Job summary
We are recruiting a consultant geriatrician to join our exciting and rapidly expanding Frailty Team delivering integrated holistic care spanning both acute and community settings. The post holder's primary duty will be to develop pathways and enhance the reactive frailty services, UCR, virtual wards, ED front door and Mary Seacole Unit. In addition, the post holder will have opportunities to support the integrated frailty service and be involved in providing reactive and proactive care across the acute and community areas. There will also be responsibilities in supervising and teaching trainees and medical students, as well as nursing and allied health professionals of the MDT. The post holder will drive forward developments, improving the quality of care delivered to patients with a focus on maximising peoples' independence and supporting their return to their usual place of residence wherever possible. You will receive peer support from fellow Consultants working across the frailty services in Epsom General Hospital and Surrey Downs Health and Care and be fully supported by an integrated management team helping you to driveforward change.
We request that successful applicantsmust have relevant UK and NHS experience in Geriatric and General Internal Medicine with full GMC registration and already have CCT, or be within 6 months of obtaining their CCT.
The job description has been approved by the Royal College of Physicians.
Main duties of the job
Consultant geriatrician as part of the Frailty Team covering the following clinical areas:
- Community reactive services (UCR and VW) - providing clinical advice and leadership to the MDT. This may involve home visits of complex patients and liaising with other colleagues in the acute hospital, community teams and primary care. The post holder will provide presence at the team huddles and hold clinical responsibility for the case load (varies between 10-12 UCRs and 50-70 patients on VW). This is supported by a team that can be made up of GPs, specialty doctors, trainees, ACPs, PAs, nurses and therapists.
- Emergency Department (ED) - provision of clinical leadership within with Front Door Team. The post holder will be supported by the MDT, including junior doctors with the expectation that they will review approximately 4 new patients per day. There is also an expectation to in-reach to other medical wards to support early discharge of patients that could be managed on the virtual ward.
- Mary Seacole Unit - The post holder will provide leadership for junior colleagues as well as all other members of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) present on the ward.
About us
Surrey Downs Health and Care deliver care closer to people's own communities through our Primary Care Networks, Community Hospitals, Specialist Services and our innovative partnership of local NHS organisations.
Surrey Downs Health and Care has a track record of providing person centered care that goes beyond organisational boundaries to do what is best for the individual. This partnership includes:
- The three GP federations GP Health Partners, Dorking Health Care and Surrey Medical Network representing practices that operate in the Surrey Downs area
- CSH Surrey
- Epsom and St Helier's University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Surrey Council County
Historically, there have been boundary lines between the organisations that provide care to people in their homes, in GP surgeries and in hospitals, but we have always been united in our mission to provide great care to the people who need us.
It's on those grounds that the Surrey Downs Health and Care was formed - we want local people to receive the care that they need in the right environment. By bringing together our expertise, we can improve patient care and enable local people to access the right support, care and treatment more easily than ever before.
In bringing this partnership together, we are working to the same set of values that will translate into better care for our residents.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The principal duty of this post is to provide a comprehensive clinical service to patients.
- To at all times, comply with the GMCs guidance on Good Medical Practice as amended or substituted from time to time.
- To ensure that patient confidentiality is maintained at all times.
- To undertake duties as defined within the attached job plan in so far as practicable and in agreement with your Clinical Director.
- To be responsible and managerially accountable for the reasonable and effective use of Trust resources that you use and influence, and professionally accountable to the Clinical Director.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The principal duty of this post is to provide a comprehensive clinical service to patients.
- To at all times, comply with the GMCs guidance on Good Medical Practice as amended or substituted from time to time.
- To ensure that patient confidentiality is maintained at all times.
- To undertake duties as defined within the attached job plan in so far as practicable and in agreement with your Clinical Director.
- To be responsible and managerially accountable for the reasonable and effective use of Trust resources that you use and influence, and professionally accountable to the Clinical Director.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Hold a medical qualification
- Appropriate higher medical qualification i.e. MRCP or equivalent.
- Entry onto the Specialist Register for GMC for GIM and Geriatric Medicine or be within six months of obtaining CCT
- Entry on the GMC specialist register via CCT, CESR & EU Community Rights
Desirable
- MD, PhD or equivalent higher degree or evidence of relevant research.
