Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to provide senior medical leadership and clinical oversight across the adult community teams and virtual ward (hospital at home) services across West Suffolk.
You will work with our locality based, multi disciplinary Integrated Neighbourhood Teams and other services to provide high quality, holistic medical care to enable frail older people to receive treatment safely in community settings.
Our virtual ward (hospital at home) service provides specialist led care for a variety of patients including those with respiratory conditions, frailty, renal, oncology and heart failure. Care is provided in patients' homes using an advanced personal remote monitoring platform, enabling them to avoid hospital and/or to go home sooner.
We are looking for a talented and innovative consultant to make this role their own as our inspirational and forward-thinking community services continue to expand and develop.
9 PAs per week would be preferred, however part time/job share arrangements will be considered.
Interviews to be held on Thursday the 27th February 2025
Please See Full Job Description attached for details
Main duties of the job
o Work in partnership with a wide range of stakeholders to ensure that patients are fully involved in making decisions about their treatment and care, and that patients, staff and other stakeholders are engaged and involved in the development of services.
o Establish good communication and effective working relationships with colleagues internal and external to the Trust including Primary Care Networks, Suffolk & North East Essex Integrated Care Board, West Suffolk Alliance, NHS England, and clinical and non-clinical colleagues across all sectors of health and care.
o Motivate, influence and persuade clinical and non-clinical colleagues as part of service development and transformation initiatives and projects.
o Develop and deliver training programmes, workshops, briefings and presentations.
o Communicate sensitive or difficult news and challenge existing beliefs and working practices as required.
About us
#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.
With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are a team of geriatricians looking to expand our services further across the hospital and into the community to enable more older people to benefit from specialist geriatric assessment. We provide acute in-patient services on an elderly care ward, ortho-geriatric services, medical and surgical liaison services, front door assessment and out-patient clinics at the West Suffolk Hospital site. In addition, we provide a falls clinic at a community hospital in Sudbury and oversee care of intermediate care beds in the community hospital at Newmarket and in a nursing home in Bury St Edmunds.
Our priorities for the next 2 years include the establishment of an acute frailty assessment unit to take direct admissions from the community, establishing falls and frailty clinics in peripheral sites, developing models of closer working with community matrons and advanced clinical practitioners in frailty to enable patients to receive comprehensive geriatric assessment closer to home, establishment of a virtual ward and using new technology to provide remote assessment of patients in care homes.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are a team of geriatricians looking to expand our services further across the hospital and into the community to enable more older people to benefit from specialist geriatric assessment. We provide acute in-patient services on an elderly care ward, ortho-geriatric services, medical and surgical liaison services, front door assessment and out-patient clinics at the West Suffolk Hospital site. In addition, we provide a falls clinic at a community hospital in Sudbury and oversee care of intermediate care beds in the community hospital at Newmarket and in a nursing home in Bury St Edmunds.
Our priorities for the next 2 years include the establishment of an acute frailty assessment unit to take direct admissions from the community, establishing falls and frailty clinics in peripheral sites, developing models of closer working with community matrons and advanced clinical practitioners in frailty to enable patients to receive comprehensive geriatric assessment closer to home, establishment of a virtual ward and using new technology to provide remote assessment of patients in care homes.
Person Specification
Education and qualifications
Essential
- MRCP/FRCP/MBBS (or equivalent)
- Full GMC Registration and Licence to Practice
- Certificate of Completion of Training in Geriatric
- Medicine or equivalent and inclusion on the GMC Specialist Register (or within 6 months at time of interview)
- CCT in General Internal Medicine or equivalent Relevant higher degree
Experience and knowledge
Essential
- Commitment to and experience of undergraduate and postgraduate learning and teaching
- Conducting and supporting clinical audits.
- Adult safeguarding
Desirable
- Evidence of participation in research and publications
- Evidence of teaching qualification
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Effective clinical skills.
- Demonstrable management, leadership and motivational skills.
- Ability to manage own time and workload and prioritise clinical work.
- Ability to work successfully in a multi professional/disciplinary team and across organisational boundaries.
- Ability to appraise own performance, demonstrate insight and act on feedback.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Ability to deal effectively with pressure.
- Thoroughness and attention to detail
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Passionate approach to the job planning and appraisal process.
- Understanding of the management skills required to function successfully as a consultant.
- Understanding of and commitment to good medical practice
- Knowledge of risk management
- Knowledge of organisational aspects of the NHS as it relates to community health services.
- Knowledge of safeguarding legislation relating to adults.
- Evidence of commitment to Service Development.
- Understanding of the role of governance in ensuring high quality care and safe practice
Personal qualities
Essential
- Caring approach towards patients and families.
- Collaborative and commitment to team working.
- Flexible approach to working hours/duties, friendly and supportive of others.
- Able to travel to meet the requirements of the role.
Person Specification
Education and qualifications
Essential
- MRCP/FRCP/MBBS (or equivalent)
- Full GMC Registration and Licence to Practice
- Certificate of Completion of Training in Geriatric
- Medicine or equivalent and inclusion on the GMC Specialist Register (or within 6 months at time of interview)
- CCT in General Internal Medicine or equivalent Relevant higher degree
Experience and knowledge
Essential
- Commitment to and experience of undergraduate and postgraduate learning and teaching
- Conducting and supporting clinical audits.
- Adult safeguarding
Desirable
- Evidence of participation in research and publications
- Evidence of teaching qualification
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Effective clinical skills.
- Demonstrable management, leadership and motivational skills.
- Ability to manage own time and workload and prioritise clinical work.
- Ability to work successfully in a multi professional/disciplinary team and across organisational boundaries.
- Ability to appraise own performance, demonstrate insight and act on feedback.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Ability to deal effectively with pressure.
- Thoroughness and attention to detail
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Passionate approach to the job planning and appraisal process.
- Understanding of the management skills required to function successfully as a consultant.
- Understanding of and commitment to good medical practice
- Knowledge of risk management
- Knowledge of organisational aspects of the NHS as it relates to community health services.
- Knowledge of safeguarding legislation relating to adults.
- Evidence of commitment to Service Development.
- Understanding of the role of governance in ensuring high quality care and safe practice
Personal qualities
Essential
- Caring approach towards patients and families.
- Collaborative and commitment to team working.
- Flexible approach to working hours/duties, friendly and supportive of others.
- Able to travel to meet the requirements of the role.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
