Job requirements
Essential
14 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills and evidence of the ability to communicate with patients, colleagues and staff at all levels.
- Skills
Ability to motivate and develop junior Medical Staff and other MDT members
- Skills
An understanding of the political and financial framework within which the Services operate
- Skills
Flexible to cross cover other sites
- Skills
Arrange transport to cover countywide
- Knowledge
MRCP or equivalent
- Knowledge
Full GMC Registration with CCT in GIM, geriatrics or palliative medicine or be within 6 months of award of CCT by date of interview or on specialist register via CESR
- Knowledge
Experience in community geriatrics and general palliative care.
- Behaviours and Values
In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
- Behaviours and Values
Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement
- Behaviours and Values
Ability to work independently as well as part of an MDT
- Behaviours and Values
Able to form a good working relationship with the peer group
- Behaviours and Values
Willingness to participate in in-house training
- Behaviours and Values
Post holder will need to take initiative and work in a self-directed manner.
Desirable
4 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills
Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
- Skills
Able to plan and deliver undergraduate teaching and training relevant to this post
- Skills
Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation
- Knowledge
Additional Postgraduate Qualifications, eg. Diploma or MSc in Palliative Medicine or Medical Education, MD, PhD, Management/leadership qualifications
Job overview
The post holder, 0.8 WTE for Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust with duties at Danetre community hospital and Turn Furlong with reciprocal cover for all the other sites as and when required.
The post holder will actively participate in formal job planning process in accordance with Trust Policy. This will be undertaken on appointment and reviewed on an annual basis, unless there are changes during the year. All changes made will be through bilateral consultation and negotiation between the appointee and the Clinical Director. The process will discuss and agree all aspects of appointee’s professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research and education. It will provide a clear schedule of commitments, both internal and external.
The Consultant will play a pivotal role in ensuring proactive, recovery-focused, individual treatment plans are in place and being followed for each patient. The post holder for Northamptonshire Health foundation Trust will primarily have duties at Danetre and Turn Furlong with reciprocal cover for other sites. The role primarily involves looking after elderly patients in two community hospital sites admitted for rehabilitation purpose. This involves managing acute and chronic conditions in the context of multi-morbidity, frailty and polypharmacy working along with Multi-Disciplinary teams.
Main duties of the job
- Full Range of Medical Duties at Danetre and Turn Furlong and reciprocal cover for other sites.
- Provide clinical leadership to the team and take clinical responsibility for the assessment and treatment of patients as part of a multidisciplinary clinical team.
- Undertake clinical sessions on the ward and attend to all relevant matters there as a senior clinician and leader within that service.
- Ward rounds
- Supervision of Resident Doctors
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post is 0.8 WTE. The post holder will be accountable to the clinical Director Adult Services. Please review attached JD and PS for further details of the role
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.
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This advert is for Consultant Physician with interest in Geriatrics/Palliative Medicine with Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in Daventry, England. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Geriatric Medicine role. The advertised salary is £113,565 - £150,569 pa. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 01 Oct 2026.
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