Consultant in Older Adult Medicine

3 weeks ago

Wolverhampton, United Kingdom The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Full time

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join our expanding Geriatric Medicine team for a Consultant who wishes to join an established team of enthusiastic and dynamic Geriatricians. Colleagues joining this team will work alongside consultants who are embracing new ways of working and helping to shape services that support older persons care in innovative ways.

Main duties of the job

We provide high quality inpatient care at New Cross Hospital which includes 7-day cover as part of rota and specialist rehabilitation services at Cannock Hospital for older persons. As a service we are undertaking a wide variety of exciting projects including creation of a Frailty Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) service, Orthogeriatric service delivery in line with the 'Blue Book' recommendations, Perioperative Older Persons service (POPS).

About us

We have well developed community teams for early discharge and on-going care in the community which includes a consultant-led community Rapid Intervention Team. We are committed to seven-day working and to further develop our peripatetic services to ensure they meet the needs of our patients. This is an ideal time to join the team and help take forward our vision.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide and develop further with clinical colleagues the services provided by the Complex Older Adults Team. These include:, Ortho-geriatrics; Front door Frailty; Community Geriatrics; Surgical liaison; Education and Training; , In-reach to Nursing Homes in collaboration with colleagues in all disciplines including primary and tertiary care where appropriate to provide an integrated service for patients.

To provide OPD elderly medical services, this may include the development of an outpatient specialist subject Follow up of discharged patients

The Care of the Elderly team provide Consultant cover to 64 acute inpatients on the New Cross site and 47 patients in our Rehabilitation wards based at New Cross and Cannock Hospitals. To provide a cross- cover arrangement with Elderly Consultants including annual leave cover for all in-patient and community acute services. The post holder will be responsible for 14 beds.

To work with colleagues in the multi-disciplinary team to implement Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment

To develop such special skills and interests appropriate to the agreed overall development of the department.

To take an equal share of general acute medical takes and be responsible within the Consultant based ward system for continuing care which operates over 7 days per week. This includes taking part in the weekend review rota, to review all new patients, ill patients and other patients on Care of the Elderly wards and outlying wards.

To develop and maintain collaborative relationships with medical colleagues in other specialties and participate, where appropriate, in clinical meetings and other postgraduate activities.

Clinics will be on a basis of 3 new patients and 6 follow up patients.

To take joint responsibility for the professional supervision and development of trainee doctors in the department. This will include 7 FY1/2, 4 GPVTS, 2 IMTs, 2 junior clinical fellows, up to 4 senior clinical fellows and 5 SpRs. These juniors work mainly on the care of the elderly wards, with 1 SpR to support working on frailty and the community.

The post holder will be expected to be Clinical Supervisor for those juniors allocated to the ward for which the consultant is responsible and may wish to undertake training to become an Educational Supervisor.

The post holder will also be involved in the teaching of 3rd, 4th and 5th year medical students from Birmingham Medical School. There is the possibility of becoming academy tutor and honorary lecturer.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Experience

Essential

Educational Qualifications Research & Audit Education and Training

Desirable

Education - higher degree Experience - Subspecialty training or equivalent Research/Audit -Relevant research published in peer review journal

Experience & Skills

Essential

Experience relevant to the post Skills required to undertake the role Management Skills Leadership Skills

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