- Full GMC Registration
- 4 years full-time postgraduate training (or part-time equivalent)
- Willingness to work towards CESR to achieve Specialist Registration
- MMBS or recognised equivalent
- Further relevant degree / diploma / teaching qualification
- Evidence of working effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Up to date with current practices
- Evidence of participation in, progressing and completing audit
- Previous experience of working in the NHS / experience of NHS working practices and systems
- Understanding of clinical risk management and clinical governance
- Ability to take independent clinical decisions when necessary and to seek advice from senior doctors as appropriate
- Ability to manage own time and workload
- Experience of the assessment of emergencies
- Able to work as a member of a team or on own
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills - ability to communicate sensitively with patients, relatives and staff
- Understanding of information systems and technology
- Clinical Skills - ability to perform unsupervised common practical procedures
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Specialty Doctor Geriatric Medicine - Blackpool, United Kingdom - Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Description
Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our friendly and dynamic Care of Older Person team at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to develop and embed high quality care for the frail and older patients.
We are looking to recruit a specialty doctor with passion for excellent care to join our diverse and supportive team which also includes advanced clinical practitioners, non-medical consultants and pharmacists.
We are particularly keen to improve several of our services particularly our Frailty pathway, our Orthogeriatric service and Parkinson's Disease service. Our inpatient provision has recently been reconfigured with the development of an Acute Frailty Unit. The post holder will be employed by Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and is covered by NHS Terms and Conditions of Service. The post will also support those applicants who wish to progress CESR application.
The successful candidate will provide day to day geriatric medicine support to the care of inpatients in our wards, attend outpatient clinics where required and support requests for specialist review from other subspecialities.
Main duties of the job
The job will be contracted for 10 sessions and the final job plan subject to discussion with the Head of Department. General medical on call opportunities can be explored. There will be opportunities for successful candidates to be involved in outpatient clinics. There will be protected teaching time.
Your main duties will include providing a clinical service in conjunction with your colleagues and under the director of your Lead Consultant on the Ward. Duties will include the responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness.
You will be expected to deputise for absent colleagues and in exceptional unforeseen circumstances may have to perform additional duties to ensure the safe running of the department and hospital. Where such duties arise outside of your normal contracted duties, you will receive with an equivalent off duty period or will be remunerated appropriately.
You will provide advice to clinicians in hospital and primary care, originating either from telephone calls or ward referrals.
See JD/PS attached for more information on duties.
About us
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a resident population of approximately 330,000 and the 12 million holidaymakers who visit the area every year. The Trust comprises Blackpool Victoria Hospital which is a large busy acute hospital, a smaller community/ rehabilitation hospital - Clifton Hospital. Outpatient services are also provided in Blackpool, Fleetwood and Lytham Hospital. The Trust is also responsible for the provision of a wide range of community healthcare services, including District Nursing, Community Matrons and therapy services.
We employ approximately 7,500 staff and our budget is in excess of £200m per year. We have around 830 beds across all sites and see more than 56,000 day-case and inpatients, 250,000 outpatients and over 91,000 A & E patients every year.
The hospital has a consultant staff numbering over one hundred and ten encompassing all major medical and surgical specialties. In addition there are visiting consultants in the specialties of nephrology, neurology, neurosurgery, plastic surgery, and radiotherapy. The hospital provides some regional services in haematology.
Job descriptionJob responsibilities
Please ensure you have read the attached Job Description and Person Specification before applying for the role.
Person SpecificationEducation and Qualification
Essential
Desirable
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
Desirable
Skills and Ability
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