Job summary
The Trust is seeking to appoint a dynamic Specialty Doctor to support our Care of the Elderly service at East Cheshire NHS Trust. Innovation in the delivery of elderly care is a key requirement of this role.
The appointee will work with other colleagues to provide Care of the Elderly input at a senior level. They will support in providing timely patient review and clinical decision making to support their care, and work on reducing their length of stay as appropriate.
They will participate in the on-call rota.
The appointee will play a key role in providing a high quality, efficient, patient focused Care of the Elderly service.
The post will be based at Macclesfield District General Hospital.
Hours per week: 10 PA's
Main duties of the job
TheroleofSpecialtyDoctorincareoftheelderlywillincludethefollowing:
Supporting the medical care on the elderly care wards or in the orthogeriatric service asrequired.
Supporting the frailty team MDT in both the ED and MAU settings.
Delivering holistic geriatric assessments to improve patient care.
Attending and leading regular ward MDT meetings.
Participate in quality improvement, audit and service developments.
Assist with outpatient clinics as required.
Attend unit management and governance meetings.
Support implementation and achievement of targets set by the NHS long term plan and NHS England with regards to older people's care and frailty care.Work with colleagues to ensure effective management of inpatients, internal referrals,outpatient clinics and investigational sessions.
Work together with primary care colleagues to ensure effective management ofcommunity patients.Participate in the education and training of medical students, doctors, and professions allied to medicine including those in primary care.
About us
NHS Medical and Dental salaries are set at a national level. For new starters not already working to UK Medical and Dental terms and conditions of service will be appointed to the minimum paypoint. The starting salary paypoint can only be increased when there is evidence of relevant, completed year's experience in terms of nature, type and level of role. The evidence required to increase a starting salary would be Payslips and details noted in the application form i.e. complete employment history
Please be aware that this post requires an Enhanced with Barred list Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, the cost of which is payable by the successful candidate.
If you have lived or worked abroad for 6 months or more in the last 5 years you will need to obtain an overseas police clearance. Further information can be found on the additional information links at the bottom of the advert.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters as part of ongoing monitoring.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please download a copy of the Job Description and Person Specification located under the Supporting documents heading to read more about the advertised role.
Please read the attached Applicant Pack prior to completing your application form to find out more information.
As part of making your application we encourage you to review the Trusts Careers webpage www.careersateastcheshire.nhs.uk for more information about working for East Cheshire NHS Trust.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race or religion. The Trust is a Disability Confident Leader and as such, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview providing they meet the minimum criteria for the post (outlined in the Person Specification).
Applicants are advised to apply early as we reserve the right to close the advert prior to the advertised closing date should we receive a large number of applications.
We look forward to receiving your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please download a copy of the Job Description and Person Specification located under the Supporting documents heading to read more about the advertised role.
Please read the attached Applicant Pack prior to completing your application form to find out more information.
As part of making your application we encourage you to review the Trusts Careers webpage www.careersateastcheshire.nhs.uk for more information about working for East Cheshire NHS Trust.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race or religion. The Trust is a Disability Confident Leader and as such, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview providing they meet the minimum criteria for the post (outlined in the Person Specification).
Applicants are advised to apply early as we reserve the right to close the advert prior to the advertised closing date should we receive a large number of applications.
We look forward to receiving your application.
Person Specification
Professional Qualifications
Essential
- Medical degree MRCP or equivalent
- Applicants must hold full GMC registration
Desirable
- Any additional postgraduate examination in care of the elderly or general medicine
- Postgraduate teaching qualification
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Be eligible for full registration with, and hold a current licence to practice from, the GMC at intended start date.
- Have evidence of achievement of foundation competences from a UKFPO affiliated Foundation Programme or equivalent any time of appointment in line with the GMC standards/Good Medical Practise
- Appropriate level of clinical knowledge
- Knowledge and application of up to date evidenced based practice
- Experience in the management of patients within the Medical Division
- Understanding of clinical risk management
Desirable
- Evidence of experience in specialties within care of the elderly such as acute frailty care, falls, parkinsons disease, orthogeriatrics, bone health and dementia
- Experience of comprehensive geriatric assessment and MDT working
- Previous experience working at middle grade level on the acute medical take
Other role requirements
Essential
- Please refer to the person specification for further details regarding the role requirements
Person Specification
Professional Qualifications
Essential
- Medical degree MRCP or equivalent
- Applicants must hold full GMC registration
Desirable
- Any additional postgraduate examination in care of the elderly or general medicine
- Postgraduate teaching qualification
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Be eligible for full registration with, and hold a current licence to practice from, the GMC at intended start date.
- Have evidence of achievement of foundation competences from a UKFPO affiliated Foundation Programme or equivalent any time of appointment in line with the GMC standards/Good Medical Practise
- Appropriate level of clinical knowledge
- Knowledge and application of up to date evidenced based practice
- Experience in the management of patients within the Medical Division
- Understanding of clinical risk management
Desirable
- Evidence of experience in specialties within care of the elderly such as acute frailty care, falls, parkinsons disease, orthogeriatrics, bone health and dementia
- Experience of comprehensive geriatric assessment and MDT working
- Previous experience working at middle grade level on the acute medical take
Other role requirements
Essential
- Please refer to the person specification for further details regarding the role requirements
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
