Geriatrics Registrar (LED) — Ward Supervisor & On-Call

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust; Birtley; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust is seeking a Locally Employed Doctor Registrar in Geriatrics at ST3 level to join the Geriatric Medicine team. Based on a ward, you will supervise in-patients and junior doctors under consultant supervision and participate in the on-call rota.

You will conduct daily ward rounds, coordinate resident doctor leave, and ensure safe reviews when staffing is short. Redeployments to other General Medicine wards may occur to support safe staffing levels.

Qualifications

• Knowledge and experience of geriatric medicine and UK acute medicine and ambulatory care.
• Evidence of personal practice in all areas described by the RCP curriculum.
• Experience of guideline appraisals.
• Participation of relevant audits.
• Experience of literature appraisal and report writing.
• Evidence of implementing relevant evidence-based medicine.
• Implementation of evidence based guidelines.
• Participation in relevant national audits.

Responsibilities

• The Registrars play a key role in ensuring medical team input into the Red2Green at the board round meetings which takes place twice daily on each ward.
• This is a ward based, mini-MDT in which the treatment and discharge plan for each patient on the ward is reviewed with a view to eliminating bottlenecks and non-treatment related delays.
• The post holder will assist in teaching and supervising the FY1 and FY2 and IMT 1/2 in practical procedures and in their clinical learning.
• The post operates at the ST3 level or above (dependent on the post holder’s experience and qualifications) within the firm structure and as such is most suitable for a candidate with MRCP wishing to gain further experience at ST level in Care of the Elderly Medicine and General (Internal) Medicine.
• The post holder will work closely with the medical team and wider multidisciplinary clinical team in his/her area of work to deliver high quality patient care.
• The post holder will also support the consultant in driving forward service improvements according to the changing and increasing needs of the population.
• The post holder will report directly to the consultant in their area.

Skills

Geriatric medicine knowledge

UK acute medicine experience

Audit participation

Literature appraisal

Evidence-based practice

Guideline implementation

National audits

Education

GMC licence to practice

PACES

ALS or equivalent

Job description

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust is seeking a Locally Employed Doctor Registrar in Geriatrics at ST3 level to join the Geriatric Medicine team. Based on a ward, you will supervise in-patients and junior doctors under consultant supervision and participate in the on-call rota.

You will conduct daily ward rounds, coordinate resident doctor leave, and ensure safe reviews when staffing is short. Redeployments to other General Medicine wards may occur to support safe staffing levels.