This six-month fixed-term locum consultant geriatrician post sits in the Older People's Services team at Whipps Cross University Hospital, part of Barts Health NHS Trust. The work centres on reshaping acute frailty services and the department's five-year strategy. The site is being built up as a centre for geriatric medicine alongside the hospital's redevelopment, with a multidisciplinary team. Applicants need higher specialist training in geriatrics, GMC registration with a licence to practise, and must live within 30 minutes of the hospital.
What the job involves
- Help reshape local acute frailty service delivery
- Contribute to the department's five-year strategy plan
- Develop new models of working and services for older people in the hospital and community
- Deliver care with a multidisciplinary team to meet the needs of an expanding older population
- Collaborate in the redevelopment of geriatric medicine and the hospital itself
Qualifications
- MRCP or equivalent, and a specialist qualification
Registration & licences
- Full GMC registration with licence to practise
Experience
- Higher specialist training in geriatrics and/or G(I)M
- Broad experience in geriatrics and G(I)M
- Experience in acute frailty services
- Experience of supervising medical staff
Skills & knowledge
- Detailed knowledge of geriatrics, G(I)M and the specialist skills for this post
- Knowledge of multidisciplinary clinical audit and a commitment to improving quality of care
- Understanding of modern medical curricula and commitment to lifelong learning
- Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Ability to teach medical students and junior medical and nursing staff
- Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies
Other
- Flexible and co-operative approach to colleagues
- Self-motivated with an enquiring, critical approach to work
- Willingness to take on additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national level
- Prepared to live within 10 miles or 30 minutes of Whipps Cross Hospital
Nice to have
- Evidence of participation in research, such as peer-reviewed publications
- Higher degree such as MD, PhD or equivalent
- Ability to organise and deliver a teaching programme
- Experience in service development
- Current ALS certificate
- Experience managing virtual wards and primary care network MDTs
- UK driving licence for home visits
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