Consultant Physician in Care of the Older Adult

Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 79,000 - 119,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider offers an exciting Consultant position within the Care of the Older Adult department. This role involves delivering high-quality care for frail older patients and requires strong team-working and communication skills. The successful candidate will engage in outpatient clinics and strive to develop new services across the Trust's two main hospital sites located in Shrewsbury and Telford.

Qualifications

• Good team-working skills and professional attitude.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high quality care for frail older patients.
• Work within multidisciplinary teams on the acute floor.
• Maintain enhanced clinical skills in assessment and management.

Job description

Job overview

The Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust has an exciting opportunity for two Consultants within the Care of the Older Adult department at The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. These are new posts aimed at expanding the department and developing front door (acute frailty) and short stay ward capabilities across the Trust. The post holder will work across both sites, beginning at PRH to support with the opening of Frailty SDEC.

Contribution to an out of hours call rota is core to this role.

Please note that the Job Pack is subject to Royal College approval.

Main duties of the job

• Deliver high quality care for frail older patients under our care on our base or outlying wards and respond to referrals from other specialities.
• Work within the multidisciplinary teams on the acute floor and base wards to ensure care is delivered to patients in the most apt environment.
• Focus on care closer to home and utilise our community partners and services ( virtual ward and community hospitals) to reduce hospital General Medicine / On-Call Duties.
• To maintain enhanced clinical skills, especially in the assessment and management of acutely ill patients.
• To have good team-working skills with the abilities and professional attitude to work well in a multi-disciplinary professional team.
• Good written and verbal communication skills within in the multidisciplinary team and with patients and their relatives.
• To deliver clinical and quality targets agreed both nationally and locally with clinical teams and commissioners.
• Engagement in outpatient clinic work ( including the development of hot clinics).
• Appetite to develop new services ( surgical liaison, continence ) and take on apt leadership roles.
• Open to cross site working.

Working for our organisation

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is the main provider of acute hospital services for around half a million people in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales.

Encompassing some of the most picturesque parts of England and Wales, the Trust’s catchment stretches from the Cambrian Mountains in the west, to Newport and the fringes of the Black Country in the east. The main towns include: Bridgnorth, Ludlow, Market Drayton, Oswestry, Shrewsbury and Whitchurch (in Shropshire); Newport, Telford and Wellington (in Telford & Wrekin); and Newtown and Welshpool (in Powys) – all beautiful and unique.

Our main service locations are the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford and the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) in Shrewsbury which are located 20 minutes’ drive apart. Together they provide 99% of our activity. Both hospitals provide a wide range of acute hospital services including accident & emergency, outpatients, diagnostics, inpatient medical care and critical care.