Consultant in Community Geriatric Medicine

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 10 May 2024

Job summary

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust and Solent NHS Trust are seeking one or two Consultant Geriatricians to play a central role in the development and delivery of our community services in the Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Locality. Successful applicant/s will be based at Gosport War Memorial Hospital (GWM) and/or Petersfield Community Hospital (PCH) as part of MDT working across in-patient and community services.

A central component of the role will be medical advice and guidance to the in-patient wards, providing senior and experienced clinical oversight to complex and challenging patients across our 4 community hospital wards and 2 frailty virtual wards. Day-to-day clinical responsibility for ward beds is provided by nurse consultants, Specialty Doctors and Advance Clinical Practitioners. The consultant geriatrician is key to enabling the multi-disciplinary ward team to handle complexity, manage frailty expertly and help to widen our step-up capability for local patients. The post holders will work closely with acute Trust colleagues to support appropriate treatment Escalation and step-down rehabilitation pathways.

Main duties of the job

A central component of this post is the provision of clinical leadership by the post holder. This functions on two main levels: firstly, through providing readily available clinical sup-port and advice to community (e.g. District Nurses, Community Matrons and Therapists) and GP colleagues. The ability of community and primary care teams to support complex and frail patients in their own homes requires access to timely and expert clinical support in managing those patients effectively. Thus, the post holder will need to be comfortable moving away from a model of primarily providing direct clinical input to patients to a balanced model in which advisory, educational and supportive clinical input is provided to GPs and community colleagues alongside the MDT approach to direct clinical care.

Secondly, existing clinical service structures will need to adapt to changes in service delivery around patients in their own homes. For example, the strengthening of step-up care to community hospital wards and the provision of support to patients in their own homes will require the development of existing services. It is important that all transformation work is clinically led and informed by clinical expertise. We are seeking a geriatrician comfortable with change and enthusiastic to lead this

About us

Southern Health is one of the largest NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health and learning disabilities, as well as offering physical health community-based services.

As a Trust, our footprint spans more than 200 sites across Hampshire, wholeheartedly committed to providing the best possible healthcare, reaching a range of diverse communities.

- We function as a unified team, placing patients and staff at the forefront of all our endeavours.

- Our 7,000+ workforce is skilled and diverse, with a deep commitment to ongoing staff development. We offer customised training, leadership pathways, and a plethora of career opportunities.

- We respect and listen to your thoughts, ideas, and concerns via well-established network of staff groups to increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion.

Building on all this, we are currently working closely with other local NHS Trusts to integrate all our collective community, mental health, and learning disability services across Hampshire and Isle of Wight. Our new organisation is set to launch in April 2024 and will incorporate Southern Health, Solent, Isle of Wight and Sussex Partnership Trusts.

While the new Trust will be substantially bigger, it will continue to cater to the unique needs of different communities, streamlining services and making healthcare across the county more accessible.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare in Hampshire.

Date posted

10 January 2024

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£93,666 to £126,281 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

348-PSE-MED-3578

Job locations

Petersfield Hospital

Swan Street, Petersfield

Petersfield

Hampshire

GU32 3LB

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment
Completed a minimum of 12 years' medical work (either continuous period or in aggregate) since obtaining a
primary medical qualification of which a minimum of six years should have been in a relevant specialty in the Specialty Doctor and/or closed SAS
grades. Equivalent years' experience in a relevant specialty from other medical grades including from overseas will also be accepted.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment
Completed a minimum of 12 years' medical work (either continuous period or in aggregate) since obtaining a
primary medical qualification of which a minimum of six years should have been in a relevant specialty in the Specialty Doctor and/or closed SAS
grades. Equivalent years' experience in a relevant specialty from other medical grades including from overseas will also be accepted.

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.