Consultant Medicine for Older People - Welcome Payment Included
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Job Summary
We are delighted to seek applications for Consultant Geriatricians to work within our Medicine for Older People Team. There is a generous financial Welcome Payment (£22,000) available in addition to relocation expenses.
These posts help deliver an integrated approach to managing the increasingly frail and complex patients within Salisbury and the surrounding rural area, based out of Salisbury Foundation Trust (SFT). Our Medicine for Older People team is currently modernising its care for frail elderly patients, with a new Acute Frailty Unit now established alongside dedicated Elderly Care wards. There is ongoing development of frailty SDEC services and integration of a Hospital@Home service. Successful candidates will be involved with working within and leading these services, whilst also developing the services offered.
Main duties of the job
We are keen to support applicants in developing their specialty interests with a view to providing and enhancing our current service provision. Post holders will have opportunities to work and develop across these areas, whilst an ethos of improving the service we can provide to Elderly frail patients is well established.
About Us
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services.
We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme.
Job Description
The successful candidate will be expected to take part in the acute medical on call rota at SFT on a 1:16 basis, as well as other clinical commitments such as acute care ward rounds, frailty same day emergency care, rapid access clinics, Specialist clinics (including Parkinson's disease and falls), and MDT meetings. The post is advertised as full time (10 PAs), but less than full time or flexible working would also be welcomed.
Person Specification
Essential
* GMC registration
* Possession, or within 6 months of possession, of a CCT
* Evidence of wide experience and a high level of competence in General Adult Medicine, Geriatric Medicine and Stroke Medicine, as well as some leadership skills and evidence of team working.
* Demonstrates clarity in written and spoken communication.
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.
Employer Details
Employer name: Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Salisbury District Hospital, Odstock Road, Salisbury, SP2 8BJ
Employer's website: salisbury.nhs.uk
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