Employer Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type NHS
Site Royal Liverpool / Broadgreen Hospitals
Town Liverpool
Salary £105,504 - £139,882 per annum + On-Call at 3%
Salary period Yearly
Closing 19/02/2025 23:59
Consultant Geriatrician - Specialist Interest in Re-ablement Medicine
Job overview
The Department of Medicine for Older People wishes to appoint a Consultant Geriatrician with Specialist Interest in Re-ablement Medicine.
The Department of Medicine for Older People and Stroke (DMOPS) is a well-established department with a dynamic group of Geriatricians who deliver specialised services for older people and continually develop newer evidence based models of care delivery.
There are multiple Geriatric Medicine wards at all 3 of our sites, delivering specialist care for older people, with the Broadgreen site being ideal to focus on complex patients who require longer periods of re-ablement, optimisation of medical complexity and supporting advanced discharge planning needs.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will have sessional work on the general geriatric wards and re-ablement wards where they will work alongside the Geriatrics consultants to deliver comprehensive geriatric assessment to patients requiring in-patient care. These sessions will involve responsibility for leading MDT based CGA care on this ward.
The inpatient wards comprise 23 beds with on average 2-4 new admissions each day.
The post will be supported by trainees/junior doctors and Advanced Nurse Practitioners at the Broadgreen and Royal sites predominately. There will also be STR support on a sessional basis.
The post will provide medical support to two 23 bedded reablement wards with support from specialist MDT with ACP support. This will be in partnership with a well established Specialty grade Doctor with years of reablement support. This area has been developed with the support of ECIST and has been recognised as a national example of good practice. This operates a proactive pull with therapy and nursing providing the primary care and consultant support.
Working for our organisation
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Sample Timetable*
*the elements will remain but the specific days may vary depending on needs.
Monday
Tuesday
Thursday
Friday
AM
9-1pm
Ward MDT and Ward round Geriatric Ward
DCC: 0.75PA
Associated Admin
DCC: 0.25PA
Core SPA
Clinical Lecture/ Teaching Activity
1PA
Ward MDT and Ward round Geriatric Ward
DCC: 0.75PA
Associated Admin
DCC: 0.25PA
Re-ablement MDT support
DCC 1
Ward MDT and Ward round Geriatric Ward
DCC: 0.75PA
Associated Admin
DCC: 0.25PA
PM
1pm-5pm
Re-ablement Session
DCC 0.75
Associated Admin
DCC 0.25
DCC: 0.75PA
Associated Admin
DCC: 0.25PA
Core SPA
1PA
Admin associated with Re-ablement work
DCC: 0.5
Education/ Supervisor work
SPA: 0.5
Core SPA
PA 1
DCC
6.5
SPA (core)
3.0
0.5
On Call
0.667
Full Job description and person specification attached
Person specification
Qualifications
* MB ChB or equivalent
* MRCP (or equivalent)
* Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians
* Higher degree such as MD or PhD
Registration
* Full registration with the GMC and licence to practice
* On GMC specialist register for Geriatric and General Medicine or eligible for specialist register
Clinical Experience
* CCT in Geriatric and General Medicine (or equivalent training) or 6 months of attaining CCT at time of interview
* Evidence of continuing medical education
* Geriatric and General Medicine experience across the specialties and for the duration required for CCT
* Evidence of training and education (PGCE)
* Proven track record in significant audit
* Publication of audit results
* Involvement in research
* Publication of research
Teaching & training Experience
* Evidence of training & education (PGCE)
* Evidence of delivery of education, both undergraduate and postgraduate
Knowledge
* To have a good understanding of ‘Good Medical Practice’ from the GMC
Audit Experience
* Proven track record in significant audit
* Publication of audit results
Research Experience
* Involvement in research
* Publication of research
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Posts advertised to ‘internal staff’ are open to employees of hospitals within University Hospitals of Liverpool Group and you should confirm your employment within your application form.
Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.
The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.
The Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £23 (standard disclosure) or £43 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment.
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Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.
As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.
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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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