Specialty Doctor in Older People's Medicine

Job summary

This is a substantive appointment to a new Specialty Doctor position within Older People's Medicine department (OPM). This post is in Geriatric medicine working in acute geriatric medicine inpatients and outpatients covering a broad range of subspecialties within the care of the older person including ortho-geriatrics, dementia, delirium and acute illness. The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital is recruiting Doctors with a passion for caring for Older People.

You'll need to share our passion for innovation in the way we treat Older People and our caring nature: Our recent Friends and Family Test showed 97% of patients would recommend us to a family member. Above all, you'll be able to demonstrate the skillset and mindset that matches our ambition to set the gold standard for the care of Older People.

A bright and modern facility, set just outside the vibrant city of Norwich, our hospital is an exciting and interesting place where highly talented individuals are driving forward innovation to improve our performance and the quality of care our patients receive. We are situated close to major transport links, including an international airport, and are near to beautiful countryside and stunning coastline.

Main duties of the job

1. Work across the OPM wards and may be asked to cover OPM admissions to AMU.
2. Ensure patients are assessed and reviewed on the OPM wards, which may be part of the consultant ward round or may be an individual ward round.
3. Communicate with patients' relatives.
4. Supervise more junior medical colleagues.
5. Keep accurate patient records as required; these must be dated, timed and signed off appropriately and be easily identifiable.
6. Produce timely discharge letters, with accurate and comprehensive diagnoses, and supervise their production by more junior colleagues.
7. Participate in the management of occasional emergencies and in unforeseen circumstances at the request of an appropriate Consultant.
8. Agree to read and follow medical guidelines and policies.
9. Take part in Clinical Governance activity, including Clinical Audit
10. Attend training and education sessions, regularly in the department.

About us

OPED: Our continued work on Frailty identification and intervention has seen a significant redesign of our services; this led in 2017 to the creation of a dedicated Older Peoples ED (OPED).

This service is situated within the emergency department's footprint. The focus of the service is to identify Frailty and expedite tailored expert intervention between the hours of 8am and 6pm, seven days a week. OPED consists of a four trollied bay and 2 side rooms where patients are assessed by the team. The daily team consists of specialty doctors, ACPs and a consultant geriatrician working in conjunction with the Early intervention team which consists of a physio/occupational therapist. The team also reviews those patients in other parts of the emergency department including resus. Patients if requiring admission are triaged appropriate depending on working diagnosis

Acutely unwell older patients are selected for OPM while in the Acute Medical Unit (AMU), using a locally developed system of triage which is a hybrid of age-related and needs-related systems. The age cut-offs vary according to the presentation of the patient. Approximately 43% of acute medical emergencies are triaged to OPM by the current criteria.

All OPM acute inpatients are accommodated on a single site in the 1000 bedded Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital. There are 5 OPM wards of approximately 36 beds, with nearly 3 consultants for each ward

Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital

Address

Norfolk and Norfolk University Hospital

Norwich

NR4 7UY

Employer's website

https://teamnnuh.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital

Address

Norfolk and Norfolk University Hospital

Norwich

NR4 7UY

Employer's website

https://teamnnuh.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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