Locum Consultant Geriatric Medicine

5 days ago

Northampton, United Kingdom Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust Full time

NHS Locum Consultant in Elderly Medicine

Full time or Job share

This is for a new full time appointment to join the existing 5 full time geriatricians and one locum geriatrician (Orthogeriatrics/Parkinson disease and General geriatrics)

This is an exciting time for Northampton General Hospital as we are establishing a service for frail elderly patients on Emergency Medical assessment unit. Current service consists of two Specialist Nurses for Elderly Medicine to carry out Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment within 24-hours of admission to Medical assessment units. They are supported by dedicated sessions of trust grade Registrar and a consultant Geriatrician. They identify suitable patients for multidisciplinary team assessment on two admission units to enable prompt and safe discharges. This service also identifies appropriate patients for 2 short stay elderly wards which are managed by Geriatricians.

Duties & Responsibilities OF clinical role

To participate in the future development of Elderly medicine services for the Trust with a particular emphasis on the development of the front end frailty pathway.

To provide input into medical student education for Leicester undergraduates on the diagnosis and management of medical emergencies

To support and provide teaching and training of junior medical staff, post graduate training and nurse training on the unit

To participate in the Department of Medicine meetings and have a representative on the Directorate management Board

To ensure good practice by regular audit and review of incidents with the clinical team and take forward lessons learnt

To link in with the directorate clinical governance meetings and contribute to lessons learnt from incidents and complaints

To take part in the on call medical rota

The appointee will link with all the acute physicians involved in the admission of elderly patients and the consultant Psycho-geriatrician who is also a member of the CECS.

The consultant will be expected to join the on call rota for acute medical admissions to the emergency units.

Northampton General Hospital is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All of our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.

Our Excellence Values
- Compassion
- Accountability
- Respect
- Integrity
- Courage

We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone’s full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities.

We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.

We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details and information.

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