Consultant Geriatrician
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Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Ageing Complex Medicine Team in a permanent Consultant Geriatrician post at Salford Royal Hospital of the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA). We are looking for a doctor who can provide expert geriatric care for older people in general and specialist medicine. We would particularly welcome applications from candidates who are interested in working within the Orthogeriatric service.
This is an exciting time to join the Division as you will be part of a hospital and medical department currently undergoing a period of innovation and development. The successful candidate will be joining our innovative team of 16 Consultant Geriatricians as part of the Ageing and Complex Medicine department.
The post is a substantive post and therefore essential criteria include Full GMC Registration with a CCT (or proposed date for CCT within 6 months of appointment) in Geriatric Medicine or GIM. We welcome less than full time applications and are willing to discuss flexible working arrangements. Candidates must be able to demonstrate a commitment to Geriatric Medicine.
Candidates with experience in Orthogeriatrics would be particularly welcome to apply as we wish to develop this service.
If you would like to work in a dynamic, caring, inclusive and forward-thinking environment where innovation is welcomed, then we would welcome your application.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidates will be joining our innovative team of 16 Consultant Geriatricians as part of the Ageing and Complex Medicine department at Northern Care Alliance. The post is substantive and therefore essential criteria include Full GMC.
We are a flexible and innovative department and wish to support candidates to include their chosen subspecialist interest into their job plans. Recent appointments have been able include research interests or other CCT specialities (i.e. stroke) into their job plans.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/