Consultant Physician in Care of the Older Adult

Consultant Physician in Care of the Older Adult

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

The Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust has an exciting opportunity for two Consultants within the Care of the Older Adult department. These are new posts aimed at expanding the department and developing front door (acute frailty) and short stay ward capabilities across the Trust. Each post attracts 10 Programmed Activities and on-call duties in general medicine. Contribution to an out of hours on call rota is core to this role.

Main duties of the job

1. Deliver high quality care for frail older patients under our care on our base or outlying wards and respond to referrals from other specialities.
2. Work within the multidisciplinary teams on the acute floor and base wards to ensure care is delivered to patients in the most apt environment. Focus on care closer to home and utilise our community partners and services (virtual ward and community hospitals) to reduce hospital associated harm.
3. General Medicine / On-Call Duties.
4. Maintain enhanced clinical skills, especially in the assessment and management of acutely ill patients.
5. Exhibit good team-working skills with the abilities and professional attitude to work well in a multi-disciplinary professional team.
6. Demonstrate good written and verbal communication skills within the multidisciplinary team and with patients and their relatives.
7. Deliver clinical and quality targets agreed both nationally and locally with clinical teams and commissioners.
8. Engage in outpatient clinic work (including the development of hot clinics).
9. Show appetite to develop new services (surgical liaison, continence) and take on apt leadership roles.
10. Be open to cross site working.

About us

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is the main provider of acute hospital services for around half a million people in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales.

Encompassing some of the most picturesque parts of England and Wales, the Trust's catchment stretches from the Cambrian Mountains in the west, to Newport and the fringes of the Black Country in the east. The main towns include: Bridgnorth, Ludlow, Market Drayton, Oswestry, Shrewsbury and Whitchurch (in Shropshire); Newport, Telford and Wellington (in Telford & Wrekin); and Newtown and Welshpool (in Powys) - all beautiful and unique. Our main service locations are the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford and the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) in Shrewsbury which are located 20 minutes' drive apart. Together they provide 99% of our activity. Both hospitals provide a wide range of acute hospital services including accident & emergency, outpatients, diagnostics, inpatient medical care and critical care.

Job responsibilities

A formal job plan will be agreed between the successful candidate and their Clinical Director and consultant colleagues, on behalf of the Medical Director within 3 months of starting in post. A full-time job plan is based on a 10 PA working week. The job plan will be reviewed annually and is a prospective agreement that sets out the consultant's duties, responsibilities, and objectives for the coming year. It covers all aspects of a consultant's professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education and managerial responsibilities. It will provide a clear schedule of commitments, both internal and external and will include personal objectives, detailing links to wider service improvements and trust strategic priorities. For a full-time contract, the job plan will be divided on average per week (pro-rata for a part time post) as: 6 Programmed Activities (PAs) of Direct Clinical Care - includes clinical activity, clinically related activity and predictable and unpredictable emergency work; 1.5 PA on-call; 2.5 Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs) - includes CPD, audit, teaching and research. The allocation of PAs is reviewed and may be subject to adjustment when a further diary exercise is undertaken or if the service demands a review of the team job plan.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• MBBS, MBChB or equivalent medical qualification
• MRCP accreditation or equivalent experience
• Masters Degree in a relevant area to Elderly Care Medicine
• PhD or evidence of higher education qualification

Entry

• Full Registration and a licence to practise with the General Medical Council (GMC)
• High standard of clinical skill and expertise in the specialty.
• Comprehensive clinical experience in general medicine and geriatric medicine
• Good working knowledge of the theory and practice of Geriatric Medicine
• Entry on the General Medical Council (GMC) Specialist Register via one of the following: - Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) (the proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of the interview) - Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR)
• Special interest and expertise in subspecialty of geriatrics

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.