Description
Whipps Cross University Hospital, part of the Barts Health NHS Trust Group, is seeking a full-time Locum Consultant Geriatrician to join the Older People's Services (OPS) team based at Whipps Cross Hospital site.
The post offers an exciting opportunity to join a growing team and develop new models of working and services that support all older people attending the hospital and within the local community. Whipps Cross Hospital serves a local population with a high degree of frailty and within the Barts Health Group is being developed to be a centre for Geriatric Medicine.
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to participate in reshaping local acute frailty services delivery and contribute to the departmental 5-year strategy plan. The Whipps Cross Acute Frailty Service is well-established and considered an example of outstanding practice by the CQC in their last inspection in 2019. Healthwatch Waltham Forest rated the inpatient Acute Frailty Unit as 'Outstanding' on their last visit in 2020.
The post-holder will work with a motivated multidisciplinary team to deliver outstanding care and meet the dynamic needs of an expanding older population in the borough. This post also forms part of the redevelopment of Geriatric Medicine at Whipps Cross University Hospital and gives the post-holder a unique opportunity to collaborate in the redevelopment of the hospital itself.
Job Responsibilities:
- Participate in reshaping local acute frailty services delivery
- Contribute to the departmental 5-year strategy plan
- Work with a motivated multidisciplinary team to deliver outstanding care
- Meet the dynamic needs of an expanding older population in the borough
- Collaborate in the redevelopment of the hospital itself
Person Specification:
- Qualifications: MRCP or Equivalent, Specialist qualification, Full GMC Registration with license to practice
- Experience: Higher specialist training in Geriatrics and or G(I)Medicine, Broad experience in Geriatrics and G(I)M, Experience in Acute Frailty Services
- Knowledge: Detailed knowledge of Geriatrics and G(I)M, Knowledge of multidisciplinary clinical audit and demonstrable commitment to improving quality of care to patients
- Skills: Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team, Experience of supervising medical staff, Ability to teach medical students and junior medical and nursing staff
Benefits:
- Competitive salary: £113,565 to £150,569 a year
- Fixed-term contract for 6 months
- Full-time position
Additional Requirements:
- Disclosure and Barring Service Check
- Certificate of Sponsorship (if applicable)
- Current UK professional registration