Specialty Doctor in Care of the Elderly

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will provide a clinical service as a part of Care of the Elderly (COTE) Team, which will include the responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness. There is opportunity to develop your clinical skills with support from COTE Consultants.

Every effort will be made to accommodate any special interest the candidate might want to develop. There is opportunity to develop expertise in Acute Frailty, Parkinsons Disease, Orthogeriatrics and Intermediate care.

There is opportunity for the post to be involved in the general medical emergency intake but it is not an expectation of the post. The rota is full shift and EWTD compliant at <48 hours. Full, partial or ad-hoc involvement can be negotiated when in post.

DUTIES OF POST

Clinical

You will provide a clinical service as a part of Care of the Elderly (COTE) Team, which will include the responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness. There is opportunity to develop your clinical skills with support from COTE Consultants.

Every effort will be made to accommodate any special interest the candidate might want to develop. There is opportunity to develop expertise in Acute Frailty, Parkinsons Disease, Orthogeriatrics and Intermediate care.

The job is mainly based in Royal Glamorgan Hospital, which is an acute general hospital. The successful candidate will be one of the three registrar grade doctors (2 Speciality Registrars [St4-7] and one SAS doctor) responsible for looking after COTE patients in the Royal Glamorgan Hospital. The team is supervised by five Care of the Elderly Consultants. There will be opportunity to undertake outpatient clinics with support from Consultants. These can also include patients referred to the General Medicine outpatient service and includes patients from 16 years upwards.

It is expected that the post holder would work alongside and provide supervision and advice for Trainee Doctors, Advanced Nurse Practitioners and Physician Associates, and work with the extended Multi-Disciplinary Team. The candidate should be comfortable in determining when offering advice is reasonable or when to review patients in person after they have been seen by other members of the clinical team.

There is opportunity for the post to be involved in the general medical emergency intake but it is not an expectation of the post. The rota is full shift and EWTD compliant at <48 hours. Full, partial or ad-hoc involvement can be negotiated when in post.

Travelling as necessary between hospitals/clinic will be required to undertake such duties.

The successful candidate will have access to shared office space and IT within the department.

You will be required to adhere to the principles of good medical practice laid down in the guidance of Good Medical Practice issued by the General Medical Council.

You will be required to participate in the Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Boards risk management process and in clinical audit and other clinical governance activities within the department, the Clinical Service Group and Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board. Adherence to Caldicot Principles is mandatory. The post holder will be positively encouraged to participate in research and development in line with Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Boards Commissioner and NHS priorities.

Teaching

The COTE Department has a high clinical teaching workload in both postgraduate and undergraduate spheres which the post holder would be expected to contribute towards. There is a weekly departmental meeting for education and at least one student teaching session per week.

Opportunity exists for further developing education and teaching skills at the clinical skills centre at the Royal Glamorgan hospital.

Audit

There is a monthly audit and governance session. Attendance is expected for senior and junior staff. This has resulted in high quality audit and review within the Clinical Service Group. The Successful candidate will be expected to take part in the department audit activities.

Continuous Professional Development

There are weekly speciality meetings, weekly Medical Departmental meetings, and monthly hospital Grand rounds at which attendance is expected.

The Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Boards actively supports all trainees to achieve their CPD targets as agreed at annual appraisal.

Person Specification

English

Essential

• Teaching/Research Experience Experience of supervising Foundation Trainees, Ability to teach clinical skills

Desirable

• Publications in peer reviewed journal

English

Essential

• Education/ Qualifications and training; Registration with GMC Basic Medical Degree

Desirable

• Higher degree eg MRCP/MD

English

Essential

• Clinical Experience: At least 4 years full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part time of flexible basis) Completion of core medical training, or demonstration of achieving equivalent competencies.

Desirable

• Further specialty specific experience, which may include relevant fellowships, research, or experience within the speciality at ST3+ level. Experience as middle grade doctor.

English

Essential

• Management and administrative experience; Ability to run an efficient and effective inpatient medical service Ability to organise and manage care of patients within both Acute unit and outpatient areas Experience of audit

Desirable

• Demonstrate drive, achievement and innovation to establish and develop new and innovative service Experience of working with Allied Health Professionals such as Physicians Associates

English

Essential

• Other attributes: Ability to work in a multi-professional team Good interpersonal skills Caring attitude to patients Ability to communicate effectively - with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and others Commitment to Continuing Medical Education

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

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

Address

Royal Glamorgan Hospital

Ynysmaerdy

Llantrisant

CF72 8XR

Employer's website

https://joinctm.wales/ (Opens in a new tab)