Job summary
*AAC Date Pending Oncology, Ageing Health and Acute and General Medicine Departments have worked together to develop a novel and exciting initiative to improve care for people presenting to non-site-specific cancer services. We are now seeking a new consultant to join our dynamic, enthusiastic and forward-thinking team, to further develop, deliver and embed our innovative models of care.
Specifically, the post-holder will deliver geriatric/general internal medicine expertise in the outpatient Rapid Diagnostic Centre (RDC), on the oncology wards, and support delivery of acute medical care across the Guy's site. The need for such a role has been demonstrated through local work showing that 55% of outpatient RDC attendees are aged over 60 years, with a significant proportion of patients on the oncological wards being older and multimorbid with implications for both acute and longer-term management. The success of the Guys' RDC model has been demonstrated (Dolly et al, BJC 2021) and is being rolled out across the South East London Cancer Alliance. In 2021, the team won the Integrated Healthcare Partnership of the Year Award from the Health Service Journal.
This substantive full time 10 PA post offers an exciting opportunity to join these innovative teams at GSTT. Applicants who would prefer part time post are welcome to apply. The final job plan is subject to agreement.
Main duties of the job
Please see attachment for full Job Description
The post holder will work in both the out and in-patient setting to:-
- Develop, implement, and evaluate new pathways of care for older, in- and out-patients with multimorbidity presenting to RDC and on the oncology wards
- Deliver DCC in the STH site UEC pathway
- Provide proactive comprehensive, holistic assessment for patients referred to RDC and on the oncology wards
- Provide geriatric/general medicine expertise on the oncology wards
- Support shared decision making, advance care planning and discharge planning for both in-patients and out patients
- Provide education and training on issues related to general medicine, multimorbidity and geriatric syndromes for the wider multidisciplinary cancer teams
About us
The Trust consists of St Thomas' Hospital at Waterloo, including the Evelina Children's Hospital, and Guy's Hospital at London Bridge. We are also part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC), a pioneering collaboration between one of the world's leading research-led universities and three of London's most successful NHS Foundation Trusts. Our AHSC is one of only five in the UK and consists of King's College London and Guy's and St Thomas', King's College Hospital and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusts. Our AHSC brings togetherthe best of basic and translational research, clinical excellence and world-class teaching to deliver groundbreaking advances in physical and mental healthcare. For further information about Kings' Health Partners, Kings College London and our research please see the following links: www.kingshealthpartners.org , http://www.kcl.ac.uk/medicine/index.aspx, http://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/research/research.aspx and www.biomedicalresearchcentre.org|
Job description
Job responsibilities
**Please note that the job description is currently being approved by the Royal College**
Please see attachment for full Job Description.
Job Plan
Your job plan is anticipated to contain 10 Programmed Activities per week on average to be carried out on Guys & St Thomas sites. Any on call commitments will be outside of the 10PA post. This is an outline programme and you will be expected to discuss and agree a detailed job plan including your personal and professional objectives with your Clinical Director within 3 months of your start date.
As an organisation, we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This includes asking certain groups of staff to work more flexibly so that we can offer services to patients in the evenings and at weekends. We regard this flexibility as essential if we are to continue to provide first class patient care in the future. As a result, any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern of working in the future if required and in accordance with the provisions of the new Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust consultant contract.
Direct Clinical Care Activities
The DCC activities will incorporate ward rounds on the HaemOnc wards, ward based MDTMs, case conferences as required, outpatient clinic three times a week and linkage with the POPS team for MDM.
Other Programmed Activities
Other programmed activities will incorporate undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training and SPA as listed above
Depending on the interests of the individual they will have an opportunity to lead on the organization and delivery of the foundation year programme in perioperative medicine.
Job description
Job responsibilities
**Please note that the job description is currently being approved by the Royal College**
Please see attachment for full Job Description.
Job Plan
Your job plan is anticipated to contain 10 Programmed Activities per week on average to be carried out on Guys & St Thomas sites. Any on call commitments will be outside of the 10PA post. This is an outline programme and you will be expected to discuss and agree a detailed job plan including your personal and professional objectives with your Clinical Director within 3 months of your start date.
