Trust Registrar - ACUTE CARE OF THE ELDERLY (ACE) UNIT

Job summary

Applications are invited for this full time post commencing

This post is to provide middle grade registrar support to the Acute Care of the Elderly (ACE) Unit and Clinic as part of the acute frailty service at Croydon University Hospital.

The ACE service was started in 2012, which was part of a whole system transformation in the management of the local ageing population. Our aims were to enable specialist care in the right place at the right time for the older frail person in/approaching crisis, improve co-ordination and collaboration between older people's services, and shift patient care closer to home and helping to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions. We also established stronger links between hospital geriatricians and primary care and community services in order to be more responsive to the older person in crisis by starting a hotline and ACE hot clinic.

Main duties of the job

The ACE Unit is a 14-20 bedded short-stay inpatient unit set up to target emergency management of frail older people, offering early Consultant led Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment and multidisciplinary assessments whilst linking with Community, Social Services, Mental Health and voluntary teams.

The post holder will assess patients aged 65 years and above with frailty and geriatric needs and carry out the medical component of the comprehensive geriatric assessment. ACE patients are referred from the Emergency Department and GPs and the MDT includes a dedicated Consultant, Foundation year 2 Doctor, Specialist Care of the Elderly Band 7 and Band 6 Nurse, Band 6 Physiotherapist and Occupational Therapist, Pharmacist and Social Worker with rapid access to SALT, Dietetics and Mental Health for Older Adults.

About us

Working for your organisation

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon.

These include:o Croydon University Hospital o Purley Hospital o The Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Centre in Thornton Heath o Community bases at Purley, Sanderstead, New Addington, Broad Green, Woodside o A minor injuries unit in New Addington The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 3,500 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.Our Vision:"Excellent integrated care for you and your family, when and where you need it"Our 5 key 'Here for you' promises to the people of Croydon are:o You feel cared for by helpful and welcoming staff o You feel in safe hands with highly professional staff o You feel confident in your treatment from skilled teams of compassionate clinicians o You feel we value your time with convenient appointments, minimal waiting and care closer to homeo You feel it's getting better all the time as we continue to improve our services

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