Consultant with specialist interest in Older Person's Medicine

1 month ago

Winchester, United Kingdom Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and motivated full time Consultant with a Specialist Interest in Older Person's Medicine, who is keen to support in enhancing and developing our front door services and other pathways.

We currently run a non-medical frailty intervention team, (FIT) working across the week, across both sites, Basingstoke, and Winchester to aid admission avoidance and increase timely discharges. The trust is now developing its community pathways and same day emergency care, virtual health, and hospital at home services. We therefore believe this is an exciting time to join our team.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for applicants with a wide experience in Medicine who also have excellent team- working skills with the abilities and professional skills to lead service developments in the Trust. We are keen to promote education and learning and provide a good educational experience to trainees. We would welcome those with teaching skills and help support applications for honorary teaching posts at our associated medical school.

The successful candidate will lead a team of junior doctors, advanced care practitioners and multi-disciplinary staff in providing comprehensive medical care for their inpatients, clinic patients and emergency admissions. As part of a multidisciplinary team, you will be committed to delivering clinical and quality targets agreed both nationally and locally with the clinical teams and commissioners.

We support flexible working patterns. Additional commitments are as follows On-call commitments are on the acute medicine rota. They currently involve a medical admitting take approximately 1:20 (Additional 2Pas for on-call duties). There is a weekend ward rota approximately 1:12 for morning ward round seeing targeted patients on the medical wards with time off in lieu. This might be negotiable for applicants who are not currently practising GIM.

About us

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the major provider of hospital services to the population of North and mid Hampshire and surrounding areas. The hospitals in Basingstoke and Winchester provide a comprehensive range of acute services as well as being a tertiary referral centre for colorectal, liver, peritoneal carcinomatosis, haemophilia and pseudomyxoma surgery.

Services are provided across Basingstoke, Winchester and Andover sites.

The Trust covers a population of 600,000 incorporating Basingstoke & North Hampshire Hospitals (BNHH), Royal Hampshire County Hospital (RHCH) in Winchester, Andover War Memorial Hospital (AWMH) and community hospitals. We provide one hospital service across multiple localities, delivering services as close as possible to the patient. BNHH and RHCH are 23 miles apart, situated in the middle of the M3 corridor, with excellent transport links to London and the south coast.

Job description
Job responsibilities

The successful candidate will lead a team of junior doctors and multi-disciplinary staff including Physician Associates in providing comprehensive medical care for their inpatients, clinic patients and emergency admissions. As part of a multidisciplinary team you will be committed to delivering clinical and quality targets agreed both nationally and locally with the clinical teams and commissioners.

We support flexible working patterns where that may be required however, additional commitments are as follows On-call commitments are on the acute medicine rota. They currently involve a medical admitting take approximately 1:14. (Additional 2Pas for on-call duties). There is a weekend ward rota approximately 1:12 for morning ward round seeing targeted patients on the medical wards with time off in lieu. This might be negotiable for applicants who are not currently practising GIM.

The applicant should hold a CCT in General Internal Medicine or Geriatric Medicine or be within 6 months of completion. Please ensure that start and end dates of training courses and employment are clearly noted on your application form / CV.

All candidates applying for this post will be contacted by email once the short listing process is complete.

Full details can be found in the Job Description attached.

Person Specification
Research & Teaching skills
Essential

Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems Awareness of current acute medical initiatives and developments Recent relevant clinical teaching experience within medical and allied disciplines

Desirable

Participation in research Publications in relevant peer reviewed journals Formal training in clinical supervision of junior doctors Other Educational formal qualification Experience in organising educational activities Formal training in Educational supervision of junior doctors

Professional Qualification
Essential

MBBS or equivalent Licence to practice and full registration with GMC MRCP (Paces) Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register, or within 6 months of completion of CCT at time of interview Advanced Life Support Eligible to work in the UK

Desirable

Post graduate degree (MSc/PhD)

Clinical Skills & Ability
Essential

Evidence of achievement of GMC competency standards of Good Medical Practice including: delivery of good acute clinical care and maintaining good medical practice good working relationships with colleagues including evidence of good team-working and an understanding of the importance of multidisciplinary working in delivery of patient good relationships and communication with children, parents, adults and staff good teaching and training professional behaviour and probity Ability to work adaptably and manage different clinical areas as part of the on call team under consultant supervision

Desirable

Highly motivated approach

Clinical Experience & Knowledge
Essential

At least 6 months prior UK experience at middle grade / registrar level in one or more a medical specialties Knowledge and experience of NHS Evidence of safe, sound clinical practices

Desirable

Previous Medicine experience at Consultant level Demonstrate participation in audit and research Demonstrate an understanding of the principles of service improvement

Other Specific Requirements
Essential

Ability to understand local and national political agendas and respond accordingly Ability to perform effectively and maturely in management roles for the benefit of the service. Ability to plan strategically and to demonstrate sound judgement Ability to lead, motivate and develop the multidisciplinary team Ability to organise work of self and team in an efficient and effective way Evidence of experience and active engagement in clinical audit Ability to work in a team, ability to work flexibly with colleagues, sometimes at short notice, ability to manage staff and resources Ability to remain calm under pressure, evidence of self-motivation Commitment to Continuing Medical Education Enquiring, critical approach to work Excellent interpersonal and communication skills Commitment to Continuing Medical Education Evidence of self-motivation

Desirable

Experience managing and leading specialist working parties Formal training in management and administration Experience in managing staff rotas

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