Job summary
The Department of Frailty and Ageing cares for older patients across a variety of acute settings from initialattendance in the Emergency Department through to safe discharge back into the community.The team work in the following areas:o Frailty Intervention Team (FIT)- FIT are an ED based multidisciplinary team based at the front doorof the hospital reviewing frailer patients with the aim of avoiding unnecessary admissions intohospital. FIT has been in place since 2015 and has won several national awards.o Frailty and Ageing Beds (FAB) - This is a 19 bedded frailty friendly assessment area run by a MDTthat understand frailty. The Unit is has dedicated consultant presence from 8am - 7pm and providescomprehensive integrated care for direct admissions from GPs and ED.o Base wards- we have 4 frailty base wards located on the 9th and 8th floors. Each ward is supportedby 2 consultants. The consultants work alongside various members of the MDT including therapistand nursing colleagues. Many elements of CGA (Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment) areperformed on the wards.o NCTR (No Criteria To Reside) wards- we have 3 wards under our care. 2 wards on the 13th floorand 1 ward (C20) at Castle Hill Hospital.
Main duties of the job
As a Trust grade registrar, the post holder would be expected to do an independent ward round and makeclinical decisions, support junior doctors, see referrals from other specialities and perform procedures eglumbar puncture. There will be on call commitments as part of the RMO rota. There will also be theopportunity to go on a consultant led teaching ward round . The post holder will be expected to work acrossall the frailty wards including C20 in CHH and the 13th floor in HRI. C20 and the 13th floor are NCTR wards.There is good support from consultants and plenty of opportunities to train and develop
There are 12 substantive and 3 locum consultants within the department. Dr Kirsten Richards is the ClinicalDirector and Dr Yoghini Nagandran is the Clinical Lead for the department. Laura Cowan is the Matron andMatthew Drewicz is the Business Manager for Frailty. All wards are supported by Band 7 nurse managersand a matron that overseas these wards.
About us
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details regarding this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Personal Specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details regarding this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Personal Specification.
Person Specification
Professional Registration
Essential
- o Full Registration with the GMC
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- o Valid ALS certificate
- o Completed CMT training
Desirable
- MRCP(UK) or equivalent qualification
- o Postgraduate degree: e.g. MD, PhD
- o Postgraduate qualification in Education or significant experience in post graduate training
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Ability to offer sound clinical opinion on range of acute medical conditions
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
Management and Administration Experience
Essential
- o Ability to lead on smooth and efficient running of the unit
- Ability to organise, prioritise and manage high intensity workload
Desirable
- Ability to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/ delivery
Teaching, Audit and Research
Essential
- o Experience of supervising junior medical staff
- Commitment to formal and informal teaching of medical staff, AHPs and medical students
- o Evidence of participation in audit
- o Ability to extrapolate clinical research evidence to care for individual patients
Desirable
- o Evidence of having conducted a practicechanging audit
- Experience of teaching/ training in clinical courses e.g. IMPACT Course, Faculty, ALS Instructor, ALERT Instructor
- o Original peer-reviewed research publications
Personal Attributes
Essential
- o Ability to work flexibly in a changing health service
- o Excellent manner with patients, being sensitive to their needs and fears
- o Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, Nurses and other health professionals and flex style as appropriate
- o Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels
Desirable
- o Ability to communicate effectively with external agencies and other disciplines
Person Specification
Professional Registration
Essential
- o Full Registration with the GMC
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- o Valid ALS certificate
- o Completed CMT training
Desirable
- MRCP(UK) or equivalent qualification
- o Postgraduate degree: e.g. MD, PhD
- o Postgraduate qualification in Education or significant experience in post graduate training
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Ability to offer sound clinical opinion on range of acute medical conditions
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
Management and Administration Experience
Essential
- o Ability to lead on smooth and efficient running of the unit
- Ability to organise, prioritise and manage high intensity workload
Desirable
- Ability to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/ delivery
Teaching, Audit and Research
Essential
- o Experience of supervising junior medical staff
- Commitment to formal and informal teaching of medical staff, AHPs and medical students
- o Evidence of participation in audit
- o Ability to extrapolate clinical research evidence to care for individual patients
Desirable
- o Evidence of having conducted a practicechanging audit
- Experience of teaching/ training in clinical courses e.g. IMPACT Course, Faculty, ALS Instructor, ALERT Instructor
- o Original peer-reviewed research publications
Personal Attributes
Essential
- o Ability to work flexibly in a changing health service
- o Excellent manner with patients, being sensitive to their needs and fears
- o Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, Nurses and other health professionals and flex style as appropriate
- o Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels
Desirable
- o Ability to communicate effectively with external agencies and other disciplines
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).
