Consultant Geriatrician - Plymouth, United Kingdom - NHS Professionals

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Plymouth, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Consultant Geriatrician to work with us in East Kent Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as part of their frailty team.

We are looking for a doctor dedicated to, and passionate about, improving health and wellbeing within the East Kent community.

This Role is a long term locum placement opportunity within the frailty team. You will be responsible for bringing fresh ideas and passion to deliver on projects to improve patient care. This role would be based within East Kent, with the opportunity to work across the Trusts' sites and any of our partner Trusts._

Requirements:

Your key responsibilities will be to:

Work collaboratively with our multidisciplinary team to provide exceptional care across both the acute inpatient and frailty service. If you're dedicated to keeping older people at home for longer and out of hospital you could be exactly who we are looking for.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

Providing exceptional, patient centric care.
Involvement in strategic planning in addition to day to day management of the service.
Working within the multidisciplinary team to provide training, active involvement in meetings and teaching, in addition to clinical governance responsibility.
Participation in relevant CPD
Provide exemplary complex care and discharge planning, which highlights your knowledge and competency managing varied and complex cases.

Details about the roles:

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Speciality: Geriatrics

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Location: East Kent

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Shift patterns: 9am-5pm

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Hours per week: Full or part time role available

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Start date: ASAP

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Rates: £100-£125 per h/r depending on experience
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Payment method: PAYE we do NOT facilitate payment through LTD/umbrella companies

Valid GMC
Right to work in the UK
Clinical attachment complete and minimum of 3 months paid experience in the NHS/UK

About the Trust

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust operates in five hospitals and several community clinics across Ashford, Canterbury, Folkstone and the surrounding areas.

The Trust's specialist urology, kidney disease and vascular services are also open to the wider community.

This role would be predominantly based in East Kent with the opportunity to work extra shifts across the Trusts' sites and any of our partner Trusts.

With a local population of 700,000 people to support, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest Trusts in the country.

The Trust strives to be an example of clinical excellence across education, research and innovation.

Its commitment can be seen through exceptionally low infection rates, consistently high numbers of patients on research trials, and pioneering technology such as its robotic surgery or hi-tech patient monitoring system.

Why Choose Doctors Direct?

Doctors Direct are part of NHS Professionals and owned by the Department of Health and Social Care, which means that we are part of the NHS family and sets us apart from locum agencies.

Saving money and providing only the highest quality locum cover to our partner Trusts is at the very heart of what we do.

Doctors Direct are part of the NHS and do not charge our partner Trusts the expensive fees associated with private locum agencies.

That means every shift worked by one of our members helps save money for the Trust and the wider NHS.

These vital saving can then be reinvested into what matters most, patient care and safety.

As an equal opportunities organisation, NHSP is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective bank members and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender reassignment, or marriage and civil partnership. We believe there is a strong case for the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion agenda and we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a range of backgrounds to apply._

Job Types:
Full-time, Part-time, Fixed term contract

Salary:
£100.00-£125.00 per hour

Expected hours:
per week

Benefits: