Consultant post in Elderly Medicine at The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, split between the new Frailty Assessment Unit and Hayes Ward, a 30-bed general ward. The work centres on managing 15 inpatients on Hayes ward alongside a consultant colleague, front-door frailty care, and service development and audit. The 8.75 PA contract includes weekday on-call from home, a morning post-take round, and split weekend on-calls at about 1 in 21. Membership of the MRCP is required.
What the job involves
- Manage 15 inpatients on Hayes ward jointly with a consultant colleague
- Provide acute front-door frailty care in the 8-bed Frailty Assessment Unit, working with the ACP and MDT workforce
- Take part in the emergency medical on-call rota at about 1 in 21, including weekday home on-call, the 0700 to 0900 post-take ward round and split weekend on-calls
- Cover a colleague's Hayes ward patients and a colleague on Franklin ward within the job plan
- Carry continuing responsibility for patients in your charge and the proper functioning of the department
- Undertake administrative duties linked to patient care and running the clinical department
- Develop a special interest in Geriatric Medicine in line with departmental service needs
- Deliver service development, audit and personal CPD within 2 supporting professional activity sessions
- Complete the mandatory annual appraisal, including personal CPD, for revalidation
- Report to the Director of Unplanned Care
What’s required
Qualifications
- MRCP
- Clinical and educational supervisor training courses
Experience
- Acute medicine subspecialty interest complementary to the rest of the directorate
- Active participation in audit and service development with clear outcomes
- Proven teaching experience and commitment to teach, train and assess undergraduates, postgraduates and nursing staff
- Experience of clinical audit and delivering good practice
- Evidence of quality and service improvement
- Experience in training, research and clinical governance or audit
Skills & knowledge
- Well-developed leadership and management skills under the NHS Leadership Framework
- Ability to lead and manage complex systems
- Ability to plan and manage resources, people and performance
- Ability to motivate staff and facilitate change in clinical practice
- Basic IT skills for email and presentations
- Teamwork and flexibility within a multidisciplinary team
Other
- Drive to contribute to strategy, deliver change and put patient care at the heart of services
- Ability to develop, influence and communicate strategy working with divisions
Nice to have
- Higher degree
- Academic achievements, research or publications (research is encouraged)
- Experience and active participation in audit and service development with clear outcomes
- More advanced IT skills
- Knowledge of finance and budgets
- Attendance at a management training course
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Consultant in Elderly Medicine - Hayes Ward (8.75PAs) in London employer: The Methodist Church in Britain
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Contact Details:
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