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Locum Consultant Geriatrician
NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
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We welcome applicants to this fixed term 1 year consultant post to cover a career break.
The Medicine for the Elderly department provides facilities for both acute and rehabilitation patients along with appropriate multi-disciplinary support team. We have 2 wards at RPH (ward 17 and acute frailty assessment unit AFAU) and 3 wards at Chorley hospital (Brindle, Rookwood A and Rookwood B).
Medicine for the Elderly has expanded recently with the establishment of an acute frailty assessment unit (AFAU) at Preston, surgical liaison services (general surgery, vascular surgery and major trauma), hot clinics in the community and 4 new consultant appointments within the last 3 years. We have good relationships with our local CCG and with the local GPs: the community hot clinic is housed at a local GP practice.
The team has been pioneering in screening for delirium and dementia in the elderly as well as providing comprehensive geriatric assessments. We were BMJ finalists in 2016 in the field of innovation.
The department would offer any newly appointed consultant the opportunity of mentorship. This would be offered by the existing consultant geriatricians who would guide and advise the new appointee. It would be expected that any new consultant would have an annual appraisal with a trained appraiser and the Trust would support this process fully.
Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd
You will be expected to:
- Provide direct input to an elderly medicine ward, assuming a continuous commitment for the care of ward inpatients, even if employed less than full-time, ensuring adequate arrangements are made for leave and off-duty periods. In-patient numbers are typically 16 care of the elderly patients and up to 5 outlying general medicine patients. You will provide oversight and clinical supervision for junior doctors attached to your ward.
- Deliver care alongside existing geriatricians and surgical teams to the Major Trauma and vascular surgery services, ensuring our elderly surgical patients receive the best possible treatment in order to optimise patient outcome.
- Carry out a general geriatrics & falls clinic. Typical clinic numbers are 6 new and 2 follow up patients.
- Participate in the General (Internal) Medicine consultant 1 in 18 on-call rota at Royal Preston Hospital, including conducting the ‘Post-Take’ ward round.
- Promote high professional standards of clinical care for patients, both through direct patient care and by the maintenance of continuing professional development.
- Participate in clinical governance meetings.
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trusts is one of the major acute Trusts in the North West with all of the usual specialties on site as well as being a Tertiary Centre for Lancashire and South Cumbria in the departments of Respiratory medicine, Neurosciences, Oncology, Plastic Surgery, Burns, Renal Medicine, Vascular surgery and Trauma medicine. Undergraduate medical education forms a core part of the Trust’s educational roles, which the appointee will be expected to be involved in.
Lancashire is an attractive area to live and has many facilities available locally. The cities of Manchester and Liverpool are within easy reach. Recreational facilities are many and varied, with the Lake District, Ribble Valley, Yorkshire Dales and Fylde Coast nearby.
Any person who is unable to work full-time for personal reasons will be eligible to be considered for the post and if appointed the job plan will be discussed on a personal basis in discussion with colleagues.
Swydd ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
Please refer to the attached Job description, Person specification and Specialty/ Trust Brochure for further details on:
- What we can offer
- Job Plan/On-call Requirements
- The Team
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Qualifications
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Full GMC Registration with license to practice
- MBBS or equivalent
- MRCP UK or equivalent
- Entry on the GMC Specialist Register for Palliative Medicine via one of the following: a. Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) (The proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of the interview) b. Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) c. European Community Rights
Meini prawf dymunol
- Higher Medical Degree (MA, MD, MSc, PhD)
Experience & Skills
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Wide experience in Care of the Elderly and General Medicine with evidence of acute medicine and rehabilitation training.
- Recognised SpR training programme
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients at Consultant level
- Awareness of current speciality specific clinical evidence, developments and guidelines
- Commitment to teaching medical and non-medical personnel
- Experience in supervising junior medical colleagues
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Meini prawf dymunol
- Broad experience of medicine across a variety of settings including acute medicine
- nvolvement in research projects relating to the specialist area
- Experience of leading and developing education and training
Management
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Evidence of clinical leadership
- Evidence of commitment to audit and improving clinical practice, patient outcome and service development.
- Proven organisational skills
- Understanding of current NHS environment, particularly reforms and initiatives related to palliative and end of life care
Meini prawf dymunol
- Evidence of training in leadership
- Experience of leading change and service development across organisational boundaries
Gofynion ymgeisio
Rhaid i chi gael cofrestriad proffesiynol priodol yn y DU.
Mae'r swydd hon yn ddarostyngedig i Orchymyn Deddf Adsefydlu Troseddwyr 1974 (Eithriadau) 1975 (Diwygio) (Cymru a Lloegr) 2020 a bydd angen cyflwyno Datgeliad i'r Gwasanaeth Datgelu a Gwahardd.
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Rhagor o fanylion / cyswllt ar gyfer ymweliadau anffurfiol
- Enw
- Dr Peter McCann
- Teitl y swydd
- Clinical Director for Elderly Medicine
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 07534 488543
- Gwybodaeth i gefnogi eich cais
Dr Tom Thorp
Consultant Geriatrician
01772 524509
Rhestr swyddi gyda Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust yn Nyrsio a bydwreigiaeth neu bob sector