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Consultant Geriatrician
Grade
Consultant
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week (plus On-Call)
Job ref
287-RMED-151-24
Employer
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Liverpool University Hospital
Town
Liverpool
Salary
£93,666 - £126,281 per Annum + On-Call at 5%
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
05/05/2024 23:59

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Consultant Geriatrician - Acute Frailty Care and Clinical Lecturer

Consultant

Job overview

Consultant Geriatrician with Specialist Interest in Acute Frailty Care and Clinical Lecturer

The Department of Medicine for Older People  wishes to appoint a Consultant Geriatrician with Specialist Interest in Acute Frailty Care

The post holder will work alongside other geriatricians to develop innovative 7 day services for older people, both within the hospitals and community.

They will work with colleagues across sites to develop a seamless, equitable service

This role is for a consultant to support acute frailty services and general geriatric ward cover at the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen sites.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will be expected to work alongside other geriatric team members to continue to develop and provide an innovative acute frailty service with commitment to continue to improve quality of care for older frail people and provide CGA with the MDT.

They will have sessional work to support the acute frailty services in the emergency areas. The job plan will develop as the service develops supported by the senior leadership team.

The post holder will have sessional work on the general geriatric wards and re-ablement wards where they will work alongside the Geriatrics consultants to deliver comprehensive geriatric assessment to patients requiring in patient care. These sessions will involve responsibility for leading MDT based CGA care on this ward.

The in-patient wards comprise 14 beds with on average 2-4 new admissions each day

The post will be supported by trainees/ junior doctors and Advanced Nurse Practitioners at the Broadgreen and royal Liverpool sites predominantly. There will also be STR support on a sessional basis.

 The out-patient work will be supported in our MDT geriatric outpatient department with support from nurses and therapy staff. The ratio from new to follow up will be developed as this is a new clinic as previous colleague passed follow ups to other colleagues. There are ambitions to develop rapid access frailty services as an alternative to admission.

Working for our organisation

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.

To hear more about our achievements click here https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/media/13089/1606-annual-report-booklet_final.pdf

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Sample Timetable*

*the elements will remain but the specific days may vary depending on needs.

 

 

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

AM

9-1pm

Ward MDT and Ward round Geriatric Ward

DCC: 0.75PA

 

Associated Admin

DCC: 0.25PA

Frailty in reach

DCC: 1PA

Ward MDT and Ward round Geriatric Ward

DCC: 0.75PA

 

Associated Admin

DCC: 0.25PA

Frailty in reach

DCC: 1PA

Ward MDT and Ward round Geriatric Ward

DCC: 0.75PA

 

Associated Admin

DCC: 0.25PA

PM

1pm-5pm

Core SPA

Clinical Lecture/ Teaching Activity

1 PA

Admin work DCC 0.5PA

 

Core SPA Educational supervisor

SPA 0.5PA

 

Core SPA

Clinical Lecture/ Teaching Activity

1 PA

Frailty Inreach DCC 0.75PA

Admin associated with Frailty work

DCC: 0.25

 

 

Frailty in Reach

DCC 0.75

 

Associated Admin

DCC: 0.25PA

 

DCC

7.5

SPA (core)

2.5

On Call

0.375

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • MB ChB or equivalent
  • MRCP (or equivalent)
Desirable criteria
  • Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians
  • Higher degree such as MD or PhD

Registration

Essential criteria
  • Full registration with the GMC and licence to practice
  • On GMC specialist register for Geriatric and General Medicine or eligible for specialist register

Clinical Experience

Essential criteria
  • CCT in Geriatric and General Medicine (or equivalent training) or 6 months of attaining CCT at time of interview
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of continuing medical education
  • Geriatric and General Medicine experience across the specialties and for the duration required for CCT
  • Evidence of training and education (PGCE)
  • Proven track record in significant audit
  • Publication of audit results
  • Involvement in research
  • Publication of research

Teaching & training Experience

Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of training & education (PGCE)
  • Evidence of delivery of education, both undergraduate and postgraduate

Knowledge

Desirable criteria
  • To have a good understanding of ‘Good Medical Practice’ from the GMC

Audit Experience

Desirable criteria
  • Proven track record in significant audit
  • Publication of audit results

Research Experience

Desirable criteria
  • Involvement in research
  • Publication of research

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Fair Employment Charter Status - Aspiring LevelNHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleInvestors in PeopleArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerDisability confident committedStep into health

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Matthew Tedford
Job title
Clinical Director-Geriatric Medicine
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0151 282 6494
Additional information

Dr Mark Lawton

Divisional Medical Director- Medicine

PA Mark Masters Walsh 0151 706 3147

Dr Alison Diack

Frailty Services Lead

0151 282 6874 

Royal and Broadgreen Sites

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