Job summary
- Main area
- Department of Medicine for the Elderly (DME)
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed term)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 320-MDR-7322007-SM
- Employer
- University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Derby Hospital
- Town
- Derby
- Salary
- £61,542 - £99,216 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Portfolio Pathway / CESR (Specialty Doctor) in Geriatrics/DME
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
With over 13,000 members of staff you can expect huge variety and new opportunities every day! Our staff go above and beyond and take pride in caring for our patients.
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is fully committed to promoting inclusion, equality, diversity and human rights in employment and delivery of its services. The Trust is committed to providing an environment where all employees, patients, carers and visitors experience equality of opportunity by means of understanding and appreciating the value of diversity.
As a Trust we promote an inclusive environment and welcome applications from a diverse pool of talent and backgrounds. All individuals are valued and given every opportunity to succeed based on merit.
The Trust actively encourages applications from members of our Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities. These groups are under-represented in our organisation, and it’s important to us that our workforce reflects the diversity of our communities as much as possible.
Armed Forces and Disability Confident guaranteed interview scheme
To further support the pledges in the Armed Forces Covenant and to make a positive contribution to support ex-armed forces personnel (veterans) make the transition to civilian life, the Trust has introduced a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for veterans who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification, to help them overcome barriers to find civilian employment. The scheme will operate for all external recruitment.
The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer and committed to both employing and retaining people with disabilities. This commitment is to guarantee an interview for any candidate that has disclosed a disability under the Equality Act 2010 and who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification. Reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010 will be considered upon request.
If you require support/adjustments with your application please contact the recruitment team on 01332 788466
Join us and help make a real difference to our Trust.
Here’s more about the role and what we’re looking for;
Job overview
We are advertising posts in our well established CESR programme at the University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust.
We would expect the CESR programme to require 3-5 years for completion in most cases. The contract is initially for 12 months, but will be reviewed annually and extended on a mutually agreed basis, based on successful completion of required competencies at annual review.
The posts are intended to offer the clinician access to the support and training required to complete all aspects of the CESR process pending successful progression through the programme. It will be possible to provide specific secondment-style modules in the CESR programme, to address relevant educational and competency needs.
This post will usually rotate through both Royal Derby Hospital (RDH) and Queens Hospital Burton (QHB) to give a breadth of training experience. For significantly less than full time positions this can be negotiated as to be being based at RDH but may occasionally involve some cross site working dependent upon the service need.
Main duties of the job
Duties will be split between winter pressure services in winter and specific training needs in the other months. This might include Orthogeriatrics, mental health liaison or surgical liaison. However, the following timetable can be flexible and tailored to the successful applicant's training needs and requirements:
|
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
AM |
WR |
WR |
WR |
WR |
WR |
PM |
Audit and professional development |
Orthogeriatrics/ ward work |
Surgical liaison and referrals |
Audit and professional development |
Falls clinic |
The post will participate in an out of hour’s rota supporting acute medicine and the HOOH service at the QHB and RDH sites.
Working for our organisation
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer:
• Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
• On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts about our Trust:
• We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical Activities
Inpatient
RDH 4 base wards and outliers/winter ward
QHB 2 base wards and outliers/winter ward
Support wards with senior cover, in particular during winter. Lead board round on the winter ward daily (Mon-Fri) as well as providing daily senior ward reviews when consultants are unavailable. Provide support to the other DME wards when base team SpR’s are on on-call or on leave.
Referrals
Provide at least one session a week to supporting the liaison service and inpatient referrals. This can be increased when there are no winter pressures to provide an adequate training experience to progress to the specialty register via the CESR route. Outpatient clinics
When not on winter pressures provide one falls/frailty clinic a week.
Clinical duties will include taking a lead role in the management of acutely ill frail older patients. The qualities of leadership required as head of an elderly team are key to the role, and it is anticipated that these qualities will be gradually developed through the process of supervision of more junior doctors and involvement in their education - both formal and informal.
The post holder will be expected to prioritise and time-manage effectively according to the activity of the department and to utilise appropriately the available senior staff for advice.
We would encourage the post holder to complete work based placed assessments to allow documentation of their own development.
Education is an important part of the role. The post holder will be fully involved in supporting the training of all levels of staff: medical; nursing; allied healthcare professions. Among groups who regularly attend the Departments are Student Nurses, Doctors, ACPs, Therapies, & Pharmacy students.
Person specification
Eligibility
Essential criteria
- Full GMC Registration with a licence to practice at time of application
Management & Administrative experience
Essential criteria
- Commitment to Continuing Professional Development & the requirements of clinical governance, reporting errors and learning from these
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of relevant academic and research achievements relevant to the speciality
- Evidence of leadership skills
Teaching Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence & experience of supervising and teaching resident doctors and medical students
Desirable criteria
- Any teaching courses or qualifications
- Experience of teaching basic clinical sills to undergraduates
Audit / Research Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of & commitment to clinical audit and/or Quality Improvement Projects (QIP)
- Evidence and ability to assess & apply evidence-based research into every day clinical practice
- Evidence of relevant academic and research achievements relevant to the speciality
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MBBS or equivalent
- MRCP or equivalent higher qualification
- Life Support Qualifications - ALS
Clinical Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Completed at least four years full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time or flexible basis) at least 2 of which will be in Medicine
- Relevant speciality clinical knowledge
- Experienced in making clinical decisions and managing risk
Desirable criteria
- Minimum 1 year NHS Experience
N/A
Essential criteria
- • Up to date knowledge of Medicine for the Elderly and evidence of an understanding of its application
Desirable criteria
- • 360 degree feedback; • Patient survey feedback and reflections
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 Barry Evans
- Job title
- Assistant Clinical Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01332 785347
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