Job summary
We are seeking a dynamic and enthusiastic individual with the passion to train as a Specialist in Geriatric Medicine by obtaining a Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR). We have an excellent reputation for supporting our Trainees with their education within Geriatric Medicine. We have extensive opportunities to experience managing older adults on our Care of the Older Person Wards and within our subspecialty areas including orthogeriatrics, movement disorders, cardiogeriatrics, oncogeriatrics, continence services and perioperative care.
For individuals who want to progress to achieve their CCT through the CESR route, there is a wealth of experience within our COOP team to support the candidate.
More recently we have expanded our services into the community by developing our community geriatric work and creating the frailty hospital at home service. There are plenty of opportunities for service development and leadership roles within Somerset Foundation Trust. The COOP team would love to train and support an individual within Geriatric Medicine by sharing our enthusiasm for Frailty patient care and management. If you would like to find out more about this post, please feel free to get in touch.
Main duties of the job
The appointee would join our established Care of the Older Person team. They will have the opportunity to rotate between general medicine, the core geriatric medicine wards, geriatric medicine subspecialities (Orthogeriatrics, Parkinson's disease, Dementia, Cardiogeriatrics, POPS) and our community services. The post holder will be able to attend general medical clinics, geriatric medicine clinics and rapid access clinics. They will supervise medical trainees. The candidate will have the opportunity to support medical students from Bristol and Peninsula medical schools.
The candidate will undertake core medical and geriatric medicine training. They will be provided with an educational supervisor with an eportfolio to complete their assessments and education.
About us
As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance, career progression and regular conversations, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.
The benefits of working in Somerset include the idyllic countryside, with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines. You will get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.
There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable. You will experience the best of both in Somerset, the countryside and the cosmopolitan - there is truly something for everyone!
Job description
Job responsibilities
The over-riding purpose is to support the provision of the highest quality patient care through personal actions and continuous improvement.
You will be expected to undertake the following duties:
- Provision of a service with responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness, and the proper functioning of the department.
- In line with GMC Good Medical Practice it is the responsibility of the post holder to ensure that all duties are carried outto the highest possible standard, and in accordance with current quality initiatives within the area of work
- participating in medical audit, the Trusts Clinical Governance processes and in CPD
- The post holder will contribute to the acute unselected medical take by participating on the acute medical registrar rota.
- The post holder will work closely with the medical and nursing teams on all the wards as well as other departments
- The post holder will provide care for patients for the designated Consultant team at ward level, and receive support/ training from the Consultant team.
- Responsibility to work as a team to provide the best care to our patients.
- Joint responsibility with junior team to plan discharges and write discharge summaries in a timely manner.
- Provide teaching to nursing and/or ancillary staff and undergraduate students.
- Perform duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances at the request of the appropriate consultant, in consultation where practicable with their colleagues both senior and junior.
- Actively participate in performance appraisal as per Trust guidelines.
- Participate in audits and research as arranged by the firms.
CLINICAL
- Attend daily consultant-led post-take ward round.
- Admission and care of general medical patients as part of medical admitting team.
- Provision of specialist opinion, with consultant support
- Participation in outpatient clinics
- Participation in teaching and training
- Attendance at weekly multidisciplinary meetings
- Actively participating and facilitating the discharges on the ward.
- Support and supervise junior doctors on the ward.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The over-riding purpose is to support the provision of the highest quality patient care through personal actions and continuous improvement.
You will be expected to undertake the following duties:
- Provision of a service with responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness, and the proper functioning of the department.
- In line with GMC Good Medical Practice it is the responsibility of the post holder to ensure that all duties are carried outto the highest possible standard, and in accordance with current quality initiatives within the area of work
- participating in medical audit, the Trusts Clinical Governance processes and in CPD
- The post holder will contribute to the acute unselected medical take by participating on the acute medical registrar rota.
- The post holder will work closely with the medical and nursing teams on all the wards as well as other departments
- The post holder will provide care for patients for the designated Consultant team at ward level, and receive support/ training from the Consultant team.
- Responsibility to work as a team to provide the best care to our patients.
- Joint responsibility with junior team to plan discharges and write discharge summaries in a timely manner.
- Provide teaching to nursing and/or ancillary staff and undergraduate students.
- Perform duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances at the request of the appropriate consultant, in consultation where practicable with their colleagues both senior and junior.
