Specialist Grade Doctor in Frailty and Ageing Medicine
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
This is a full-time substantive post within the Department of Frailty and Ageing Medicine. This post is to support the Silver Trauma service that works alongside the Major Trauma teams assessing patients who are TARN eligible with a view to improving standards and outcomes for older (>65 year olds) with trauma.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will help support and develop the Silver Trauma service alongside the Major Trauma team. The successful applicant will support the Major Trauma ward with older patients with major trauma but also contribute towards a liaison service within the Medical bed base when patients are identified. The aim is to provide Comprehensive Geriatric assessment to these patients complying with the Best Practice Tariff with the aim of supporting systems and pathways to improve outcomes for this patient cohort.
Job responsibilities
For more information on the advertised post please see the attached Job Description and Personal Specification.
Person Specification
Professional Registration
* Full Registration with the GMC
Qualifications and Training
* Valid ALS certificate
* Postgraduate qualification in Education or significant experience in postgraduate training
* MRCP or equivalent
Clinical Experience
* Ability to offer sound clinical opinion on a range of acute medical conditions
* Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
* Minimum of 12 years full-time postgraduate training (or equivalent gained part-time).
* At least 6 years' experience in a relevant specialty
Management and Administration Experience
* Ability to manage and lead medical/surgical teams
* Ability to lead on the smooth and efficient running of the unit
* Ability to organise, prioritise and manage high intensity workload
* Ability to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/delivery
Teaching, Audit and Research
* Experience of supervising junior medical staff
* Commitment to formal and informal teaching of medical staff, AHPs and medical students
* Evidence of participation in audit
* Ability to extrapolate clinical research evidence to care for individual patients
* Evidence of having conducted a practice-changing audit
* Experience of teaching/training in clinical courses e.g. IMPACT Course, Faculty, ALS Instructor, ALERT Instructor
* Original peer-reviewed research publications
Personal Attributes
* Ability to work flexibly in a changing health service
* Excellent manner with patients, being sensitive to their needs and fears
* Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, Nurses and other health professionals and flex style as appropriate
* Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels
* Ability to communicate effectively with external agencies and other disciplines
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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