Specialist Doctor in Geriatric Medicine in Northampton

Northampton General Hospital is looking for an enthusiastic and forward-thinking specialist in Geriatric Medicine to join and help develop the successful service that the Trust provides. This is an exciting opportunity for the new team member to join our well-located DGH at a time when the department is changing practice throughout the hospital. We are looking to develop new areas of working, so candidates with special interests will be accommodated and supported as much as possible.

This is for a new full-time appointment to join the existing 7 full-time geriatricians and one locum geriatrician (Orthogeriatrics/Parkinson disease and General geriatrics). This is an exciting time for Northampton General Hospital as we are establishing a service for frail elderly patients on the Emergency Medical assessment unit. Current service consists of three Specialist Nurses for Elderly Medicine to carry out Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment within 24 hours of admission to Medical assessment units. They are supported by dedicated sessions of trust grade Registrar and a consultant Geriatrician. They identify suitable patients for multidisciplinary team assessment on two admission units to enable prompt and safe discharges. This service also identifies appropriate patients for 1 short stay elderly wards which are managed by Geriatricians.

Main duties of the job:

• To participate in the future development of Elderly medicine services for the Trust with a particular emphasis on the development of the front end frailty pathway.
• To provide input into medical student education for Leicester undergraduates on the diagnosis and management of medical emergencies.
• To support and provide teaching and training of junior medical staff, post graduate training and nurse training on the unit.
• To participate in the Department of Medicine meetings and have a representative on the Directorate management Board.
• To ensure good practice by regular audit and review of incidents with the clinical team and take forward lessons learnt.
• To link in with the directorate clinical governance meetings and contribute to lessons learnt from incidents and complaints.
• The appointee will link with all the acute physicians involved in the admission of elderly patients and the consultant Psycho-geriatrician who is also a member of the CECS.

About us:

NGH is one of the largest employers in the area and all of our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Being a large DGH with a proud history, we are big enough to get interesting cases, but small enough to care, coach and develop. With over 200 consultants, a similar number of trainees and approximately 60 medical undergraduates throughout the year, NGH provides comprehensive care and extensive training opportunities. With this in mind, we have built a state of the art emergency assessment unit (Nye Bevan building) and are developing new ways of working to streamline in-patient care and optimise working with our partners. NGH also has a large library, gym with swimming pool, and a brand new entrance with Marks and Spencer, Subway and Costa on site.

Person Specification:

• Educated to Speciality degree.
• Experience in geriatric medicine in the UK.
• Minimum of 12 years' medical work since obtaining a primary medical qualification, of which a minimum of six years should have been in a relevant specialty in the Specialty Doctor and/or closed SAS grades.
• Equivalent 6 years' experience in a relevant specialty from other medical grades including from overseas may also be accepted.
• MD, PhD or other high degree.
• MRCP & SCE or equivalent.

Knowledge and experience:

• Experience of Audit.
• Experience of Teaching Junior Staff.
• Demonstrable team leadership skills and experience.

Key Competencies/Personal Qualities and Attributes:

• Passionate and committed to bring our Dedicated to Excellence values to life, improving the way we work with each other, particularly focusing on empowerment, equality, diversity and inclusion of our staff, patients and service users.
• High level of organisational skills.
• Full registration with General Medical Council.

Skills:

• Research projects related to speciality.
• Dedication to clinical geriatric medicine.
• Publication in recognised journals.

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.