Consultant - Care of Elderly

4 months ago

Ashford, United Kingdom NHS Professionals Full time

**Consultant - Care of Elderly**

**East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust**

**We have an exciting opportunity for a Consultant Care of Elderly doctor to work with us at** **East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust in William Harvey Hospital.**

We are looking for a dedicated doctors ready to work in a Trust striving to make patient experiences better than ever.

**Details about the role**:

- **Speciality**: Care of Elderly
- **Location**: East Kent
- **Shift patterns**: 08:00-20:00 Monday-Friday on-going, part-time hours also available
- **Hours per week**: 20-50 hours available
- **Start date**: ASAP- no end date, this is on-going the client will accept short term contracts
- **Rate of pay per hour**: £100-£120 per hour depending on experience

You are responsible for the quick diagnosis, management, and non-surgical treatment of various illnesses. With vast medical knowledge at your disposal, you could find yourself working with any patient, regardless of age, gender, and background. **As a medicine doctor, you can expect to**:

- Identify and diagnose conditions
- Recommend the appropriate treatments
- Refer patients for more specialist treatment
- Co-ordinate closely with other doctors and emergency staff
- Relay complex information clearly and concisely to patients

It’s important that you have a generalist mindset and are prepared to work flexibly in a number of complex ways. You will often be the first point of contact for many new patients entering the hospital, so you will need to be able to adapt and treat new patients quickly. Essentially, your role will be that of a problem-solver: quickly identifying and resolving medical conditions with the right courses of action.

**Requirements**:
Doctors Direct recruit to the highest of NHS standards and all applicants for this role should meet pre-screening requirements before applying.
- Valid GMC
- Right to work in the UK
- Will be required to provide at least 2 referees
- Minimum of 3 months paid experience in the NHS/UK

**About the Trust**

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust operates in five hospitals and several community clinics across Ashford, Canterbury, Folkstone and the surrounding areas. The Trust’s specialist urology, kidney disease and vascular services are also open to the wider community. This role would be predominantly based in William Harvey Hospital with the opportunity to work extra shifts across the Trusts’ other sites and any of our partner Trusts.

With a local population of 700,000 people to support, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest Trusts in the country. The Trust strives to be an example of clinical excellence across education, research and innovation. Its commitment can be seen through exceptionally low infection rates, consistently high numbers of patients on research trials, and pioneering technology such as its robotic surgery or hi-tech patient monitoring system.

**Why Choose Doctors Direct?**

Doctors Direct are part of NHS Professionals and owned by the Department of Health and Social Care, which means that we are part of the NHS family and sets us apart from locum agencies. Saving money and providing only the highest quality locum cover to our partner Trusts is at the very heart of what we do.

Doctors Direct are part of the NHS and do not charge our partner Trusts the expensive fees associated with private locum agencies. That means every shift worked by one of our members helps save money for the Trust and the wider NHS. These vital saving can then be reinvested into what matters most, patient care and safety.

Not only do members of Doctors Direct help save money for the NHS, they receive fantastic benefits including
- Competitive rates of pay
- Paid annual leave
- A dedicated account manager
- Flexibility of work, with shifts that suit you
- Book and review shifts online
- Access to CPD webinars
- Revalidation support
- Appraisal support

**Want to know more?**

Find out more about how working locum shifts through Doctors Direct can work for youor visit our onsite teams. Find your nearest Trust here.
- As an equal opportunities organisation, NHSP is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective bank members and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender reassignment, or marriage and civil partnership. We believe there is a strong case for the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion agenda and we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a range of backgrounds to apply._


**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time
Part-time hours: 40 per week

**Salary**: £100.00-£120.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Company pension

Day range:

- Every weekend
- Monday to Friday

Physical setting:

- Hospital

Shift:

- 10 hour shift
- 12 hour shift
- Day shift
- Night shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

- A

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