Specialty Doctor Elderly Care and Rehab at Wokingham Comm Hospital

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Wokingham Community Hospital provides healthcare services to over 100,000 people in Wokingham and surrounding areas. The hospital provides 46 beds over two wards - Ascot (male, 18 beds) and Windsor (female, 28 beds). The post holder will be expected to provide care across both inpatient wards alongside another specialty doctor and three advanced nurse practitioners.

Other services offered at Wokingham Community Hospital include: Physiotherapy, Occupational therapy, Memory Clinic, Podiatry, Community maternity services, Berkshire Diabetic Eye screening service, Health visiting and School nursing, Continence services,Outpatient transfusion service

Main duties of the job

This post is a 10PA full time substantive post for a Specialty Doctor in Elderly care Medicine and Rehabilitation, starting on 9th October 2023. This post is sought to provide inpatient and community based care for patients within long term conditions within the West Berkshire Locality in Wokingham Community Hospital.

The successful candidate will join the existing team to provide high quality day to day medical care and review of the patients on Ascot ward or Windsor ward under the supervision of Dr Yetunde Oiku, Consultant Community Geriatrician.

Ward work includes the clerking in of new patients transferred from other hospitals and home with arrangement for appropriate investigations as necessary, daily ward review of inpatients, advice to nursing staff on the ward, writing in the medical notes, referral to other specialists when required and completion of discharge paperwork.

The Specialty doctor will be expected to attend consultant ward rounds and multidisciplinary team meetings where patient rehabilitation progress is reviewed and discharge plans are made. The post holder will be directly involved in communication with patients and relatives and able to offer advice to health and social care colleagues regarding rehabilitation on the wards.

About us

We are looking to appoint a 1WTE Specialty Doctor to work in our Community Hospital in the West of Berkshire, starting on 9th October 2023. This post would be a full time substantive post. Applications for less than full time (LTFT) will be considered.

The Specialty Doctor post is sought to provide inpatient and community based care for patients with long term conditions within the West Berkshire Locality in Wokingham Community Hospital.

Date posted

18 July 2023

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Specialty Doctor

Salary

Depending on experience £51000-£80,000

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

193-MS1416NCG

Job locations

Royal Berkshire NHS Trust

London Road

Reading

RG1 5AN

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further details please see the attached job description and Person Specification.

If you would like to discuss this position or arrange a visit please contact Dr Shashi Gadgil (details below)

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further details please see the attached job description and Person Specification.

If you would like to discuss this position or arrange a visit please contact Dr Shashi Gadgil (details below)

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Full GMC registration
MB ChB or equivalent

Desirable

MRCP

Experience

Essential

Minimum of 6 months' post registration experience in Elderly care in NHS
ILS or equivalent

Desirable

Post registration experience of working in other specialties relevant to elderly care in the NHS
ALS

Ability & Knowledge

Essential

Good basic and wide-ranging knowledge of clinical medicine
Ability to make good clinical notes
Good communication skills
Computer skills

Desirable

Completion of appropriate audit

Motivation

Essential

Strong commitment to elderly care and rehabilitation medicine
Punctuality and Time management

Personality

Essential

Ability to undertake responsibility and work independently
Knowledge and capability of when to seek clinical advice.
Ability to work as part of a team and be flexible

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Full GMC registration
MB ChB or equivalent

Desirable

MRCP

Experience

Essential

Minimum of 6 months' post registration experience in Elderly care in NHS
ILS or equivalent

Desirable

Post registration experience of working in other specialties relevant to elderly care in the NHS
ALS

Ability & Knowledge

Essential

Good basic and wide-ranging knowledge of clinical medicine
Ability to make good clinical notes
Good communication skills
Computer skills

Desirable

Completion of appropriate audit

Motivation

Essential

Strong commitment to elderly care and rehabilitation medicine
Punctuality and Time management

Personality

Essential

Ability to undertake responsibility and work independently
Knowledge and capability of when to seek clinical advice.
Ability to work as part of a team and be flexible

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.