Job summary
Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Department of Ageing and Health, Medicine Directorate
Directorate of Acute and General Medicine
1x Fixed Term Locum Consultant post in Perioperative Medicine for Older People undergoing Surgery (POPS), Geriatrics and General Medicine
Part-Time - 8PAs + on-call rota supplement
Fixed term - 12 months
Main duties of the job
The Department of Ageing and Health at GSTT is seeking to recruit a fixed term locum consultant to join our dynamic, enthusiastic and award winning Perioperative medicine for Older People undergoing Surgery (POPS) team.
This post is a result of an expansion of the POPS service into all surgical subspecialties at GSTT to provide quality care to all older people undergoing elective and emergency surgery at GSTT. The post will be covering maternity leave within the team.
The post holders will either contribute to an elderly medicine on call rota which includes on site weekend working in our Acute Older Persons Unit in the Emergency floor, or to the Acute General Medicine rota which includes on-site weekend and evening working.
You must be fully registered with the GMC and hold Licence to Practice and be on the Specialist Register, or within six months of attaining your CCT in General Internal Medicine and Geriatric Medicine or equivalent at interview stage.
About us
Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust is made up of four of London's best known teaching hospitals and employs over 13,650 staff and has over 2 million patient contacts a year. Our annual turnover is now £1.3 billion.
Join us and become part of the most engaged workforce of any NHS trust in England, according to the latest national NHS Staff Survey results - for the second year running. You will be joining a dynamic and forward-looking organisation in the heart of the capital where you can develop your career and broaden your horizons.
We think you will enjoy working for us but you don't have to take our word for it - 79% of staff who took part in the latest national NHS Staff Survey would recommend Guy's and St Thomas' as a place to work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Department of Ageing and Health is seeking to recruit 1 fixed term locum consultant to join the enthusiastic and internationally regarded Perioperative medicine for Older People undergoing Surgery (POPS) team. This opening has arisen due to maternity leave within the team but further opportunities may arise due to expansion of POPS services into all surgical subspecialties and in relation to an increased footprint in bone health and hip fracture care.
The multidisciplinary POPS team provide preoperative assessment and optimisation for high risk older patients undergoing elective and emergency surgery, and follow the patient through the surgical admission, coordinating and delivering medical care, rehabilitation and discharge planning. The team is fully embedded at GSTT, with established pathways of care, close collaboration with anaesthetic and surgical departments and has a local, national and international reputation for providing quality care to complex, older surgical patients. The team provides formalised training programmes in perioperative medicine for foundation year doctors (FY1 and 2), specialist registrars and allied health professionals.
The successful candidates are not expected to have received formal subspecialty training in perioperative medicine for older people. Instead the successful candidates will be expected to be intellectually flexible and be able to look beyond existing structures, ways of working and traditional care boundaries in order to produce effective and innovative service delivery. The post holders will actively participate in working with the team to shape the future service. The post-holders will be expected to take an active role in quality improvement programmes, to participate in undergraduate and postgraduate interdisciplinary teaching and will have the opportunity to be involved in an established research programme.
The successful candidates will work within the wider Department of Ageing and Health at GSTT, staffed by 26 consultants, with various subspecialty interests. The unit has a strong reputation for innovative service delivery, training in geriatric medicine and research. All consultants in the department are expected to share equally in out-of-hours rotas (either the acute GIM emergency floor rota or the acute frailty rota). The successful candidate may be able to pursue other subspecialty interests in addition to these bespoke POPS roles upon local negotiation.
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.
*** Please be advised that this vacancy may close early should we receive a sufficient number of applications ***
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Department of Ageing and Health is seeking to recruit 1 fixed term locum consultant to join the enthusiastic and internationally regarded Perioperative medicine for Older People undergoing Surgery (POPS) team. This opening has arisen due to maternity leave within the team but further opportunities may arise due to expansion of POPS services into all surgical subspecialties and in relation to an increased footprint in bone health and hip fracture care.
