Main area: Elderly Care
Grade: NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 10 sessions per week (Plus 1 additional PA subject to negotiation)
Job ref: 407-MLTC-6618380
Employer: Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
Town: Walsall
Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 18/12/2024 23:59
Elderly Care Consultant - Medicine
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust provides integrated acute and community healthcare in the West Midlands serving a population of 260,000 residents. We are committed to investing in our workforce and provide high quality, friendly and effective community health services from multiple sites covering Walsall.
We are seeking to appoint an Elderly Care Consultant in Geriatric Medicine to support the acute elderly services. The postholder will work for 10 Programmed Activities (PA) per week with an additional PA available (subject to negotiation). The postholder will join a team of Elderly Care consultants to provide high quality patient care.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of the role will include the following:
* Provide high-quality clinical care to patients in Elderly Care and General Internal Medicine services.
* Provide advice to colleagues in other specialties on elderly patients with problems.
* Support teaching and training of nurses, junior medical staff, and medical students.
* Undertake educational/clinical supervisor duties for junior doctors.
* Support and encourage audit and research.
* Participate in CPD and personal development plans.
* Lead on the POP service.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Basic Medical Degree
* Full MRCP or equivalent
* Entry on the GMC Specialist Register for Geriatric and General Internal Medicine.
Experience
* Evidence of Higher Specialist Training in Elderly Care Medicine.
* Wide experience in Elderly Care Medicine equivalent to that required for a UK CCT.
* Ability to offer expert clinical advice on a range of problems.
* Ability to take full and independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients.
Management and Administrative Experience
* Good organisational and management skills.
* Ability to manage and lead within the Elderly Care Team.
* Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively.
Clinical Effectiveness
* Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems.
* Evidence of research experience and published work.
Professional and Multi-disciplinary Team Working
* Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues.
* Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, and other agencies.
Other Requirements
* An understanding of the current NHS environment.
Personal Circumstances
* Appropriate Immigration Status.
* Residence within 30 minutes of Manor Hospital.
* Full GMC Registration and Licensable.
Please note your application will be transferred from the NHS Jobs system to internal Walsall Healthcare Trac System. All correspondence will be sent via Trac.
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