Locum Consultant Care of Older Person

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated individuals to join our friendly and dynamic team at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to develop and embed high quality care for the frail and older patients in varying clinical settings across acute and community locations. We are looking to recruit consultants with passion for excellent care to join our diverse and supportive team which also includes advanced clinical practitioners, nurse consultants and GPs with an interest in frailty. New consultants would be supported with a mentor.We are particularly keen to improve several of our services particularly our Frailty pathway (acute, community and virtual), our Orthogeriatric service and Parkinson's Disease service.There will be flexibility to allow successful candidates the chance to develop their own sub-specialist interest. The post holder will be employed by Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We welcome applications from individuals who wish to work part-time.

Main duties of the job

The clinical commitments of this post, dependent on subspecialist interest, include responsibility for inpatient acute hospital care, outpatient clinics, community work, virtual ward support and on-call for general medicine. Our aim is to develop a seamless frailty pathway for patients across both acute and community settings. There will be opportunities to be a part of our multidisciplinary Frailty team which reviews patients in our FrailtyAssessment Area, supports Frailty Virtual Ward and work alongside our Community Frailty Service team. There will be opportunities to develop an alternative subspecialist interest, such as Orthogeriatrics or Movement Disorders. The post holder will be actively involved in training junior doctors and students who rotate through our department, including medical students from the Universities of Liverpool and Lancaster. The post holder will additionally support the development and training of advanced clinical practitioners and allied health professionals. The Trust has a state-of-the-art Simulation and Skills Facility which is accessible to students and staff. Should the successful applicant wish to develop a researchinterest then this would be encouraged.

About us

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a resident population of approximately 330,000 and the 12 million holidaymakers who visit the area every year.The Trust comprises Blackpool Victoria Hospital which is a large busy acute hospital, a smaller community/ rehabilitation hospital - Clifton Hospital. Outpatient services are also provided in Blackpool, Fleetwood and Lytham Hospital. The Trust is also responsible for the provision of a wide range of community healthcare services, including District Nursing, Community Matrons and therapy services.We employ approximately 7,500 staff and our budget is in excess of £200m per year. We have around 830 beds across all sites and see more than 56,000 day-case and inpatients, 250,000 outpatients and over 91,000 A & E patients every year.The hospital has a consultant staff numbering encompassing all major medical and surgical specialties including tertiary cardiology and haematology. In addition there are visiting consultants in the specialties of nephrology, neurology, neurosurgery, plastic surgery, and oncology.

Date posted

31 January 2023

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£88,364 to £119,133 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

382-DOC08-23

Job locations

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals

Whinney Heys Road

Blackpool

FY3 8NR


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description to find out more about this role. For any more queries please contact the Head of Department referenced below.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description to find out more about this role. For any more queries please contact the Head of Department referenced below.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • CCT in Geriatric medicine and General Internal Medicine. Entry on the Specialist Register or eligible for inclusion within 6 months of the interview date for the post.

Experience

Essential

  • Broad exposure to general medicine, Care of the Elderly medicine.

Teaching & Training

Essential

  • Experience teaching undergraduates and postgraduates.

Desirable

  • "Teaching the Teachers" or similar course

Research/audit/ publications

Essential

  • Ability to supervise audit projects.
  • Demonstration of participation in audit.
  • Understanding of the principles of audit/research.

Desirable

  • Publications in Care of the Elderly.
  • Certificate of "Good Clinical Practice" in research.

Professionalism

Essential

  • Enthusiasm and commitment to the specialty

Desirable

  • Membership of appropriate societies.

Personal Skills

Essential

  • Ability to work well as a member of a team
  • Ability to take the role of team leader
  • Possess good organisational and teaching skills as well as good verbal and written communication skills
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • CCT in Geriatric medicine and General Internal Medicine. Entry on the Specialist Register or eligible for inclusion within 6 months of the interview date for the post.

Experience

Essential

  • Broad exposure to general medicine, Care of the Elderly medicine.

Teaching & Training

Essential

  • Experience teaching undergraduates and postgraduates.

Desirable

  • "Teaching the Teachers" or similar course

Research/audit/ publications

Essential

  • Ability to supervise audit projects.
  • Demonstration of participation in audit.
  • Understanding of the principles of audit/research.

Desirable

  • Publications in Care of the Elderly.
  • Certificate of "Good Clinical Practice" in research.

Professionalism

Essential

  • Enthusiasm and commitment to the specialty

Desirable

  • Membership of appropriate societies.

Personal Skills

Essential

  • Ability to work well as a member of a team
  • Ability to take the role of team leader
  • Possess good organisational and teaching skills as well as good verbal and written communication skills

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

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals

Whinney Heys Road

Blackpool

FY3 8NR


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals

Whinney Heys Road

Blackpool

FY3 8NR


Employer's website

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

For questions about the job, contact:

Head of Department

Dr David McGhee

david.mcghee@nhs.net

01253955094

Date posted

31 January 2023

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£88,364 to £119,133 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

382-DOC08-23

Job locations

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals

Whinney Heys Road

Blackpool

FY3 8NR


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