Consultant in Older Peoples Medicine and Acute Frailty

Job overview

The Trust is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Consultant in Older Peoples Medicine to join our expanding Frailty team. The appointee will form part of our Acute Frailty team providing rapid Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment to frail patients in the Emergency Department, as well as contributing to the care of frail inpatients on our Older Peoples Medicine Unit, and outpatient Frailty Assessment Clinics.

Main duties of the job

Contribute to development of the OPM Service and the Acute Frailty Service

Provide with the other Consultants a system of mutual out-of-hours cover for GIM (as indicated in the sample job plan) and cover for annual, study and professional leave.

Provide a consultation and advisory service to medical colleagues in other specialities in the Trust.

Liaise with medical staff in other specialities and participate in the regular clinical meetings and other post-graduate activities of the hospital.

Take part in the continuing medical education programme. The Trust will provide study leave expenses in line with national terms and conditions of service.

Play a full part in the teaching, audit and other governance activities of the department.

Act as educational supervisor and engage in regular appraisal and assessment of all doctors in training or in equivalent posts for whom the post-holder has educational or organisational responsibility.

Share work load with consultant physician colleagues in the OPM and Acute Frailty teams

Comply with the outline Consultant work programme (under provisions of Circular HC90/16) and the weekly timetable of fixed commitments (i.e.: regular scheduled NHS activities in accordance with paragraph 30B of the TCS).

Deploy unallocated, flexible professional time on liaison, emergency work, travel, continuing clinical responsibility, teaching, research, medical audit, inter-disciplinary meetings and continuing professional development.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description for more details and sample job plan.

Older Peoples Medicine

• Regular ward rounds on the Older Peoples Medicine unit
• Weekly rapid access Frailty Assessment Clinic
• Delivering weekend ward rounds and frailty assessment on the Acute Medical Unit and Same Day Emergency Care unit on a 1 in 6 basis
• Participation in the General Internal Medicine out of hours rota (weekdays only), currently 1 in 16

Acute Frailty

• Consultant-led frailty reviews in the Emergency Department and Same Day Emergency Care on one day per week, working alongside the Early Intervention Team physiotherapists and occupational therapists.
• Support development of expanding frailty pathways, frailty assessment units, and urgent frailty clinics.

Education & Governance

• Teaching junior doctors, medical students, and allied professionals.
• Acting as an Educational Supervisor with involvement in appraisals and clinical governance.
• Participate in CPD, service development, audit and departmental meetings.

“Prospective candidates should be within 6 months of obtaining a CCT in geriatrics (with an interest in stroke) or be listed on or eligible for the UK Specialist Register at the date of interview.”

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.