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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-7030996
Site: Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
Town: Walsall
Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 07/05/2025 23:59
Interview date: 06/06/2025
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust provides integrated acute and community healthcare in the West Midlands serving a population of 260,000 residents. Walsall Manor Hospital houses the full range of district general hospital services. The £170 million development was completed in 2010 and we are continually upgrading. Construction of the new integrated critical care unit was completed in 2018, extension of a Neonatal Unit and an approved plan to build a brand new, state of the art Emergency Department which commenced in 2021.
We provide high quality, friendly and effective community health services from multiple sites covering Walsall. Our multidisciplinary services include rapid response and home-based care, so that those with long term conditions and the frail elderly can remain in their own homes.
We are recommended by colleagues as a place to work which is supported by the trust's values to work as part of a team, being respectful, compassionate and professional. We are committed to investing in our workforce.
Following our recent CQC visit, the Trust was rated as outstanding for care and this has been recognised by NHS Improvement.
The work we do is highly rewarding, and in addition to an attractive salary, we offer a valuable range of benefits, including: salary sacrifice scheme; car leasing scheme; on-site staff accommodation (subject to availability); the ability to retain your NHS pension (where applicable) or the opportunity to join an alternative scheme; and the opportunity to develop and implement your expertise in an encouraging yet challenging environment.
We would particularly welcome applications from people from a Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic background and from people with a disability; these groups are currently under-represented at senior level. We value diversity within our Trust and are working to achieve equality in our recruitment.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this time, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.
Job overview
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust are seeking to appoint an Elderly Care Consultant in Geriatric Medicine to support the acute elderly services. The posts will be working for 10 Programmed Activities (PA) per week with an additional PA available (subject to negotiation).
The post holder will join a team of Elderly Care consultants to provide high quality patient care and support surgical patients who are undergoing emergency laparotomy. They will have the opportunity to lead the development of POP services and improve the quality of care for patients presenting with emergency laparotomy surgery.
The post holder will participate in a 1 in 18 on-call consultant rota for General Medicine during weekdays and weekends (1 PA per week will be remunerated). The weekend commitment includes morning and evening ward rounds in conjunction with an AMU Consultant covering all patients admitted to the Acute Medical Unit (AMU). There will be a requirement for 1 in 4 Saturday ward cover from 09:00 – 13:00. There is a requirement to review surgical patients on demand (0.75 PA) for this 1 in 4 Saturdays. In addition, there is a negotiable option of 1 in 6 weekend ward cover on Ward 29 09:00 – 15:00 (short stay ward) to cover ward rounds on Saturday and Sunday.
Interviews will take place on Friday 6th June 2025.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of the role will include the following:
* To have a responsibility to provide high-quality clinical care to patients in Elderly Care and General Internal Medicine services and to continuously update practice based on evidence-based medicine and audit.
* To provide advice to colleagues in other specialties on elderly patients with problems (surgery).
* To support teaching and training of nurses, junior medical staff, medical students and to contribute to postgraduate medical education in general.
* To undertake educational/clinical supervisor duties for junior doctors.
* To support and encourage audit and research.
* To actively participate in CPD and personal development plans.
* To lead on the POP service.
The post holder will be supported by an appropriately skilled medical secretariat.
Working for our organisation
There are 271 beds in Integrated Medicine provided at Walsall Manor Hospital including a 5 bedded Coronary Care Unit, a 46 bedded Acute Medical Unit for all emergency medical admissions and 13 critical care beds. There are purpose-built Endoscopy and coronary angiography units providing inpatient and outpatient diagnostic and therapeutic services. Outpatient Service facilities are available within the Department of Acute Medicine and are provided from both the main Outpatients Department together with specialist services within Clinical Measurement and Day Hospital, provided from a newly built Diagnostic Treatment Centre.
