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Job summary

Main area
Care of the Elderly
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
Contract
12 months (12 month fixed-term contract)
Hours
Full time - 40 hours per week (40 hours per week plus additional GIM on-call duties of 1.15 PA)
Job ref
218-T3-MED-6937723
Employer
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
UHCW
Town
Coventry
Salary
Dependent on experience
Closing
29/01/2025 23:59

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Locum Consultant in Care of the Elderly

NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant

Job overview

We are looking for a consultant Geriatrician to join our team.

This is a full time Consultant Geriatrician post within the Department of Care of the Elderly (COTE) at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust.  We welcome applicants who wish to consider job sharing or part-time.

The post will work in an integrated fashion with existing Consultant staff within the Department of Care of the Elderly (COTE) to deliver an expansion of services for older people and to support major new service developments for older people at Hospital of St Cross, Rugby and University Hospital, Coventry.

There are various opportunities to pursue sub-specialty interest and to develop new services. There are also opportunities to work together with other specialities to set up services such as joint Heart Failure services, movement disorder clinic and Fracture Liaison service.

Main duties of the job

This is a full-time post within the Department of the Care of the Elderly at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust. Appointees will have an in-patient bed base, contribute to out-patient services and encouraged to develop a subspecialty interest. We welcome applications from those who would like to be considered for job sharing or less than full-time working. There are also additional PAs available depending on job planning.

You will be expected to contribute to the education and training of resident doctors and there will  be opportunities to contribute to teaching medical students from Warwick Medical School. 

The Department is currently pursuing the development of a major new strategy to develop and deliver Geriatric medicine services across Coventry and Rugby. 

 

 

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.

We are extremely proud of our skilled employees across our hospital sites in Coventry and Rugby, with high quality patient care positioned at the heart of everything we do.

Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a national and international leader in healthcare.

By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities.

There has never been a better time to join our team.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We are looking for a confident, flexible and adaptable person who thrives on challenges and variety. They should be able to cope with prioritising, managing a busy workload and working with indirect supervision, asking for guidance and support as required. The appointee will be skilled in working as part of a dynamic community multi-disciplinary team, able to communicate with a wide range of patient groups and colleagues. 

This strategy includes the following components:

 

       Acute frailty services – includes front door frailty service, rapid access clinics, and ambulatory care, short stay assessment services.

 

       Provision of geriatric, medical input to Major trauma patients who are frail with multiple co morbidities. 

 

       Surgical liaison Service – including pre op assessment to optimise medical issues for elective operation patients, peri operative liaison ward round for in-patients on surgical wards. 

 

       Development of community services – including care home input and other support to primary care services e.g.development of virtual ward.  

 

       Expansion of Falls and Bone Health services – including fracture liaison service, joint osteoporosis services, multidisciplinary falls clinic. 

 

There is commitment to the General Internal Medicine Consultant on-call rota (1 in 16).You will be expected to contribute to the education and training of resident doctors and there will also be opportunities to contribute to teaching medical students from Warwick Medical School. The

Person specification

Qualification/Training

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Experience

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Knowledge

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Skills & Abilities

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Personal Qualities

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Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

No smoking policyAge positiveDisability confident leaderImproving working livesArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Pathway to excellenceCare quality commission - GoodPregnancy Loss PledgeHeart Charter

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.

Application numbers

Please note: An application cap has been applied to this position. UHCW reserve the right to close a vacancy before the closing date if we receive a high volume of applications or if there has been a change in organisational priorities.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Peter Hanna
Job title
Clinical Lead for Care of the Elderly
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
02476965721
Additional information

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