Consultant in Elderly Medicine - Hayes Ward (8.75PAs)

This post presents an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic individual to join a dynamic and highly regarded Elderly Medicine department. Our department has an excellent track record in service development, transformation, and integrated working across departments and across the organisation. The post holder will join our new Frailty Assessment Unit, which is the 1st frailty assessment unit in North West London to achieve all 5 of NHS England's Acute Frailty service recommendations. This is a stand-out unit offering acute front-door frailty care in an 8 bedded assessment unit with direct pathways from community and LAS as well as ED. This provides the opportunity to work alongside a developing ACP and MDT workforce. The post-holder will also be responsible for managing 15 inpatients on one of our general Elderly Medicine wards (Hayes ward). Hayes ward is a 30 bedded ward and the post holder will manage the ward with another consultant colleague. There is also dedicated time within the job plan to cover their colleague on Hayes ward, and a further colleague on a separate Elderly Medicine ward (Franklin ward).

The post-holder will be responsible to the Director of Unplanned Care at The Hillingdon Hospital. The role is a 8.75 PA post (6 PA Core hours DCC and 0.75 PA GIM on-call) and 2 PA's supporting professional activities (SPA) as agreed by the medical director, the latter includes service development, audit and personal CPD. Personal CPD must be included as part of annual appraisal which is mandatory and required for the revalidation process.

The post holder will participate in the on-call emergency medical rota on an approximately 1:21 basis. During the week, the post holder will be on call from home from 1900-0700, and then complete an onsite post take ward round the following morning from 0700-0900. During split weekend on calls (Saturday or Sunday), the post holder will be present on site from 0700-1900 and then on call from home until the following morning at 0700.

The post holder will be encouraged to develop an area of expertise of special interest that he or she may have in Geriatric Medicine in accordance with the service needs of the department. The post-holder will have continuing responsibility for the care of patients in their charge and for the proper functioning of the department. They will also undertake administrative duties associated with the care of patients and the running of the clinical department.

The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute Hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. The Trust's services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit and outpatient clinics.

The safety and well-being of our patients and of our staff is paramount and we are making urgent improvements to address this - particularly in infection prevention and control. We are making progress and going forward by working in partnership with local GPs, charities, community services, academic partners, our local authority, neighbouring hospitals and the wider North West London Integrated care system, and ensuring that we listen and work in partnership with our local population. We are absolutely focused on ensuring that our hospitals provide high quality, safe and compassionate care, while driving forward the building of the new Hillingdon Hospital.

We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare through leading health and academic partnerships, transforming services, to provide the best care where needed.

Essential:

• MRCP
• Acute Medicine - Subspecialty Interest complimentary to rest of directorate
• Experience and active participation in audit and service development with clear outcomes
• Experience in Training, Research and Clinical Governance/audit
• Demonstrable commitment to teach, train and assess teaching of undergraduates, post graduates and nursing staff
• Proven teaching experience
• Experience of clinical audit and enable delivery of good practice
• Evidence of quality and service improvement
• Clinical and educational supervisor training courses
• Basic IT skills, i.e. able to handle e-mails and presentations
• Well-developed effective leadership and management skills - NHS Leadership Framework
• Demonstrates ability, initiative, drive to contribute to the strategy, deliver and support change and improve services for patients placing care at the heart of the service
• Ability to lead and manage complex systems
• Ability to effectively plan and manage resources, people and performance
• Ability to develop, influence, communicate and deliver the strategy working with divisions
• Demonstrate leadership, team player, flexibility and organisational skills within a multidisciplinary team
• Ability to motivate staff, to facilitate changes in clinical practice

Desirable:

• Higher degree
• Academic Achievements / Research / publications - research is encouraged
• More advanced IT skills
• Knowledge of Finance / Budgets
• Attended management training course

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.