Job summary
We wish to appoint a new consultant colleague to join our expanding Care of the Elderly (COTE) service at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GHNHSFT), we are looking for subspecialty interests in orthogeriatric medicine, perioperative medicine, interface and community geriatrics.
Core to this post is:
- the early Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment of the frail elderly presenting as emergencies to our acute hospitals;
- the development and support of the Frailty Assessment Service and our Frailty Unit; and,
- a desire to increase the provision of general elderly care medicine within our trust and across the county of Gloucestershire.
However, individual job plans represent different jigsaw pieces that make up the complete picture of our service. Thus there are many, flexible opportunities for our consultants' development through our annual job planning process. Interests of our current team include: falls, syncope, orthogeriatrics, surgical liaison, movement disorders, frailty liaison, community geriatrics and dementia. We also have the flexibility to embrace new (and as yet undeveloped) areas of interest.
These posts include partaking in the fixed weekend COTE post take ward round and Frailty Assessment Service (FAS) sessions at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital on a 1 in 10 basis (but no on-call).
Main duties of the job
As a senior employee of our Trust you will work in close co-operation with and support not just other clinical professionals but also our managerial colleagues in providing high quality healthcare to our patients. Integral to the responsibilities of our posts are the following objectives:
- to ensure the delivery of a high quality patient-centred clinical service
- to provide effective leadership to all staff engaged in that same task
- to sustain and develop teaching and research wherever appropriate
- to work in accordance with our trust's procedures and operating policies
- to support the business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty, the Medical Division and our Trust
- to work within the framework of team decisions
- to take a whole systems approach to working with the wider health community both NHS and social services
- to show initiative, enthusiasm and flexibility
About us
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust (GHNHSFT) was formed in April 2002 and became a second wave Foundation Trust in July 2004. We are a large organisation providing acute services from Gloucestershire Royal Hospital in Gloucester and Cheltenham General Hospital. In collaboration with the other NHS Trust in Gloucestershire (GHC - who provide physical health, mental health and learning disability services), we provide COTE services across our County of 1,220 square miles. Our population is c. 640,000 with an annual year on year growth rate of 0.8%. Within our population 21% are over the age of 65 and the number aged 65 and over will rise by two-thirds between now and 2030. Approximately half our population live in the City of Gloucester and the Spa Town of Cheltenham and around half live in the Forest of Dean and across the Severn Vale and the Cotswolds Hills. Our effective catchment population is higher than our county's population as our Trust receives secondary care referrals from Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire and Oxfordshire.
Our workforce is almost 8,000 strong. Our caring and dedicated staff are recognised as providing outstanding patient-centred, high quality emergency, elective and specialist care across a range of clinical areas.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We expect the post-holder to develop and lead a robust service in order to provide high quality care to patients in a timely manner:
- to be responsible for patients seen by the FAS service on a rota basis
- to be responsible for medical input to general elderly medicine inpatients on one of our COTE wards
- to be responsible for providing advice and input to elderly medicine patients referred from other medical or surgical specialties
- to provide advice and input to elderly medicine patients referred via GPs and/or senior nursing/therapy staff within the county
- to provide outpatient clinics depending on the interests of the applicant and needs of the county-wide service
- to provide weekend post take and FAS ward rounds for COTE Medicine at GRH on a 1 in 10fixed session rota (no on-call)
- to conduct clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements within the parameters of our Divisions and Trusts agreed objectives
Job description
Job responsibilities
We expect the post-holder to develop and lead a robust service in order to provide high quality care to patients in a timely manner:
- to be responsible for patients seen by the FAS service on a rota basis
- to be responsible for medical input to general elderly medicine inpatients on one of our COTE wards
- to be responsible for providing advice and input to elderly medicine patients referred from other medical or surgical specialties
- to provide advice and input to elderly medicine patients referred via GPs and/or senior nursing/therapy staff within the county
- to provide outpatient clinics depending on the interests of the applicant and needs of the county-wide service
- to provide weekend post take and FAS ward rounds for COTE Medicine at GRH on a 1 in 10fixed session rota (no on-call)
- to conduct clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements within the parameters of our Divisions and Trusts agreed objectives
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full General Medical Council registration
- On Specialist Register via: CCT or CESR-CP (Combined Programme) (proposed CCT/CESR-CP date must be within 6 months of interview) CESR or European Community Rights
- MRCP
Desirable
- Higher degree
- Teaching qualification Management/Leadership qualification
- Membership of British Geriatrics Society
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Proven clinical skills in Care of the Elderly, General and Acute Medicine and in leading a multi-disciplinary team.
- Ability to work closely with colleagues in Acute Medicine and Emergency Medicine
Desirable
- Experience in community geriatrics e.g. community hospitals, nursing homes, 'interface' geriatrics
Audit and Evidence-based practice
Essential
- Experience in devising, conducting and applying audit results and then closing the loop
Desirable
- Training in and experience of evidence-based practice
Management and Administrative Skills
Essential
- Willing and able to work with colleagues in other specialities, professions and roles to ensure the delivery of a high quality, safe and reliable service
- Familiar with clinical governance
- A willingness to accept responsibility and provide leadership
- Awareness of current relevant developments within the wider NHS
- Determination to have a key role in establishing and developing the service
Desirable
- Experience of clinical governance
- Experience of protocol / pathway development and change management
Teaching Experience
Essential
- Must have an interest in teaching all grades of hospital and professional staff
Desirable
- Practical experience in teaching posts
Research Experience
Essential
- Track record of critical reading
- Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
Desirable
- Plans for possible ongoing research projects relevant to service
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Flexibility and willingness to share clinical responsibility for patients
- Conscientiousness to ensure careful transfer of care
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to communicate effectively with clinical, academic and managerial colleagues
- Able to work co-operatively as a team member
- Ability to self-motivate
Desirable
- Ability to think laterally
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full General Medical Council registration
- On Specialist Register via: CCT or CESR-CP (Combined Programme) (proposed CCT/CESR-CP date must be within 6 months of interview) CESR or European Community Rights
- MRCP
Desirable
- Higher degree
- Teaching qualification Management/Leadership qualification
- Membership of British Geriatrics Society
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Proven clinical skills in Care of the Elderly, General and Acute Medicine and in leading a multi-disciplinary team.
- Ability to work closely with colleagues in Acute Medicine and Emergency Medicine
Desirable
- Experience in community geriatrics e.g. community hospitals, nursing homes, 'interface' geriatrics
Audit and Evidence-based practice
Essential
- Experience in devising, conducting and applying audit results and then closing the loop
Desirable
- Training in and experience of evidence-based practice
Management and Administrative Skills
Essential
- Willing and able to work with colleagues in other specialities, professions and roles to ensure the delivery of a high quality, safe and reliable service
- Familiar with clinical governance
- A willingness to accept responsibility and provide leadership
- Awareness of current relevant developments within the wider NHS
- Determination to have a key role in establishing and developing the service
Desirable
- Experience of clinical governance
- Experience of protocol / pathway development and change management
Teaching Experience
Essential
- Must have an interest in teaching all grades of hospital and professional staff
Desirable
- Practical experience in teaching posts
Research Experience
Essential
- Track record of critical reading
- Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
Desirable
- Plans for possible ongoing research projects relevant to service
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Flexibility and willingness to share clinical responsibility for patients
- Conscientiousness to ensure careful transfer of care
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to communicate effectively with clinical, academic and managerial colleagues
- Able to work co-operatively as a team member
- Ability to self-motivate
Desirable
- Ability to think laterally
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).
