Specialty Doctors in Geriatric Medicine and Acute Frailty

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Job overview

We are looking for Specialty Doctors in Geriatric Medicine to join our Ageing and Health Department. There are currently eleven part-time substantive Consultants,two fixed term locum Consultants and six Associate Specialists providing senior leadership to frailty services across the organisation. Services include the frailty hospital at home service and urgent community response team liaising with the Acute Frailty team including frailty same day emergency care, Frailty wards (120 beds), Orthogeriatrics, Stroke, inpatient Older Peoples Advice and Liaison service and Proactive care based at Milford Hospital.

We welcome applicants with at least four years' experience in general and geriatric medicine. We have developed local Tier 3 training to support career progression for Specialty Doctors and other allied healthcare professionals in Geriatric Medicine. We would envisage post-holders will rotate four monthly through different frailty services developing a portfolio of competences and progressing to become an Associate Specialist or a Consultant through the portfolio (formerly CESR) route applying for entry on the Specialist Register.

Any applicant who is unable for personal reasons to work full time is encouraged to consider this post. If appointed, modification of the job content can be discussed on an individual basis with the clinical directors and specialty manager.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job

This is a substantive post at Specialty Doctor level as per the Specialty Doctor 2021 contract. It is likely to rotate every four months within Ageing and Health to ensure a wide range of experience. It currently has no weekend commitments but is likely to contribute to seven day working in the future with day-time weekend duties (one in ten weekends).

Post-holders usually rotate four monthly through areas of our Frailty services including:

Frailty Units (Hindhead, Elstead, Eashing and Milford)
Stroke (Acute stroke unit / rehabilitation / frailty ward)
Orthogeriatrics
Acute Frailty team in emergency department and emergency assessment unit.
Frailty same day emergency care unit (FSDEC)
Hospital at Home
Inpatient older peoples advice and liaison service (iOPAL)
Milford proactive care hub

Please see full job description attached for further information.

About us

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.

We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.

We have received an overall Good rating from the CQC with Medical care (including older peoples care), End of Life Care and Maternity services being deemed Outstanding by the CQC.

Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.

Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

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Date posted

28 January 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Specialty Doctor

Salary

£59,175 to £95,400 a year per annum depending on experience, plus London Weighting

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Job share, Flexible working

Reference number

384-SD-EMF17804

Job locations

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust and Milford Hospital

Guildford, Surrey

GU2 7XX

Job description

Job responsibilities

We are proud to have an enthusiastic and dynamic team of permanent Consultants, Associate Specialists and Specialty doctors who work closely together to deliver our overarching Frailty Strategy, which aims to improve the care of all patients living with frailty in Guildford and Waverley.

We are working to integrate acute and community frailty services and to provide seamless care for our patients. For those with emerging or stable frailty we aim to provide standardised proactive comprehensive geriatric assessment and for those with frailty crisis, an effective alternative to admission including urgent crisis response, same day emergency care and hospital at home / virtual wards.

These emerging services require additional workforce to deliver the service and to support developing effective frailty services going forward.

Please see full job description attached.

Job description

Job responsibilities

These emerging services require additional workforce to deliver the service and to support developing effective frailty services going forward.

Please see full job description attached.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Full GMC Registration with license to practice
MBBS or equivalent

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

Evidence of continuing professional development
Has completed four years of training with two years in Geriatric Medicine or equivalent specialty

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Full GMC Registration with license to practice
MBBS or equivalent

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

Evidence of continuing professional development
Has completed four years of training with two years in Geriatric Medicine or equivalent specialty

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

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