As an organisation, we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This includes asking certain groups of staff to work more flexibly so that we can offer services to patients in the evenings and at weekends. We regard this flexibility as essential if we are to continue to provide first class patient care in the future. As a result, any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern of working in the future if required and in accordance with the provisions of the new Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust consultant contract.
Direct Clinical Care Activities
The DCC activities will incorporate ward rounds on the HaemOnc wards, ward based MDTMs, case conferences as required, outpatient clinic three times a week and linkage with the POPS team for MDM.
Other Programmed Activities
Other programmed activities will incorporate undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training and SPA as listed above
Depending on the interests of the individual they will have an opportunity to lead on the organization and delivery of the foundation year programme in perioperative medicine.
Person Specification
Professional Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC Registration with entry on the Specialist Register, or within 6 months of CCST
- CCST in General Medicine
- MRCP or equivalent
Desirable
- Possession of, or working towards, a higher degree qualification (MD or PhD)
- CCT in Geriatric Medicine
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Experience in acute medicine
- Experience in long term conditions
Desirable
- Experience in medical assessment of surgical or oncological patients
- Experience of rehabilitation, intermediate care and complex discharge planning
- Evidence of interest and experience in geriatric/medicine and oncology
Clinical Skills
Essential
- Management of acutely unwell patients
- Management of patients with long term conditions
- Management of patients with multimorbidity
- Skills in cross-speciality collaboration and/or liaison working
Desirable
- Evidence-based knowledge of medical assessment of cancer patients
Audit Management & IT
Essential
- Evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit and clinical risk management
- Understanding of Quality Improvement Programmes
Desirable
- Experience in clinical guideline development
- Experience in delivery of quality improvement programmes
Research, Teaching skill & experience
Essential
- Experience in clinical trials
- Definite track record of research, publications/ understanding / knowledge of Research ethics
- Experience of teaching and training undergraduates, postgraduates and junior medical staff
Desirable
- Evidence of original research
- Experience in leading and delivering an educational programme
- Teaching qualification
Leadership / Management skills
Essential
- Communication; Ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English; ability to build rapport, listen, persuade/ negotiate.
- Accountability; Ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and exert appropriate authority.
- Interpersonal Skills; Empathy, understanding, listening skills, patience and ability to work co-operatively with others. Able to change and adapt, respond to changing circumstances and to cope with setbacks or pressure. Ability to work as part of a team
- Staff Management; Experience of performance management, developing and motivating staff.
- Finance; Knowledge of finance and budgets.
Person Specification
Professional Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC Registration with entry on the Specialist Register, or within 6 months of CCST
- CCST in General Medicine
- MRCP or equivalent
Desirable
- Possession of, or working towards, a higher degree qualification (MD or PhD)
- CCT in Geriatric Medicine
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Experience in acute medicine
- Experience in long term conditions
Desirable
- Experience in medical assessment of surgical or oncological patients
- Experience of rehabilitation, intermediate care and complex discharge planning
- Evidence of interest and experience in geriatric/medicine and oncology
Clinical Skills
Essential
- Management of acutely unwell patients
- Management of patients with long term conditions
- Management of patients with multimorbidity
- Skills in cross-speciality collaboration and/or liaison working
Desirable
- Evidence-based knowledge of medical assessment of cancer patients
Audit Management & IT
Essential
- Evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit and clinical risk management
- Understanding of Quality Improvement Programmes
Desirable
- Experience in clinical guideline development
- Experience in delivery of quality improvement programmes
Research, Teaching skill & experience
Essential
- Experience in clinical trials
- Definite track record of research, publications/ understanding / knowledge of Research ethics
- Experience of teaching and training undergraduates, postgraduates and junior medical staff
Desirable
- Evidence of original research
- Experience in leading and delivering an educational programme
- Teaching qualification
Leadership / Management skills
Essential
- Communication; Ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English; ability to build rapport, listen, persuade/ negotiate.
- Accountability; Ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and exert appropriate authority.
- Interpersonal Skills; Empathy, understanding, listening skills, patience and ability to work co-operatively with others. Able to change and adapt, respond to changing circumstances and to cope with setbacks or pressure. Ability to work as part of a team
- Staff Management; Experience of performance management, developing and motivating staff.
- Finance; Knowledge of finance and budgets.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