Research Experience
Essential
- Ability to contribute to change management.
- Ability to apply research findings to clinical problems
- Ability to critically review research.
Desirable
- Publications in peer review journals.
Clinical Experience
Essential
- High standard of clinical skill and expertise in the specialty.
- Experience of working within a community geriatrics service.
- Comprehensive experience in managing patients with all aspects of geriatric and general medical problems.
- Experience in leading a multidisciplinary team.
- Experience of acute medicine, including leading acute unselected medical takes.
Desirable
- Experience of service development.
Aware of national policies, quality initiatives
Essential
- Understanding of national policies relevant to acute and community care of elderly patients.
Desirable
- Evidence of participation in quality initiatives relating to the care of elderly patients.
Management & Administrative Experience
Essential
- Audit/Research
- Has attended a recognised management training event or will have such training on completion of CCT.
- Supervision of post graduate trainees.
- Personal time management skills.
- Clinical Governance.
Desirable
- Familiarity within issues of service organisation and development.
Teaching Experience
Essential
- Experience of teaching undergraduate and postgraduate trainees.
- Ability to teach clinical skills.
Desirable
- Experience of teaching basic clinical skills to undergraduates / post graduates.
- Experience of supervising junior doctors.
- Experience of teaching Lay groups and other staff groups.
- Ability to supervise postgraduate research.
- Educational supervision accreditation.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team.
- Ability to work in partnership to deliver a patient centred service.
- Demonstrate an understanding and willingness to embrace user involvement.
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Enquiring, critical approach to work.
- Good verbal and written communication skills in English.
- Ability to communicate effectively with staff, patients and relatives.
- Commitment to continuing professional development
- Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities to local, regional or national levels.
- Willingness to work with consultant colleagues and management to maintain and develop a comprehensive service.
- Able to make own arrangements for travel between working sites.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Hold a medical qualification
- Appropriate higher medical qualification i.e. MRCP or equivalent.
- Entry onto the Specialist Register for GMC for GIM and Geriatric Medicine or be within six months of obtaining CCT
- Entry on the GMC specialist register via CCT, CESR & EU Community Rights
Desirable
- MD, PhD or equivalent higher degree or evidence of relevant research.
Research Experience
Essential
- Ability to contribute to change management.
- Ability to apply research findings to clinical problems
- Ability to critically review research.
Desirable
- Publications in peer review journals.
Clinical Experience
Essential
- High standard of clinical skill and expertise in the specialty.
- Experience of working within a community geriatrics service.
- Comprehensive experience in managing patients with all aspects of geriatric and general medical problems.
- Experience in leading a multidisciplinary team.
- Experience of acute medicine, including leading acute unselected medical takes.
Desirable
- Experience of service development.
Aware of national policies, quality initiatives
Essential
- Understanding of national policies relevant to acute and community care of elderly patients.
Desirable
- Evidence of participation in quality initiatives relating to the care of elderly patients.
Management & Administrative Experience
Essential
- Audit/Research
- Has attended a recognised management training event or will have such training on completion of CCT.
- Supervision of post graduate trainees.
- Personal time management skills.
- Clinical Governance.
Desirable
- Familiarity within issues of service organisation and development.
Teaching Experience
Essential
- Experience of teaching undergraduate and postgraduate trainees.
- Ability to teach clinical skills.
Desirable
- Experience of teaching basic clinical skills to undergraduates / post graduates.
- Experience of supervising junior doctors.
- Experience of teaching Lay groups and other staff groups.
- Ability to supervise postgraduate research.
- Educational supervision accreditation.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team.
- Ability to work in partnership to deliver a patient centred service.
- Demonstrate an understanding and willingness to embrace user involvement.
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Enquiring, critical approach to work.
- Good verbal and written communication skills in English.
- Ability to communicate effectively with staff, patients and relatives.
- Commitment to continuing professional development
- Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities to local, regional or national levels.
- Willingness to work with consultant colleagues and management to maintain and develop a comprehensive service.
- Able to make own arrangements for travel between working sites.
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).
