Locum Consultant Physician in Care of the Older Adult

Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 82,000 - 111,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Shrewsbury is seeking a Locum Consultant to join the Care of the Older Adult department. This role involves delivering high-quality care to frail older patients and working collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams. Successful candidates will demonstrate strong clinical skills, effective communication, and a commitment to developing new services. The position comes with 10 Programmed Activities and general medicine on-call duties.

Qualifications

• Strong clinical skills in managing acutely ill patients.
• Effective communication skills within a multidisciplinary team.
• Experience in delivering high-quality care to older patients.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality care for frail older patients and respond to referrals.
• Work within multidisciplinary teams to ensure appropriate patient care.
• Maintain enhanced clinical skills and engage in outpatient clinics.
• Develop new services and take on leadership roles as necessary.

Job description

Job overview

The Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust has an exciting opportunity for a Locum Consultant within the Care of the Older Adult department. These are new posts aimed at expanding the department and developing front door (acute frailty) and short stay ward capabilities across the Trust. Each post attracts 10 Programmed Activities and on-call duties in general medicine.

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

Main duties of the job

• Deliver high-quality care for frail older patients on our base or outlying wards and respond to referrals from other specialties.
• Work within multidisciplinary teams on the acute floor and base wards to ensure care is delivered to patients in the most appropriate environment. Focus on care closer to home and utilise community partners and services (virtual wards and community hospitals) to reduce hospital-associated harm.
• General Medicine / On-Call Duties.
• Maintain enhanced clinical skills, especially in the assessment and management of acutely ill patients.
• Work well within a multi-professional team, demonstrating good teamwork skills and professional attitude.
• Communicate effectively in writing and verbally within the multidisciplinary team and with patients and their relatives.
• Deliver clinical and quality targets as agreed both nationally and locally with clinical teams and commissioners.
• Engage in outpatient clinic work, including the development of hot clinics.
• Develop new services (such as surgical liaison, continence) and take on leadership roles as appropriate.
• 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.

The Trust serves some of the most picturesque parts of England and Wales, with a catchment area stretching 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).

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