Locum Consultant Geriatrician ( Orthogeriatrics)

Job summary

The post holder will be responsible for the medical care non-NOF patients over the age of 60 years old who needs to be reviewed by a Geriatrician within 72 hours of admission as per recommended best practice fractures and will work alongside the existing Orthogeriatrician. There is also scope within the job plan for further service development. This will be agreed with the successful candidate though it is anticipated this will involve improving patient care within the surgical directorate.

The post is based at Northwick Park Hospital and the post holder is expected to assist in the development of innovative Orthogeriatrics service. The aim is to develop the existing Orthogeriatric service and in particular support the care of elderly patients admitted to the hospital with fragility fractures. The appointee will play a key role in the development of the services and contribute to acute care of the Orthogeriatric patients and provide medical support to the treatment plan and discharge planning.

The post holder will have shared clinical activities of 75% in Orthopaedics and 25% in care of the elderly services.

Main duties of the job

• The post holder will be based on the Ortho ward (Evelyn Ward) at Northwick Park Hospital and be medically responsible for Orthopaedics patients on that ward alongside the existing Orthopaedics Consultants and Orthogeriatrician (approximately 10-15 patients each). On occasion there may be medical outliers on Evelyn ward who will also be looked after by the 2 medical Consultants based there. When bed pressures are extreme, there are Orthopaedics patients on other surgical wards and the post-holder will also be expected to review those patients. This post holder should be able to give routine advice on younger people under the Orthopaedics teams and then if needed signpost them to more specialist medical teams.
• Deliver care alongside the existing orthogeriatrics team to develop the orthogeriatrics service, ensuring our elderly trauma patients receive the best possible treatment to optimise patient outcome.
• Provide oversite and clinical supervision for junior doctors attached to your team, alongside the Physician Associate Clinical Nurse Specialist. The post holder will be the educational supervisor for up to 3 trainees per year.
• Carry out a follow up clinic from Orthopaedics discharges clinic. There will be opportunity to develop an area of sub-speciality (e.g., bone health, continence, 'hot' clinics). Typical clinic numbers are 5 new and 4 follow up patients
• The post holder will participate in general medical on-call Rota 1:13 Friday-Sunday (for which 1 PA is allocated).

About us

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.