Job summary
- Main area
- Care of the Elderly
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 289-EIC-CON-0364
- Employer
- Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- West Middlesex University Hospital
- Town
- Isleworth
- Salary
- £88,364 - £119,133 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant Physician in Geriatric Medicine
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
About our Trust
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is proud to be one of the top performing and safest trusts in England. We have two main acute hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, plus our award-winning clinics across North West London and beyond.
Our nearly 7,000 members of staff are proud to care for a diverse population of 1.5 million from the beginning to the end of life. Both hospitals provide full clinical services, including maternity, emergency and children’s, in addition to a range of community-based services across London, including our award-winning sexual health and HIV clinics.
We’re one of the safest and best performing Trusts in the country. We’re also one of the top trusts to work for—our staff say they’re engaged, motivated, and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment.
Our Trust has been rated by the Care Quality Commission as ‘Good’ in the domains of safe, effective, caring and responsive, and 'Outstanding' in the domains of well-led and use of resources.
Our facilities are among the best in the country. We invest around £10m a year in our estate and have recently completed a £30m expansion of our adult and neonatal critical care facilities at Chelsea and Westminster. Works commence in spring 2024 on an ambitious £80m development of an Ambulatory Diagnostics Centre at our West Middlesex site.
Applications are welcomed from applicants who wish to apply for the position on the basis of a smarter or flexible working arrangement. Where candidates are successful at interview, such requests will be taken under consideration and accommodated where the needs of the service allow. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you.
Job overview
The significant expansion in the COE Department has been mainly underpinned by the expansion of front-line frailty services to achieve our Trust’s Frailty Pathway and provision of sustainable orthogeriatric and surgical liaison and perioperative services.
We are seeking to recruit dynamic and passionate Consultant Geriatricians who will join the existing team of five supportive and dedicated Consultant colleagues, all of whom embrace Trust values.
Our shared ambition is to deliver outstanding clinical care, high-quality services and strive to improve the care of our patients in the boroughs of Richmond, Hounslow and the surrounding areas.
This is an exciting time with departmental expansion and appointees able to directly influence and participate in the redevelopment of the services we provide.
Each post holder will have the unique opportunity to rotate across COE specialities and agree a personalised Job Plan.
**Please note the job description is pending Royal College approval**
Main duties of the job
We are seeking to recruit dynamic and passionate Consultant Geriatricians who will join the existing team of five supportive and dedicated Consultant colleagues, all of whom embrace Trust values.
Our shared ambition is to deliver outstanding clinical care, high-quality services and strive to improve the care of our patients in the boroughs of Richmond, Hounslow and the surrounding areas. This is an exciting time with departmental expansion and appointees able to directly influence and participate in the redevelopment of the services we provide with the full support of the existing Consultant body.
Our hospital has an excellent reputation for teaching Imperial College medical students.. The Care of the Elderly department has a strong interest in teaching and training.
Working for our organisation
We provide services from two main hospitals, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, and a number of clinics across London and the South-East.
We have over 6,000 members of staff that are PROUD to Care for nearly one million people. Both hospitals provide full clinical services, including full maternity, emergency and children’s, in addition to a range of community-based services across London, such as award-winning sexual health and HIV clinics.
We’re one of the safest and best performing Trusts in the country. We’re also one of the top trusts to work for – our staff say they’re engaged, motivated, and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment.
In 2020 Trust was rated by the Care Quality Commission as Outstanding in the well-led and use of resources domains and Good in the safe, effective, caring, and responsive domains. The Trust as a whole was Good, but the Chelsea site was Outstanding.
Our facilities are some of the best in the country. We have been investing around £10 million a year in our estate. We are currently spending £25 million on expanding our adult and neonatal critical care facilities at Chelsea and Westminster and redevelopment of our children’s unit at West Middlesex – in partnership with our charity, CW+ and generous donors.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
General Responsibilities as Consultant Physician in Geriatric Medicine
The following is not an exhaustive nor exclusive list of the duties of a consultant. The appointee is expected to:
- Deliver day-to-day clinical care and leadership on the Geriatric Medicine wards or within the Acute Frailty bed base on AMU.
- Lead the daily ward rounds and board rounds and review new admissions to Geriatric Medicine
- Develop current Geriatric Medicine practice and patient pathways within West Middlesex Hospital and in conjunction with Service Lead /Clinical Director to further develop the service in line with best
- Lead and contribute to the development of protocols/clinical guidelines in Geriatric Medicine, audit and other key aspects of the clinical governance agenda.
- Responsibility for the care of patients in their charge and for the proper functioning of their department. Undertake administrative duties associated with the care of their patients and the running of their clinical departments.
- Assume responsibility for the organisation, management and diagnosis of treatment of patients in the hospital, in conjunction with colleagues across the hospital.
- Provide emergency cover in accordance with the department’s on-call rota (and outside of the rota in exceptional circumstances).
- Ensure all activities undertaken are within the required level of competence expected by the Trust and the professional organisation relating to the speciality.
- Research activities as agreed with the Clinical Service Director.
- Actively participate in the annual appraisal and job planning process.
- To have regard at all times to the clinical and quality standards set out within Trust guidelines, to participate in clinical governance working closely with other professionals to provide comprehensive care of Elderly patients in and out of hospital. This will include liaison with general practice and community services with regard to management of patient with chronic conditions.
- Fully to participate as a leader and member of the multi-disciplinary team.
- Continuing responsibility for the care of patients in their charge, including all administrative duties associated with patient care.
- Leadership, development and organisation of the services in their charge in line with the Trusts’ business plans. Liaison and communication with the Lead Clinician for Older People’s Services and the General Manager and Clinical Director Older People’s Services.
Please refer to our detailed job description for more information
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- CCT in Geriatric medicine (or within six months of CCT) or on the Specialist Register.
- The candidate should be accredited in General Medicine/Acute Medicine.
- MRCP or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Higher degree e.g. PhD or MD
- Research experience
- Acute Internal Medicine SCE
- Previous QIP experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- Broad experience in Acute and General Medicine
- Teaching experience / willingness to teach medical, nursing & other staff
- Experience of audit / clinical research
Desirable criteria
- Undertaken a management course
- Understanding of the NHS and its organisation
- Completed publications in appropriate journal(s)
- Previous experience in Orthogeriatrics
Skills and knowledge
Essential criteria
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to lead a team
- Commitment to work with other consultants and members of the multi-disciplinary team
- Commitment to the achievement of Government and Trust targets
- Willingness and ability to participate in the on-call rota
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Georgi Todorov
- Job title
- Service Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
If you would like to find out more about the post or would like to visit the West Middlesex University Hospital please contact Dr Georgi Todorov (Service Director) on [email protected]
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