Specialty Doctor Elderly Medicine

Medway NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Specialty Doctor in Elderly Care Medicine

Division: Unplanned and Integrated Care

Care Group: Frailty

Salary: £59,175 - £95,400 per annum/pro rata

Duration: 12 months initial contract with conversion to permanent post subject to satisfactory annual review.

We are recruiting forSpecialty Doctor in Elderly Care Medicinewho shares our ambition and vision to deliver theBest of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work directly with the existing team of 14 Consultant Physicians in Acute Frailty who currently provide a wide range of hospital and community based services including Acute Frailty services as well as running specialist clinics for patients with Parkinson's disease, TIAs, falls and general medical conditions. We have recently started a Rapid Access Clinic for Elderly as part of Frailty- Same day Emergency Care (F-SDEC). Inpatient elderly care wards include 5 acute elderly care wards and an established purpose built Acute Frailty Unit with10 Assessment beds, 22 short stay beds and 2 clinic rooms. In addition to existing services, we are seeking colleagues to take on the challenge of developing new models of care for frail elderly people in the community such as Frailty. Pioneering work has already established Integrated Locality Review meetings (MDT meetings, 4/week). Consultants are working closely with existing community teams to proactively assess and manage frail individuals in the community. We are about to open a 22 bedded Acute Unit based in a Community Hospital in Sheppey.

About us

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved. Our culture and values are what drives the Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious environment.

The NHS are striving towards "we work flexibly" as a workforce, we want to ensure that you can work in a way that is best for us, our patients, and importantly for you. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

All of our substantive & fixed term employees can enjoy a range of staff benefits, a gym, an active health and wellbeing programme, an on-site nursery and a cycle to work scheme.

We are taking positive action to ensure that we can attract, recruit and retain the best talent and would welcome more applicants from under - represented groups to support the Trusts commitment to a diverse, inclusive and an employer of choice workforce.

All staff at Medway comply the Trust's and the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Board's policies on safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.

Date posted

04 October 2024

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Specialty Doctor

Salary

Depending on experience £59,175 - £95,400 per annum/pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

275-2410-SDELD-HG

Job locations

Medway Maritime Hopsital

Windmill Road

Gillingham, Kent

ME7 5NY


Job description

Job responsibilities

There is a very well established and reputed CESR program running in the department with direct oversight from the Clinical Director. There are currently 6 candidates progressing well through this program and 2 have successfully submitted their application already. The department has a number of existing substantive consultants who have progressed through this route to specialist registration with GMC.

Job description

Job responsibilities

There is a very well established and reputed CESR program running in the department with direct oversight from the Clinical Director. There are currently 6 candidates progressing well through this program and 2 have successfully submitted their application already. The department has a number of existing substantive consultants who have progressed through this route to specialist registration with GMC.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Full GMC Registration
  • MRCP or equivalent essential. Additional degrees MD/PhD desirable.

Knowledge

Essential

  • Clinical Governance principles
  • Experience of supervising core trainees and registrars, and other non- medical professionals; preferably with an educational qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Conducting Frailty ward rounds.
  • Shall have completed at least four years' full-time postgraduate training, at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty, or have equivalent experience.

Value Based Question

Essential

  • Give an example of a time where you have demonstrated a 'can do' attitude (including the situation you were in) and the outcome
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Full GMC Registration
  • MRCP or equivalent essential. Additional degrees MD/PhD desirable.

Knowledge

Essential

  • Clinical Governance principles
  • Experience of supervising core trainees and registrars, and other non- medical professionals; preferably with an educational qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Conducting Frailty ward rounds.
  • Shall have completed at least four years' full-time postgraduate training, at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty, or have equivalent experience.

Value Based Question

Essential

  • Give an example of a time where you have demonstrated a 'can do' attitude (including the situation you were in) and the outcome

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Medway NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Medway Maritime Hopsital

Windmill Road

Gillingham, Kent

ME7 5NY


Employer's website

https://www.medway.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Medway NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Medway Maritime Hopsital

Windmill Road

Gillingham, Kent

ME7 5NY


Employer's website

https://www.medway.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


For questions about the job, contact:

Consultant Care of the Elderly

Dr Sanjay Suman

sanjay.suman@nhs.net

Date posted

04 October 2024

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Specialty Doctor

Salary

Depending on experience £59,175 - £95,400 per annum/pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

275-2410-SDELD-HG

Job locations

Medway Maritime Hopsital

Windmill Road

Gillingham, Kent

ME7 5NY


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