- Actively participate in performance appraisal as per Trust guidelines.
- Participate in audits and research as arranged by the firms.
CLINICAL
- Attend daily consultant-led post-take ward round.
- Admission and care of general medical patients as part of medical admitting team.
- Provision of specialist opinion, with consultant support
- Participation in outpatient clinics
- Participation in teaching and training
- Attendance at weekly multidisciplinary meetings
- Actively participating and facilitating the discharges on the ward.
- Support and supervise junior doctors on the ward.
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
Essential
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
- MRCP(UK) Part 1 at time of application and MRCP(UK) full diploma by offer date
- Eligibility for the specialist register in general internal medicine by time of application
- Be eligible for full registration with, and hold a current licence to practice from, the GMC at the advertised post start date
- Higher degrees including MSc, PhD or MD (where the research thesis is not part of first medical degree)
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Evidence of experience in a range of acute medical specialties, with experience of managing patients on unselected medical take during core training or equivalent
- Experience core level of managing elderly patients
- Experience of managing patients with severe acute medical disease
Clinical Skills
Essential
- Appropriate knowledge base, and ability to apply sound clinical judgement to problems
- Demonstrates awareness of managing acute medical conditions, including emergencies, in patients and out patients
- Able to work without direct supervision where appropriate
- Able to prioritise clinical need
Desirable
- Evidence of skills in the management of patients not requiring hospital admission
- Evidence of skills in the management of acute medical emergencies
Academic Skills
Essential
- Demonstrates understanding of research, including awareness of ethical issues
- Demonstrates understanding of the basic principles of clinical risk management, evidence-based practice, patient safety and clinical quality improvement initiatives
- Evidence of involvement in a quality improvement or formal research project
- Demonstrates knowledge of evidence informed practice
- Demonstrates an understanding of clinical governance
Personal Skills
Essential
- Demonstrates clarity in written/spoken communication, and capacity to adapt language to the situation, as appropriate
- Able to build rapport, listen, persuade and negotiate
- Capacity to use logical/lateral thinking to solve problems/make decisions, indicating an analytical/scientific approach
- Capacity to take in others' perspectives and treat others with understanding; sees patients as people
- Is able to deliver good clinical care in the face of uncertainty
Desirable
- Evidence of involvement in management commensurate with experience
- Evidence of effective multi-disciplinary team working and leadership, supported by multi-source feedback or other workplace based assessments
- Demonstrates an understanding of NHS management and resources
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
Essential
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
- MRCP(UK) Part 1 at time of application and MRCP(UK) full diploma by offer date
- Eligibility for the specialist register in general internal medicine by time of application
- Be eligible for full registration with, and hold a current licence to practice from, the GMC at the advertised post start date
- Higher degrees including MSc, PhD or MD (where the research thesis is not part of first medical degree)
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Evidence of experience in a range of acute medical specialties, with experience of managing patients on unselected medical take during core training or equivalent
- Experience core level of managing elderly patients
- Experience of managing patients with severe acute medical disease
Clinical Skills
Essential
- Appropriate knowledge base, and ability to apply sound clinical judgement to problems
- Demonstrates awareness of managing acute medical conditions, including emergencies, in patients and out patients
- Able to work without direct supervision where appropriate
- Able to prioritise clinical need
Desirable
- Evidence of skills in the management of patients not requiring hospital admission
- Evidence of skills in the management of acute medical emergencies
Academic Skills
Essential
- Demonstrates understanding of research, including awareness of ethical issues
- Demonstrates understanding of the basic principles of clinical risk management, evidence-based practice, patient safety and clinical quality improvement initiatives
- Evidence of involvement in a quality improvement or formal research project
- Demonstrates knowledge of evidence informed practice
- Demonstrates an understanding of clinical governance
Personal Skills
Essential
- Demonstrates clarity in written/spoken communication, and capacity to adapt language to the situation, as appropriate
- Able to build rapport, listen, persuade and negotiate
- Capacity to use logical/lateral thinking to solve problems/make decisions, indicating an analytical/scientific approach
- Capacity to take in others' perspectives and treat others with understanding; sees patients as people
- Is able to deliver good clinical care in the face of uncertainty
Desirable
- Evidence of involvement in management commensurate with experience
- Evidence of effective multi-disciplinary team working and leadership, supported by multi-source feedback or other workplace based assessments
- Demonstrates an understanding of NHS management and resources
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).