Walsall Healthcare is an integrated organisation aiming to meet patient needs by delivering services at the place of the patient’s choice and with the provision of acute admission facilities. One aspect of this post will be to lead the Frailty and FES service both in hospital and the community. Patients will currently be based on AMU/UECC moving to the Frailty Unit once it is fully established. This new post has been established to support A&E/Medical Admissions and the Frail Elderly Pathway to assess the frail elderly patient presenting to the Manor Hospital. The Elderly Care department have a robust programme for mentoring new consultant appointments and support study leave for CPD requirements.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
A job plan and work schedule will set out agreed arrangements for how work is organised, where it is located, what in general terms the work comprises and when it is to be performed. The job plans are the same when undertaking duties, however the job plan may vary dependent on service needs. Job Plans will be discussed with the Clinical Director on appointment.
“Direct clinical care” (DCC) (work relating directly to assessment, prevention, diagnosis or treatment of illness) Includes outpatient and inpatient activities, multi-disciplinary meetings about and administration directly related to the above. “Supporting professional activities” (SPA) (that underpin direct clinical care) include participation in training, medical education, continuous professional development, formal teaching, audit, MDT clinical management and local clinical governance activities.
The working week for a full-time Elderly Care consultant is comprised of 10 PAs, each of which has a nominal timetable value of 4 hours. A consultant will spend 7.5 PAs on Direct Clinical Care with 2.5 PAs on supporting Professional Activities and clinical and educational roles for juniors.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Basic Medical Degree
* Full MRCP or equivalent
* Entry on the GMC Specialist Register for Geriatric and General Internal Medicine via: • CCT (Proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview) • European Community Rights or • CESR
Experience
* Evidence of Higher Specialist Training in Elderly Care Medicine (or be within 6 months of confirmed entry from date of interview)
* 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
* Ability to plan strategically and to exercise sound judgements when faced with conflicting pressures
* Experience of supervising junior medical staff including SpR/StR level
* Ability to teach clinical and operative skills
* Evidence of management and administration experience
* Demonstration of leadership skills
Clinical Effectiveness
* Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
* Ability to use the evidence base and clinical audit to support decision-making
* Evidence of research experience and published work
Professional and Multi-disciplinary Team Working
* Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues and within a multi-disciplinary team
* Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies
Other Requirements
* An understanding of the current NHS environment, particularly in relation to reforms, initiatives and issues
Personal Circumstances
* Appropriate Immigration Status
* Residence within 30 minutes of Manor Hospital
* Full GMC Registration and Licensable
* Good leadership and interpersonal skills
* Enthusiasm and ability to work under pressure
* Caring attitude to patients
* Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national level
Please note your application will be transferred from the NHS Jobs system to the internal Walsall Healthcare Trac System. All correspondence will be sent via Trac.
Following our recent CQC visit, the Trust was rated as outstanding for care and this has been recognised by NHS Improvement.
** Please Note that this post may be identified as suitable and a preference given for Internal at Risk Employees**
IMPORTANT NOTE ON COMPLETION OF REFERENCE SECTION OF APPLICATION FORM
References from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. When completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover this period. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.
Please review the attached Job description and person specification carefully before applying to ensure that you meet the essential job requirements.
Candidates should be aware that, regardless of country of origin, their ability to communicate in written and spoken English to the standard required to carry out the post, will be assessed during the selection process.
Referee email addresses should be provided on your application form.
Following the closing date, if you have not heard from us within 6 weeks you may assume your application has been unsuccessful.
We reserve the right to close this job early. Interested applicants are therefore advised to apply as early as possible.
If a large number of applicants meet the essential criteria then random selection will be applied.
We are committed to operating flexible working practices wherever possible and committed to equal opportunities.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Application numbers
Please note this vacancy may close early if high numbers of applications received.
Name: Dr Abras
Job title: Consultant/ Clinical Director
Email address: a.abras@nhs.net
Telephone number: 01922721172
For further details please contact Hannah Beattie on hannah.beattie3@nhs.net or extension number 7599.
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