Specialist Geriatrician with an interest in Frailty
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialist Grade
*The pay scales advertised have been confirmed by NHS England, we are awaiting confirmation of when these will be reflected. The new scales can be found here: Pay scales for 2024/25 | NHS Employers
Kingston Hospital - First Acute Trust in London to be rated Outstanding by CQC for Overall Quality and Leadership
Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a district general hospital situated in a beautiful and remarkable part of the country – close to London yet surrounded by royal parks, historic buildings and the River Thames. We are located on a single site in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey and run several outpatient clinics in neighbouring areas including Raynes Park Health Centre and Teddington Memorial Hospital.
We employ just under 5000 staff who proudly and efficiently support over 350,000 people locally through a full range of diagnostic and treatment services and we have a national reputation for innovative developments in healthcare, particularly in 'patient-focused' care, day surgery and maternity services.
The South West London Collaborative Bank
Kingston Hospital is a part of the local South West London Collaborative and offer competitive bank rates to work across the three NHS trusts: St Georges, Kingston Hospital and Epsom & St Helier. Our Smart App booking system makes life easier for flexible working!
Health and Wellbeing & Staff Benefits
The Trust understands that benefits go beyond just financial rewards and invests heavily in the wellbeing of its staff. Alongside opportunities for career development, there is a dedicated team of Staff Pastoral Wellbeing Practitioners who work with the Clinical and Corporate divisions, to provide pastoral support to all staff. These Practitioners are part of the wider Health & Wellbeing provision which includes a specialist Staff Physiotherapist, Occupational Health and access to counselling and an Employee Assistance Programme. The team works together to enhance staff wellbeing and to promote a healthy work-life balance.
Job overview
This is an amazing opportunity to join our department. The successful candidate will be supporting inpatient services and our frailty service; but, as we undergo an exciting period of service development, we will be encouraging and willing to support within job planning any sub-specialist interests that the successful candidate may have, and we are happy to explore any innovative ways of working that might have a positive impact on our staff well-being and satisfaction.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an Elderly Care Specialist to join our team. We welcome dynamic, enthusiastic candidates who are passionate about providing great medical care to our elderly population and are keen to be involved in innovative service development and quality improvement within an outstanding organisation. We welcome applications from candidates who seek flexible, part-time and full-time posts, as well as candidates who are looking for fixed-term or substantive positions.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Full GMC registration with licence to practice
* Full MRCP or equivalent
* Meets the criteria set out in the generic capabilities framework for specialist grade.
* Appropriate higher degree (eg MD, PhD, or equivalent)
Clinical Experience
* At least 12 years practice (either continuous or in aggregate) as a doctor postgraduate and a minimum of 6 years in the relevant specialty in Specialty Doctor and/or closed SAS grades
* General training in Geriatric medicine to specialist level or equivalent
* Ability to offer and be accountable for full and independent expert diagnostic opinion
* Can evaluate and manage a patient, formulating a differential diagnosis and initiating an appropriate management plan.
Experience in training, audit, research
* Demonstrable commitment and ability to teach and train undergraduates and junior doctors.
* Experience of clinical audit.
* Completed ‘Train the Trainers’ course.
* Relevant research articles in peer reviewed journals.
* Able to communicate at a strategic and operational level
* Attended management training course.
* Knowledge of budget and finance
Personal Qualities
* Demonstrate leadership skills within a multidisciplinary team
* Ability to motivate staff, to facilitate appropriate changes in clinical practice and to work as part of a team.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills, enthusiasm, and approachability.
* Commitment to continuing professional development, revalidation, and clinical governance
Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
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