Locum Consultant In Elderly Medicine

East And North Hertfordshire Nhs Trust; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust invites applications for a Locum Consultant in Elderly Care, based predominantly at the Lister Hospital, Stevenage. The post is a fixed-term appointment pending substantive recruitment and comprises 10 programmed activities (PAs) with an on-call commitment of 1.25 PA; part-time and job-share applicants are welcome.

The department aims to innovate outpatient services and integration with community clinics, enabling flexible care and strong teaching,

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration with Licence to Practice.
• RCP or equivalent.
• Evidence of being up to date and fit to practice safely, and aware of own training needs.

Responsibilities

• Maintenance of high-quality patient centered care.
• Shared responsibility for the day-to-day management of the service and participation in strategic planning.
• Teaching and training within the multidisciplinary service.
• Active involvement in multidisciplinary team meetings and directorate clinical governance activity.
• Active participation in continuing medical education.

Skills

Clinical governance

Appraisal & revalidation

Discharge planning

Patient safety leadership

Education

GMC registration

RCP or equivalent

Postgraduate degree

Royal College Fellowship

Job description

Job overview

East and North Hertfordshire have a fantastic opportunity available for a Locum Consultant in Elderly Care.

This is a fixed term appointment pending Substantive Recruitment, based predominantly at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage. The posts comprise of 10 programmed activities (PAs) including an on-call commitment of 1.25PA, but part time and job share applicants are welcome to apply. The Job Plan also includes 2 Supporting Programmed Activities per week.

The department is looking to innovate further with development of its outpatient offering to adapt to the changing needs of the population. This is evidenced by the increasing integration with community clinics and services, enabling greater choice and flexibility for our patients.

Main duties of the job

• Maintenance of high-quality patient centered care
• Shared responsibility for the day-to-day management of the
• service and participation in strategic planning
• Teaching and training within the multidisciplinary service
• Active involvement in multidisciplinary team meetings and
• directorate clinical governance activity
• Active participation in continuing medical education

Working for our organisation

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient‑led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

In the paragraphs above you have read an overview about the role we would like to offer and general information about main duties of the post holder. Please see attached – job description which describes in full details the duties, responsibilities and reporting relationships of the advertising role.

Person specification

Qualifications/ Training

Essential criteria

• Full GMC registration with a Licence to Practice.
• RCP or equivalent
• Evidence of being up to date and fit to practice safely, and aware of own training needs

Desirable criteria

• Postgraduate degree (or equivalent)
• Royal College Fellowship

Previous Experience

Essential criteria

• Broad range of experience in Elderly and general medicine. In particular: Experience of complex care and discharge planning Fully competent in broad range of medical issues in older and general medical patients.
• Experience of supervising undergraduates, doctors in training and other colleagues
• Ability to offer and be accountable for full and independent expert diagnostic opinion
• Can evidence leading on patient safety issues and achieving a change in practice

Desirable criteria

• Interest/experience in provision of whole hospital comprehensive geriatric assessment

Skills

Essential criteria

• Able to evidence engagement with clinical governance and the identification of errors and the learning from errors.
• Evidence engagement with appraisal and revalidation