Consultant Geriatrician

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached, detailed job description.
• Work collaboratively as part of the Department of Geriatric Medicine alongside the existing consultant team.
• Support and develop the current orthogeriatric service, extending specialist geriatric input beyond the existing NOF pathway to provide comprehensive care for older adults presenting with frailty trauma.
• Deliver timely Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment for older adults admitted following trauma, in accordance with national best practice.
• Develop and provide consultant-led surgical liaison services for older patients admitted under general surgery and other surgical specialties, working collaboratively with surgical and multidisciplinary teams to establish pathways that reflect best practice and the successful candidate's clinical expertise and vision.
• Develop opportunities for peri-operative medical assessment, optimisation and shared decision-making for frail older adults undergoing surgery.
• Contribute to and lead the development of integrated frailty trauma, surgical liaison and peri-operative pathways in line with British Geriatrics Society guidance and national best practice.
• Provide clinical leadership for an inpatient geriatric bed base, working collaboratively and flexibly with consultant colleagues to ensure the delivery of high-quality, patient-centred care and appropriate cross-cover across inpatient services.
• Identify opportunities to develop outpatient services, where service need is required, including hot clinics and pre-operative assessment and optimisation
• Work collaboratively with acute colleagues to maximise the clinical care and outcomes of older patients who may have Frailty, facilitating their safe discharge.
• Work in collaboration with community teams.
• Attend Trauma Boards
• Participation in the General Internal Medicine on call rota.

Person specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential criteria

• CCT in Geriatric Medicine and General Internal Medicine (or within six months of CCT) and on the Specialist Register.
• MRCP or equivalent
• Higher degree e.g. PhD or MD

Experience

Essential criteria

• Broad experience in Geriatric, General Internal Medicine and Acute Medicine
• Teaching experience / willingness to teach medical, nursing & other staff
• Experience of audit / clinical research

Desirable criteria

• Experiencing in Frailty Trauma, Perioperative Medicine for Older People Having Surgery (POPS) and 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

Personal qualities

Essential criteria

• Willingness to be flexible in working patterns
• Willingness to share non-clinical organisational tasks / team player
• Trustworthy / Responsible
• Willingness to be flexible in working patterns.

Important

• There may be some occasions when we have to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date, this will be due to a high volume of applications. You are therefore advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
• Please check your emails regularly (and your junk folder) as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process.
• In submitting an application, you authorise the Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process, should you be appointed to the post.
• During the recruitment process your identity documentation (ie passport, driving licence, visa etc) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, infrared and machine-readable zone security features of the documents provided.
• Employment at the Trust is offered subject to successful completion of a six month probationary period.
• Some roles may require weekend shift working across multiple sites
• We operate a joint recruitment hub across the North West London Acute Provider Collaborative Group. As part of this, your application and personal data may be shared with partner trusts within the group for recruitment and workforce purposes, in line with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Right to work

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