Consultant in Older People's Medicine

1 month ago


Norwich Norfolk, United Kingdom Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

This is a substantive full time C onsultant appointment to the Older People's Medicine (OPM) department. In the last 4 years, there has been an expansion of the department's work and involvement with frailty in the Emergency Department creating the UKs first Older Persons Emergency Department (OPED). Successful applicants would join a team of 19 consultant geriatricians. It is anticipated the postholder would engage in the core activities of the department, as well as have the opportunity to develop subspecialty interests, in particular in acute frailty work. Applicants will be expected to take part in either the on-call rota for Acute Geriatric Medicine or for the Older Persons Emergency Department team (including weekend duties), or a mixture of both. There are also opportunities to consider taking part in the Trusts Acute Medicine and physician of the day rota.

Job plans are flexible and include core activities such as taking responsibility for the care of inpatients under Older Peoples Medicine (OPM) in the Norfolk and Norwich University hospital. Post holders are also required to see patients of other specialties when they are referred for an opinion. There will be sessional work for assessing frail older patients in the Emergency Department or in the Acute Medical Unit. There is also the opportunity to be involved in partnership working within the local community units

Main duties of the job

The appointment is to the Trust, not to specific hospitals.

All consultants, including the appointee, will be expected to be involved in implementing the Trust's Clinical Governance programme. This includes active participation in clinical audit, quality, clinical guidelines/pathways, professional development, appraisal and risk management.

The appointee will be a member of the Consultant Staff Committee and be expected to serve on this committee.

Further, the appointee will support the delivery of a high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service, whereby all staff are expected to act as a role model to others in all aspects of their work and consistently demonstrate NNUH's 'PRIDE' values of People focused, Respect, Dedication, Integrity and Excellence and demonstrate behaviours that support and encourage an inclusive culture.

About us

As a university teaching hospital we have developed our research and development strategy with the UEA and work with partners at the Norwich Research Park. There are numerous opportunities for the post holder to undertake teaching roles on sessional basis as well as research programmes.

The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the biggest hospitals in England with approximately 1000 beds, situated in the heart of Norfolk. Norwich is a picturesque, pleasant City in the heart of Norfolk, London (1.5 hours by car, and train access is also less than two hours (From London Liverpool Street, no changes).

Job description
Job responsibilities

Please see the detailed job description attached to learn about our hospital and the job's responsibilities

The AAC panel will meet 16th May 2024

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
  • Full GMC Registration
  • Entry on the GMC Specialist Register or CCT date must be within 6 months of the interview date

Experience
Essential

  • Training and expertise in children's safeguarding
  • Applicants who are Nationals from another European country or elsewhere overseas would have to show equivalence to the 5 years training period in the National Health Service required for the specialty.

Desirable

  • Experience in research or published papers in area of special interest

Skills
Essential

  • Enthusiasm for service development and teaching.
  • Capable of working in a multidisciplinary team.

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