Portfolio Pathway / CESR (Specialty Doctor) in Geriatrics/DME

Integrated Care System; Derby; Hybrid; GBP 37,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An Integrated Care System seeks a Specialty Doctor in Geriatrics/DME to join its CESR programme at the University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust. The role provides training opportunities with rotations at major hospitals, addressing clinical needs and supporting patient care. Candidates should possess full GMC registration, relevant qualifications, and a commitment to professional development.

Benefits

Development opportunities

Employee assistance programme

Discounted gym membership

Onsite fitness classes

Qualifications

• Full GMC Registration with a licence to practice at time of application.
• Commitment to Continuing Professional Development and clinical governance requirements.
• Evidence of relevant academic and research achievements.

Responsibilities

• Lead board rounds on the winter ward daily and provide daily senior ward reviews.
• Participate in out-of-hours rota supporting acute medicine.
• Support referrals and provide outpatient clinics.

Skills

Leadership skills

Clinical decision-making

Education and teaching

Education

MBBS or equivalent

MRCP or equivalent higher qualification

Life Support Qualifications - ALS

Job description

Go back University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Portfolio Pathway / CESR (Specialty Doctor) in Geriatrics/DME

The closing date is 06 August 2025

We are advertising posts in our well established CESR programme at the University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust.

We would expect the CESR programme to require 3-5 years for completion in most cases. The contract is initially for 12 months, but will be reviewed annually and extended on a mutually agreed basis, based on successful completion of required competencies at annual review.

The posts are intended to offer the clinician access to the support and training required to complete all aspects of the CESR process pending successful progression through the programme. It will be possible to provide specific secondment-style modules in the CESR programme, to address relevant educational and competency needs.

This post will usually rotate through both Royal Derby Hospital (RDH) and Queens Hospital Burton (QHB) to give a breadth of training experience. For significantly less than full time positions this can be negotiated as to be being based at RDH but may occasionally involve some cross site working dependent upon the service need.

Main duties of the job

Duties will be split between winter pressure services in winter and specific training needs in the other months. This might include Orthogeriatrics, mental health liaison or surgical liaison. However, the following timetable can be flexible and tailored to the successful applicant's training needs and requirements:

Monday

Tuesday

Thursday

Friday

AM

WR

WR

WR

WR

WR

PM

Audit and professional development

Orthogeriatrics/

Surgical liaison and referrals

Audit and professional development

Falls clinic

The post will participate in an out of hour's rota supporting acute medicine and the HOOH service at the QHB and RDH sites.

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

o Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership developmento On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.o A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts about our Trust:

o We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.o We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.o An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.o Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.o Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.o We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.o We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.

Job responsibilities

Clinical Activities

RDH 4 base wards and outliers/winter ward

QHB 2 base wards and outliers/winter ward

Support wards with senior cover, in particular during winter. Lead board round on the winter ward daily (Mon-Fri) as well as providing daily senior ward reviews when consultants are unavailable. Provide support to the other DME wards when base team SpRs are on on-call or on leave.

Referrals

Provide at least one session a week to supporting the liaison service and inpatient referrals. This can be increased when there are no winter pressures to provide an adequate training experience to progress to the specialty register via the CESR route. Outpatient clinics

When not on winter pressures provide one falls/frailty clinic a week.

Clinical duties will include taking a lead role in the management of acutely ill frail older patients. The qualities of leadership required as head of an elderly team are key to the role, and it is anticipated that these qualities will be gradually developed through the process of supervision of more junior doctors and involvement in their education - both formal and informal.

The post holder will be expected to prioritise and time-manage effectively according to the activity of the department and to utilise appropriately the available senior staff for advice.

We would encourage the post holder to complete work based placed assessments to allow documentation of their own development.

Education is an important part of the role. The post holder will be fully involved in supporting the training of all levels of staff: medical; nursing; allied healthcare professions. Among groups who regularly attend the Departments are Student Nurses, Doctors, ACPs, Therapies, & Pharmacy students.

Person Specification

• Full GMC Registration with a licence to practice at time of application
• Commitment to Continuing Professional Development & the requirements of clinical governance, reporting errors and learning from these
• Evidence of relevant academic and research achievements relevant to the speciality
• Evidence of leadership skills

Teaching Experience

• Evidence & experience of supervising and teaching resident doctors and medical students
• Any teaching courses or qualifications
• Experience of teaching basic clinical sills to undergraduates

Audit / Research Experience

• Experience of & commitment to clinical audit and/or Quality Improvement Projects (QIP)
• Evidence and ability to assess & apply evidence-based research into every day clinical practice
• Evidence of relevant academic and research achievements relevant to the speciality

Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent
• MRCP or equivalent higher qualification
• Life Support Qualifications - ALS

Clinical Knowledge and Skills

• Completed at least four years full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time or flexible basis) at least 2 of which will be in Medicine
• Relevant speciality clinical knowledge
• Experienced in making clinical decisions and managing risk
• Minimum 1 year NHS Experience

N/A

• oUp to date knowledge of Medicine for the Elderly and evidence of an understanding of its application
• o360 degree feedback; oPatient survey feedback and reflections

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.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust