidity and Mortality, Clinical Governance programmes and Learning from Deaths
8. Take an active role in the formulation, implementation and monitoring of the Care Groups Business Plan. This may include assisting with discussions regarding service plans and developments with internal and external agencies
9. Conduct all activities within the contracted level of service and operating plan for service(s)
10. Exercise professional leadership for all staff working in the specialty. This will include fostering and developing projects focused towards these ends and ensuring that the momentum of post-qualification professional education and other appropriate training is maintained
11. Work in conjunction with clinical and other professional colleagues to ensure that the productivity of staff within the specialty is maintained and their job satisfaction is enhanced. This may include involvement in the appraisal process for peers and/or junior colleagues
12. Undertake Care Group management duties as agreed with the Care Group/Departmental Manager/Clinical Director
13. Be aware of, and comply with, all Trust infection prevention and control policies, to include hand hygiene, personal hygiene, environmental and food hygiene
14. Prepare for and undertake the protective interventions that you are responsible for in a manner that is consistent with evidence-based practice and maintaining patient safety
15. Kings is committed to providing Consultant led 7-day services and in the event of future developments the post holder would be expected to contribute equally with other Consultant colleagues

Person Specification

Qualifications & Registration

Essential

• Registerable medical qualification
• Full Registration with GMC
• Name on GMC Specialist Register on date of taking up appointment
• On the day of interview applicants must be within 6 months of CCT, in final stages of their portfolio pathway application, or be fully registered on the GMC Specialist Register. Any applications not meeting these criteria will not be considered.

Training and Experience

Essential

• Wide experience in medical management of fragility & peri-prosthetic fractures in the elderly, culminating in award of CCT or equivalent.

Desirable

• Experience of developing and adding value to an existing fragility fracture service

Administration

Essential

• Experience in day to day organisation of orthopaedic and trauma services for the elderly in a busy Teaching Hospital

Desirable

• Experience in management of Trauma in the elderly and fragility fractures in particular
• Familiar with current structure of UK National Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes
• Familiarity with information technology and general computer skills

Management and Leadership

• Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi-disciplinary teams

Desirable

• Management course and/or qualification

Audit and Quality Improvement

• Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit
• Must have undertaken and completed audit projects

Desirable

• Audit Publications

Research and Publications

• Relevant research experience in one or more aspects of medical management of fragility & peri-prosthetic fractures in the elderly

Desirable

• Publication of relevant review articles

Teaching

• Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching and exam preparation

Desirable

• Teaching skills course/qualification

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