Consultant Geriatrician

**Job overview**:
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, dynamic, and motivated consultant to join our care of the elderly team working as an integral part of our multidisciplinary team. Our team comprises consultants, junior doctors, nurses and the full complement of allied health professionals providing a wide range of general and subspecialist geriatric treatment and support to the local population, providing seamless care through multidisciplinary team (MDT) working.

With a sound knowledge of Care of the Elderly, as well as an interest in general medicine or the motivation to learn and professionally develop these areas while working in a supportive environment, the successful applicant will provide a high standard of clinical care whilst supporting new ways of delivering quality services.

There is an opportunity to tailor this role to your areas of interest and support new innovative ways of working
- Hospital and care at home, SDEC, community MDT's, cross divisional work
- Medicine and Surgery including orthopaedics

**Main duties of the job**:
To provide clinical leadership, diagnosis, management and treatment for patients with a broad spectrum of complex geriatric care needs; act as an expert resource for medical, nursing and other health care professionals across the Trust footprint; The post holder is required to have full registration with the General Medical Council & a valid licence to practice and be on the specialist register for Geriatric Medicine. Since older people have specific healthcare needs, methods of delivering care should be tailored to meet these.
- The trust is currently working towards a sustainable virtual ward model across several specialities, of which frailty is one, - you will be expected to identify suitable patients, devise robust management plans and liaise with the dedicated frailty team to make the frailty virtual ward a success.

**Working for our organisation**:
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
**Person specification**:
**Qualifications**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Full registration with the General Medical Council with a valid license to practice
- Inclusion on the Specialist Register / Admission to the Register within 6 months of interview
- Hold MRCPUK or show evidence of equivalent training and experience

**Desirable criteria**:

- Previous UK NHS experience

**Knowledge and Skills**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Wide experience in General Medicine
- Experience in working in a frailty service and familiarity with models of care for older frail adults.
- Excellent collaborative working skills and able to build strong relationships with Clinical and managerial leaders and professional staff groups and a proven ability to influence and change those groups both within the Trust and externally.
- A management style that empowers others and evidence of successfully driving a learning coaching culture for all staff in your area of control.
- Holding to account others to ensure they deliver to their targets and dealing effectively with performance.

**Enhanced Skills & experience**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Experience of leading and motivating staff.
- Good understanding of Clinical Governance
- Evidence of audit work and where this has brought about change
- Evidence of participation in research
- We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to supporting flexible working for our people wherever possible and all our colleagues are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) serves a diverse population, and each Care Organisation works hard to ensure