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Job summary

Main area
Elderly care
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
Contract
Fixed term: 6 months (10 PA)
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref
407-MLTC-6891130
Employer
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
Town
Walsall
Salary
YC73 - £82,096 - £110,683 per annum
Closing
27/02/2025 23:59
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Locum Consultant - General Medicine/Elderly Care

NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust provides integrated acute and community Healthcare in the West Midlands serving a population of 260,000 residents. Walsall Manor Hospital houses the full range of district general hospital services. The £170 million development was completed in 2010 and we are continually upgrading. Construction of the new integrated critical care unit was completed in 2018, extension of a Neonatal Unit and an approved plan to build a brand new, state of the art Emergency Department which commenced in 2021

We provide high quality, friendly and effective community health services from multiple sites covering Walsall. Our multidisciplinary services include rapid response and homebased care, so that those with long term conditions and the frail elderly can remain in their own homes.

We are recommended by colleagues as a place to work which is supported by the trusts values to work as part of a team, being respectful, compassionate and professional. We are committed to investing in our workforce

Following our recent CQC visit the Trust was rated as outstanding for care and this has been recognised by NHS Improvement. 

The work we do is highly rewarding, and in addition to an attractive salary, we offer a valuable range of benefits, including: salary sacrifice scheme; car leasing scheme; on-site staff accommodation (subject to availability); the ability to retain your NHS pension (where applicable) or the opportunity to join an alternative scheme; and the opportunity to develop and implement your expertise in an encouraging yet challenging environment

We would particularly welcome applications from people from a Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic background and from people with a disability; these groups are currently under-represented at senior level, we value diversity within our Trust and are working to achieve equality in our recruitment.
 
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this time, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks, and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at COVID-19 Vaccination | How to access your vaccine in the Black Country and West Birmingham (blackcountryandwestbirmccg.nhs.uk) where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination. There is a current Government consultation underway which will determine whether some new starters may need to be vaccinated.
 

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is proud to be part of the Armed Forces Covenant.  The Trust currently holds the Bronze Award which underlines the Trust’s commitment to supporting the Armed Forces Community.  As an organisation, we are aiming to achieve the next level Silver award, with our sights firmly on Gold.

 

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Job overview

Recruiting two Locum Consultants for General Medicine/Elderly Care on a 6 Month Fixed Term Contract.

We are looking to recruit two full-time Locum Consultants on  a General Medicine ward. Candidates with a CCT or CESR in General medicine are encouraged to apply. Those working towards the CESR qualification who already have experience working at consultant level are encouraged to contact the department to discuss other options. We are also keen to develop and support colleagues’ professional clinical areas of sub-speciality such as Elderly Care, Acute Medicine, Respiratory, Endocrinology etc.

The postholder will be supported to develop their leadership skills by the appropriate training provided by our trust leadership and development programme. The postholder will have access to a leadership mentor if supernumerary to leadership. The postholder will have the opportunity to showcase leadership skills and implement innovation in opening this newly developed care group.

If you have any question about the job advert please contact Hannah Beattie on [email protected] or extension number 01922 721172 ext 7599

Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilites:

  1.  Provide senior decision making on a General Medicine ward that is designed for patients who are not ready for immediate discharge or transfers, including conducting daily consultant ward rounds.
  2. Ward rounds and teaching and supervision of junior medical staff.
  3. To assist the current team and have responsibility for ensuring a commitment to provide a high quality of General Medicine care to patients by continual development of practice in the light of evidence-base, and clinical standards.
  4. To provide clinical support and teaching to Junior Medical Staff, Medical Students and Postgraduate Medical Education.   
  5. To participate as part of personal CPD development the involvement in local and national quality improvement projects.  The department will provide training support if required. 
  6.   Research opportunities are available in conjunction with the research team.
  7.  To have responsibility for ensuring a commitment to maintaining a high quality of service to patients.
  8. To actively participate in CPD and personal development plans and annual appraisals revalidation framework.
  9. To undertake 4 hour Saturday ward cover on a 1:4 basis with other medical consultants
  10.  To support eligible candidate to develop their subspecialty interest and it can be discussed as agreed with the service and developed

Working for our organisation

The Manor Hospital has an extremely busy Elderly Care department. A wide ranging multidisciplinary team delivers care to 140 inpatients based over four wards. We have a purpose built same-day frailty assessment unit; we provide acute orthogeriatric care and is currently developing a burgeoning surgical liaison service. There are opportunities in redesigning our out-patient model of care, in providing advice and guidance and community based clinics

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The working week for a full-time Consultant is comprised of 10 Programmed Activity (PAs) each of which has a nominal timetable of 4 hours.  Typically, a consultant will spend 7.5 PAs on Direct Clinical Care with 1.5 Core SPAs on Supporting Professional Activities. Further PA’s will be based on additional responsibilities which will include educational and clinical supervision as well as any other leadership roles

 

A copy of the proposed job plan is attached.  However, the actual plan regarding work distribution will be agreed with the Clinical Director and post-holder on appointment.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Basic Medical Degree
  • Full MRCP or equivalent
Desirable criteria
  • Entry on the GMC Specialist Register for Geriatric and General Internal Medicine via:- • CCT (Proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview) • European Community Rights or • CESR

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of Higher Specialist Training in Elderly Care Medicine (or be within 6 months of confirmed entry from date of interview)
  • Ability to offer expert clinical advice on range of problems
  • Ability to take full and independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients

MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

Essential criteria
  • Good organisational and management skills Ability to manage and lead within the Elderly Care Team
  • Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively
  • Ability to plan strategically and to exercise sound judgements when faced with conflicting pressures
  • Experience of supervising junior medical staff including SpR/StR level
  • Ability to teach clinical and operative skills
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of management and administration experience
  • Demonstration of leadership skills

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS

Essential criteria
  • Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
  • Ability to use the evidence base and clinical audit to support decision-making
  • Evidence of research experience and published work

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

Essential criteria
  • An understanding of the current NHS environment, particularly in relation to reforms, initiatives and issues
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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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Abras
Job title
Consultant/ Clinical Director
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01922721172
Additional information

For further details please contact Hannah Beattie 01922 721172 ext 7599

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