Locum Consultant

East Cheshire NHS Trust is looking to appoint a locum geriatrician to join their dynamic Care of the Elderly department.

East Cheshire NHS Trust has a real sense of energy and enthusiasm for developing its care of the elderly department. Although the department is small, there have been several recent consultant appointments, which have resulted in a championing of a frailty approach to care and transformation of its older people’s services. It has a truly multi-professional acute frailty team that has evolved and transformed over the last 18 months. They work alongside colleagues in the emergency department and on the Medical Admissions Unit to initiate and perform holistic geriatric assessments and to ensure patients are cared for in the right place at the right time, avoiding unnecessary acute admissions where at all possible.

This post is Fixed Term for 12 months, 10 PAs.

The post holder would be expected to champion a frailty approach to care and use comprehensive geriatric assessment to achieve the best care possible outcomes for older adults living with frailty in the trust.

They would be responsible for the care of 12-14 patients on a 25 bedded, acute delirium and dementia ward. This ward is staffed with a variety of trainee doctors, and it is expected that clinical supervision would be provided to some of these trainees. It is expected they would lead the ward-based MDT.

The successful applicant would spend some clinical sessions with the acute frailty team providing clinical supervision to the MDT and the advanced clinical practitioners. They are expected to work with the team in ED and on the MAU to complete acute comprehensive geriatric assessment for older adult’s presenting with frailty crises and provide senior level reviews.

They are expected to participate in the unselected acute medical take rota.

The post holder would be expected to lead the ward-based MDT and carry out comprehensive geriatric assessment for those under their inpatient care. The ward has a particular emphasis on caring for those with advanced frailty and dementia.

Whether you are just starting out in your career or are looking to use your skills and experience in a new role, East Cheshire NHS Trust is the right employer for you. An organisation with a real sense of community we actively support and develop our staff to ensure our patients receive the best quality care, delivering the right care first time, every time.

Please download a copy of the Job Description and Person Specification located under the Supporting documents heading to read more about the advertised role.