Job summary
- Main area
- Elderly Care Medicine
- Grade
- Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 432-MC2745
- Employer
- East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Colchester Hospital
- Town
- Colchester
- Salary
- £109,725 - £145,478 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant in Older Peoples Services
Consultant
We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.
Talk to us about our range of flexible working opportunities, apprenticeships and staff benefits
Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of all we do; and it forms part of the ESNEFT’s core activities. The Trust operates and relies on everyone treating each other with dignity and respect, to receive equitable and fair treatment in the implementation of Policies, Procedures and in its Practices, to foster positive work relationships, and finally to act with integrity as a professional within ESNEFT as well as a representative of the NHS as a whole. The EDI Agenda reflects the Trust values such as Optimistic, Appreciative and Kind. In line with the NHS Long Term Plan, People Plan, People Promise and a Model Employer intrinsic in the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Agenda, we consistently strive to improve, to take the learning into Action for a better ESNEFT.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
Job overview
Applications are invited for the post of Consultant in Older Peoples Services at Colchester Hospital and Clacton Hospital. The appointees will join 4 other consultants in elderly medicine who provide a comprehensive service for residents of Northeast Essex as part of ESNEFT.
It is expected that the new appointee will participate in the development of the Frailty service for elderly patients in Northeast Essex. Other subspecialty interests are also welcome. The key elements of the role include inpatient care, frailty work, on call acute care as well as teaching and training junior medical staff.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will:
- Work with colleagues to provide a Consultant-led service with the highest standard of care;
- Work with the multi-professional team to develop care pathways and clinical guidelines;
- Develop and maintain good working practices with wards, out-patients and the Emergency Department (ED);
- Collaborate and promote close working links with colleagues, other departments and primary care;
- Offer educational, clinical support and leadership to junior medical colleagues, nursing colleagues and other members of the multi-disciplinary team;
- Ensure appropriate information is made available to staff to measure clinical performance and enable meaningful benchmarks to be established and evaluated within your area of responsibility;
- Ensure there is a robust process for reviewing the quality of services provided, explaining the causes of success and failure and ensure the highest standards are maintained;
- Provide a role model of professional leadership, which underpins the corporate values and behaviours agreed by the organisation, ensuring these are understood and demonstrated by the medical workforce within your area and take remedial action where poor behaviour are demonstrated;
- Ensure that junior doctors training confirms to College requirements; and
- Participate in the appraisal of medical staff within the department in line with the Trust’s agree policy
Working for our organisation
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Take part in the acute medical intake working. Provide on-going medical supervision for those patients admitted under his/her care following the acute take. There are four Older Peoples Services wards (excluding the stroke ward, orthogeriatrics and EAU); A ward-based system for junior doctors and patients currently operates so patients admitted under one consultant are often transferred to the care of another once they move off EAU and onto another ward. The appointee will be supported by an SPR (shared with one other consultant) and a foundation doctor/ CMT/ GP trainee doctor. He/ She will be responsible for managing in- patients on their allocated ward.
- Work closely with the other consultants in Older Peoples Services to share in the care of patients in all aspects of care including acute care, rehabilitation;
- Liaise with consultants within the department on the development and implementation of protocols and guidelines for the management of elderly patients and the development of clinical audit;
- Provide a consultant advisory service to colleagues in other specialties in the trust as well as those in the mental health trust;
- Participate in the Postgraduate and Undergraduate teaching programmes, and teaching of other health professionals, within the department;
- Participate in the appraisal and assessment of junior medical colleagues, as delegated by the Unit Training Director; and
- Participate in teaching of Registrars and Resident Doctors
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- Full registration with the General Medical Council
- MRCP or equivalent
- Entry onto the Specialist Register or a UK SpR within 6 months of CCT date at interview
- Good practical clinical skills
- An awareness of current specialty specific developments and initiatives
- Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on a full range of acute medical emergencies, rehabilitation and intermediate care
- At least 4 years at SpR level (or equivalent)
- Ability to build, lead and work as part of multi-disciplinary team
- Excellent verbal, listening and written communication skills, along with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to deal with difficult situations
- Ability to organise and prioritise work effectively and to be involved in the organisation of the department
- Must be able to travel to meet requirements of post
Desirable criteria
- Post graduate degree e.g. MD, PhD, MSc
- Entry onto the Specialist Register in G(I)M & Geriatric Medicine
- Evidence of work submitted for peer review
- Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
- Attendance at teaching course
- Attendance at management course
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr A Pillai
- Job title
- Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01206 742533
- Additional information
Requests for visits to the unit should be made to Dr A Pillai on 01206 742533 or 07853231255.
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