Speciality Doctor in Older Peoples Care Unit

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Sutton-in-Ashfield; On-site; GBP 56,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is looking for a Full time Speciality Doctor to join the Older Peoples Care Unit at Kingsmill Hospital. The role involves delivering senior medical care, administrative duties, and collaboration within multidiscipline teams, all while maintaining professional codes and providing exceptional patient care. This is an opportunity to work in a supportive environment committed to staff wellbeing and career development.

Benefits

Staff benefits and tailored support programmes

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• To maintain GMC registration and abide by professional codes.
• To participate annually in a job plan review with the clinical manager.

Responsibilities

• Undertake administrative duties associated with patient care.
• Provide high-quality medical care to patients in the community.
• Work closely with multidisciplinary teams.

Skills

Evidence-based senior medical care

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Clinical activity recording

Education

Professional registration with the General Medical Council

Job description

The trust is seeking a Full time (10PA) Speciality Doctor to work within the Older Peoples Care Unit at Kingsmill Hospital.

Nottinghamshire Healthcare is a major provider of specialist mental health services for older people in Nottingham City and the wider county. The service caters to the needs of all people suffering from dementia, regardless of age; and those, aged over 65 years, presenting with severe and enduring mental health illnesses, such as depression.

The Trust has 90 assessment and treatment beds. There are 38 beds at Highbury hospital (20 organic and 18 functional beds). Blossomwood Mental health unit currently has 35 beds (15 organic and 20 functional beds) and a further 10 beds on Dove ward.

• To undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of patients
• To record clinical activity accurately and comprehensively, and submit this promptly to the Information Department
• To participate in annual appraisal
• To attend and participate in the academic programme of the Trust, including lectures and seminars as part of the internal CPD programme
• To maintain professional registration with the General Medical Council and to abide by professional codes of conduct
• To participate annually in a job plan review with the clinical manager, which will include consultation with a relevant manager in order to ensure that the post is developed to take into account changes in service configuration and delivery associated with modernisation
• To work with local managers and professional colleagues in ensuring the efficient running of services, and share with colleagues in the medical contribution to management
• To comply with the Trust’s agreed policies, procedures, standing orders and financial instructions, and to take an active role in the financial management of the service and support the Medical Director and other managers in preparing plans for services.
• To provide high quality evidence-based senior medical care to patients in the community.
• To work closely with multidisciplinary teams to help deliver person-centered care to patients.
  
  

We have a huge variety of opportunities in our expansive Trust covering geographically from South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire to Leicester, providing mental health inpatient and community services, community health services, forensic mental health services and secure prison healthcare across the East Midlands.

We have more than 100 sites and a huge scope of unique opportunities to develop your career and gain some amazing experiences. We strive to be a great place to work and offer many staff benefits and tailored staff support and wellbeing programmes.

Do you want to make a difference?

Do you believe in Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork?

Then Nottinghamshire Healthcare is the perfect place for you to start, maintain or further your career.

Join our team of nearly 9000 who are making a difference every day. We are all about our people – our staff, volunteers, carers, service users and patients. We are NottsHC.

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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Katie Ward Job title: Consultant Psychiatrist Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01157735123