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Consultant Physician in Geriatric Medicine

1 month ago


Birmingham, United Kingdom University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

Now is a particularly great time to be joining us. With recent changes to the Operating model at University Hospitals Birmingham, devolving power to the local hospital sites, removing red tape and making Good Hope Hospital an exciting and dynamic place of work.

We are seeking enthusiastic Geriatric Consultants to join our accomplished HCOP department and support our commitment to provide gold-standard care for older patients living with frailty. This is an exciting opportunity to shape and enhance the service, with opportunities of taking up leadership roles, service development and service delivery.

We pride ourselves on the excellent relationships between our clinical, nursing, therapies, management teams and support services. We also recognise the importance of maintaining specialist interests (PD, Continence, Falls, Frailty). To support this there is the opportunity for the successful candidate to receive a dedicated session to establish weekly OP clinics.

Applications for less than whole time working are welcomed.

Main duties of the job

A PA with 7 day senior led direct clinical activities; subspecialty work and associated administration; up to 1 PA for acute unselected medical on-call; prospective cover for colleagues annual and study leave.

PA Supporting activities to include:

CME/CPD/Appraisal/Revalidation

Clinical Governance/Audit

Service Development

Teaching

Educational supervision

Other Roles and Responsibilities

The on call commitment is for a 1:6 weekend on call commitment to General Medicine. Shifts include covering Acute take, supporting care on the Acute Medical Unit and covering medical wards, depending on the shift of on call and consultants are expected to be on site during the on-call period.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Job description

Job responsibilities

As a senior employee of the Trust, you will work in close co-operation with, and support other clinical, medical professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality healthcare to the Trust's patients. Integral to these responsibilities are the following:

The provision of a first-class clinical service for HCOP.

Effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty.

Sustaining and developing teaching and training

Undertaking all work in accordance with the Trusts procedures and operating policies

Conducting clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Trusts service plans

Maintaining the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

MRCP or equivalent. Entered on the GMC Register, CCST in geriatric and general internal medicine or equivalent within 6 months of interview.

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