Specialty Doctor in POPS - Geriatric Medicine

This appointment is for a Specialty Doctor in Perioperative Care for Older Persons Undergoing Surgery (POPS) in Geriatric Medicine to work in the Department of Medicine.

The post provides excellent medical experience, teaching, and opportunities for learning. The post's scheduled hours conform to guidance on junior doctors' hours. The hours of work will be Monday to Friday 09:00-17:00.

The post is the outcome of a successful pilot expanding on the Geriatric Medicine commitment to supporting frail patients in the perioperative period. The post holder will look to expand on our current provision through becoming a presence on the surgical ward supporting frail patients in the perioperative period.

We welcome applicants who will bring innovative ways of working to the Trust.

Important information

When completing the supporting information box please complete as follows.

Divide your answers with separate headings:

Attainments and Qualifications

Presentations and Posters

Teaching

Quality Improvement

Dedication to Specialty

There are no specific word limits for each section, but you will be expected to link each section to the Person Specification.

If this instruction is not followed, your application will not be considered for shortlisting.

Main duties of the job

• Comprehensive review of frail patients undergoing surgery, working closely with the surgical inpatient teams but under supervision by the inpatient Geriatric Team.
• Comprehensive review of frail patients admitted with rib fractures.
• Medical input for the surgical team with assistance for frail patients on the surgical ward.
• Supervision and teaching of junior medical staff in aspects of frailty.
• Participate in quality improvement and audit of patients managed by the service.
• Communication with general practitioners, patients and relatives / carers.
• Teaching of nurses, other members of the MDT and visiting medical students.
• No fixed research commitment is expected, but research will be encouraged and facilities for it made available whenever possible.
• The specialty doctor accepts that he/she will also perform duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances, at the request of his/her particular consultant, in consultation, where practicable with his/her colleagues, both senior and junior.
• You must be aware of and put into practice the Health and Safety procedures relevant for each ward or department in which you are required to work, including mandatory training.

Please see further duties and responsibilities attached on the job description.

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT, the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

Worcestershire is our neighbouring county. The post holder will be required to travel between sites.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.

Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.

Job description
Job responsibilities

The Frailty Service is based in a purpose built three-ward block comprising three inpatient wards. The Consultant Geriatricians also have responsibility for inpatients in Leominster Community Hospital and Ledbury discharge to assess beds, undertake ward referrals from other specialties, support the Front Door Frailty team based in the Frailty Same Day Emergency Care (FSDEC) Unit, Virtual Ward and provide a general and movement disorders outpatient service.

Please see attached job description and personal specification for further details.

Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential Desirable Presentations and posters
Desirable Quality Improvement
Essential Desirable Teaching
Essential Desirable Dedication to Specialty
Essential Desirable

• GMC registration with licence to practice
• Experience working in geriatric medicine
• MBChB or equivalent
• 24 months NHS experience as a paid doctor
• Postgraduate degree of qualification
• ALS certificate holder
• MRCP or equivalent
• Poster or oral presentation at a local, regional or national meeting
• Involvement in Audit or Quality Improvement
• Leading a QI project
• Involved in all stages of two cycles of a Quality Improvement project
• Experience teaching with formal feedback
• Provided regular teaching
• Organised a teaching program
• Shows interest in perioperative medicine for the older person undergoing surgery
• Indicates a desire to pursue a career in Geriatric Medicine, with evidence of multidisciplinary team working, good communication and patient focused care.

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