Trust Doctor

Job summary

In line with our clinical strategy we have developed an Elderly Assessment Unit at Wansbeck Hospital to which supports the move to alternative pathways for urgent frailty assessment and redirects patients to the most appropriate environment for their assessment and treatment resulting in more people remaining within their home environments. This is achieved through the following:

o Same day direct access pathway for NEAS and Community services including Primary careo Virtual ward - step up facility to assess patients of concern in the community, step down facility to enable positive risk taking for patients in the emergency department and NSECH wardso 2 hour response - step up facility to assess patients of concern to community teamso Single point of contact for urgent advice for frail patients with aim of utilising urgent assessment services and community teams rather than NSECH emergency department if appropriateo Referrals from GP/Community Services within 2 week wait providing a semi urgent response.

Main duties of the job

This post is a Trust appointment and will be subject to the Terms and Conditions of Medical & Dental Staff (see www.nhsemployers.org) as amended from time to time.

Candidates appointed to the salary scale for the first time will be offered a salary on the minimum scales except where a higher salary is justified by taking into account any previous equivalent experience recognised by the Trust for this purpose.

Any offer of employment with the Trust will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks as per NHS Employers Recruitment Standards updated in 2009 (references, qualification/registration verification, occupational health clearance, CRB clearance, identity verification and eligibility to work in the U.K) and also in accordance with Department of Health guidelines relating to 'Health Clearance for Tuberculosis, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV: New Healthcare Workers'.

If the successful appointee has over four years post qualification experience, they will be appointed on specialty doctor 2021 terms and conditions

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.

Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Wansbeck General Hospital

Woodhorn Lane

Ashington

NE63 9JJ

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Wansbeck General Hospital

Woodhorn Lane

Ashington

NE63 9JJ

Employer's website

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

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