Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHSFT
As a member of the Department of Medicine for Older People consultant team, you will work as part of a multi-disciplinary ward-based team overseeing the care of your patients.
Depending on your sub-specialty interests, clinical and non-clinical sessions can be built into your job plan, including but not limited to Orthogeriatrics, Perioperative medicine for older people undergoing surgery (POPS), Movement Disorder, Dementia, or acute medicine sessions. The CBU is focused on developing the service in new and innovative ways and would support sessions to develop new services.
Admin and SPA time is allocated accordingly, and you would also be part of the GIM on-call rota.
Main duties of the job
The job plan to commence will be approximately 10 programmed activities (PAs) set out as above with additional PAs for on-call.
New consultants also attract an additional 0.5 PA SPA for their first 6 months in post.
All consultants are expected to complete a minimum of 42 of their 52 fixed sessions within a full year. Leave requests should be given with 6 weeks' notice (on a pro-rata basis).
About us
Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience for our staff. We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, communities, and staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work, and learn.
Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton, we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.
Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care, and maternity services, while Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.
A CQC-rated 'good' organisation with 'outstanding' features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.
Our workforce of nearly 5,000 across both sites comprises more than 50 nationalities. We strive to be an equal, diverse, and inclusive employer, which is recognised as a pioneer in its equality, diversity, and inclusion work. The Trust is proud to have achieved numerous external accreditations and is working towards achieving the Anti-Racist Organisation Framework, recognising the importance of anti-racism in all that we do.
Job responsibilities
The full details of this role are available within the Job Description and the Person Specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* MRCP or equivalent
* CCT/CCST in Geriatric Medicine
* PhD or MD
Experience
* Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients.
* Experience of working within an MDT.
* Expertise in a specialty field within Elderly Care (e.g., Falls, Dementia, Frailty).
* Full GMC Registration.
* Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively.
* Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GPs, nurses, other staff, and agencies.
* Formal training in teaching.
* Knowledge and experience of the application of information technology to Medicine.
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.
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