The multidisciplinary POPS team provide preoperative assessment and optimisation for high risk older patients undergoing elective and emergency surgery, and follow the patient through the surgical admission, coordinating and delivering medical care, rehabilitation and discharge planning. The team is fully embedded at GSTT, with established pathways of care, close collaboration with anaesthetic and surgical departments and has a local, national and international reputation for providing quality care to complex, older surgical patients. The team provides formalised training programmes in perioperative medicine for foundation year doctors (FY1 and 2), specialist registrars and allied health professionals.
The successful candidates are not expected to have received formal subspecialty training in perioperative medicine for older people. Instead the successful candidates will be expected to be intellectually flexible and be able to look beyond existing structures, ways of working and traditional care boundaries in order to produce effective and innovative service delivery. The post holders will actively participate in working with the team to shape the future service. The post-holders will be expected to take an active role in quality improvement programmes, to participate in undergraduate and postgraduate interdisciplinary teaching and will have the opportunity to be involved in an established research programme.
The successful candidates will work within the wider Department of Ageing and Health at GSTT, staffed by 26 consultants, with various subspecialty interests. The unit has a strong reputation for innovative service delivery, training in geriatric medicine and research. All consultants in the department are expected to share equally in out-of-hours rotas (either the acute GIM emergency floor rota or the acute frailty rota). The successful candidate may be able to pursue other subspecialty interests in addition to these bespoke POPS roles upon local negotiation.
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.
*** Please be advised that this vacancy may close early should we receive a sufficient number of applications ***
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Full GMC Registration with entry on the Specialist Register
- Experience of working in the NHS
Desirable
- Experience as an NHS consultant (locum/acting up or substantive)
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Comprehensive clinical experience in General Medicine & Geriatric Medicine
Desirable
- Experience of working in perioperative services (including orthogeriatrics)
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team
Teaching
Essential
- Experience of undergraduate teaching and post graduate training
Desirable
Audit, Quality Improvement & Research:
Essential
- Understanding of the principles of audit and quality improvement in clinical practice
- Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research in clinical practice
Desirable
- Ability to carry out audit and/or quality improvement work
- Evidence of original research and/or an MD or PhD.
- Ability to conduct & evaluate own projects successfully
Other
Essential
- Evidence of understanding of and adherence to the principles of Good Medical Practice set out by the General Medical Council
- Evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit and clinical risk management
- Understanding of Quality Improvement Programmes
Desirable
- Experience in clinical guideline development
- Appraisal training
- Evidence of contributing to quality improvements programmes for older adults
Management skills
Essential
- Evidence of understanding of the role of clinical management
Desirable
- Management training or qualification
- Evidence of leadership in the development of clinical services
Research
Essential
- Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research
Desirable
- Evidence of original research and/or an MD or PhD
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
Desirable
- Experience in clinical guideline development
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Full GMC Registration with entry on the Specialist Register
- Experience of working in the NHS
Desirable
- Experience as an NHS consultant (locum/acting up or substantive)
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Comprehensive clinical experience in General Medicine & Geriatric Medicine
Desirable
- Experience of working in perioperative services (including orthogeriatrics)
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team
Teaching
Essential
- Experience of undergraduate teaching and post graduate training
Desirable
Audit, Quality Improvement & Research:
Essential
- Understanding of the principles of audit and quality improvement in clinical practice
- Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research in clinical practice
Desirable
- Ability to carry out audit and/or quality improvement work
- Evidence of original research and/or an MD or PhD.
- Ability to conduct & evaluate own projects successfully
Other
Essential
- Evidence of understanding of and adherence to the principles of Good Medical Practice set out by the General Medical Council
- Evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit and clinical risk management
- Understanding of Quality Improvement Programmes
Desirable
- Experience in clinical guideline development
- Appraisal training
- Evidence of contributing to quality improvements programmes for older adults
Management skills
Essential
- Evidence of understanding of the role of clinical management
Desirable
- Management training or qualification
- Evidence of leadership in the development of clinical services
Research
Essential
- Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research
Desirable
- Evidence of original research and/or an MD or PhD
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
Desirable
- Experience in clinical guideline development
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).
