Fixed Term Consultant Care of the Older Person

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust; Grantham; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare institution in Grantham is seeking a Fixed Term Consultant in Health Care of the Older Person, responsible for delivering high standards of patient care and teaching. The role emphasizes participation in clinical activities and ongoing service development. Suitable candidates should be GMC registered, possess relevant certifications, and have experience in geriatric medicine and telemedicine. This position will contribute to enhanced care for older people in an evolving healthcare model.

Qualifications

• Entered onto the GMC register.
• Eligible for inclusion on the GMC specialist register in geriatric medicine.
• Formal tuition and/or qualifications in teaching skills.

Responsibilities

• Participate in clinical activities ensuring high standard patient care.
• Contribute to service management and development.
• Take part in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.

Skills

Enthusiasm for the supervision and teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate medical staff

Comprehensive clinical experience of geriatric and general medicine

Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively

Experience of telemedicine

Education

CCT in Geriatric Medicine or within 6 months

Possess MRCP or equivalent

Job description

Fixed Term Consultant Care of the Older Person

We are seeking to recruit a forward-thinking Consultant in Health Care of the Older Person medicine to join our dedicated team and help us to deliver outstanding services to our patients, developing enhanced care for frail older people and alternatives to hospital admission, such as virtual frailty ward.

In-patient care is undertaken predominantly on Harrowby Ward. This post will input into the care of older people's wards, the orthopaedic wards and the Frailty services, but the service model is in continuous evolution in order to meet the demands of the population. The successful post holder would be expected to participate fully in innovating the service for older people.

The team provide General Geriatric clinics and specialised clinics such as Falls, Movement disorders and unspecific symptom pathway input and collaboration with neighbourhood teams in the East Coast.

All members of the department meet monthly in HCOP pan-Trust Clinical Governance to discuss various aspects of the service, review complaints and consider new proposals.

Main duties of the job

Applicants should demonstrate extensive experience in health care of the older person and the new appointee will be encouraged to develop specialist interests.

• Participate in clinical and other service activities with the object of ensuring a high standard of patient care
• Take an active part in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training
• Participate in local mandatory training, yearly appraisal and revalidation
• Contribute to the management of the clinical service and service development
• Contribute to the development of clinical quality and effectiveness in other clinical areas where these overlap with developments in Stroke

About us

The United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (ULTH) is one of the largest acute trusts in the country. Through four main hospitals and four additional hospitals where we provide some services, we provide a comprehensive range of hospital-based medical, surgical, paediatric, obstetric and gynaecological services to the 700,000 people of Lincolnshire.

We provide a wide range of healthcare services delivered by 7,800 highly trained staff and volunteers. Our services cost over £400m each year to provide and we invest around £18m each year in improving our clinical services by replacing and upgrading our medical equipment, modernising our estate and facilities and improving our information and technology infrastructure. In an average year, we treat more than 180,000 A&E patients, nearly half a million outpatients and almost 100,000 inpatients.

For more information on what it's like to live and work in Lincolnshire please see the link below.

We offer the following unique only to Lincolnshire

Direct links to the new £21 million Lincoln Medical School via Lincoln University

The facility includes:

• 2 x 120 capacity lecture theatres
• Caf and social learning space
• Library, Science Library and Project Library
• Anatomy Suite and Clinical Skills Suite
• The entire building is designed to meet BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method)

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description for further information regarding the Fixed Term HCOP Consultant post.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Certification

• Entered onto the GMC register
• Possess MRCP or equivalent.
• CCT in Geriatric Medicine or within 6 months of CCT in Geriatric Medicine or enrolled in specialty Portfolio pathway

Clinical Experience

• Eligible for inclusion on the GMC specialist register in geriatric medicine or equivalent.
• Initiatives demonstrating enthusiasm and commitment to the assessment and care of older adults
• Enthusiasm for the supervision and teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate medical staff
• Experience of telemedicine
• Have a special interest (specially appreciated movement disorders, osteoporosis, perioperative medicine, oncogeriatrics, ...)
• A record of research, quality improvement or postgraduate medical staff and other healthcare professionals
• Comprehensive clinical experience of geriatric and general medicine.
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
• Experience of telemedicine
• Have a special interest (specially appreciated movement disorders, osteoporosis, perioperative medicine, oncogeriatrics, ...)
• A period of research leading to a higher degree & a continuing research interest in the field of geriatric medicine
• Formal tuition and/or qualifications in teaching skills.

Management

• Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively
• Ability to plan strategically and to exercise sound judgment when faced with conflicting pressures
• Ability to motivate and develop the multi-disciplinary team, balancing departmental and personal objectives
• Evidence of leadership in the development of clinical services

Teaching and training

• Experience of undergraduate teaching and postgraduate training for doctors and other disciplines
• Teaching qualification

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.