Job summary
Employer heading
Trust ST1/ST2 in Clinical Geratology
MT03
The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Many of our recruitment programmes use values-based interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significance difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families.
For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit http://www.ouh.nhs.uk/about/vision-and-values/default.aspx
Job overview
SPECIALTY:
The Department of Clinical Geratology specialises in the medical care and rehabilitation of older patients. Our consultant body is focused on delivering excellent patient-centred care, with an emphasis on establishing our patients’ priorities and providing tailored, holistic, multidisciplinary treatment. Communication with patients, families, and colleagues in both primary and secondary care is paramount. There is a constant drive to enhance the care we provide, evidenced by the quantity and breadth of quality improvement (QI) projects currently being undertaken.
Main duties of the job
Principal Responsibilities:
Duties appropriate to the grade of the post and under the direction of the responsible consultants, principally consisting of clinical care of patients who are being investigated and treated in:
- the Complex Medical Units (CMU)
- the Stroke Unit
- Surgery, Orthopaedics, Trauma, and Vascular Units, under the care of liaison Geriatricians
- the Day Hospital
- outpatient clinics including Movement Disorders, Memory, Falls, General Geratology, and Rapid Access
The post holder may rotate around these clinical areas.
Working for our organisation
There are currently four medical geriatric wards (Complex Medical Units), a Stroke Unit, and the Lionel Cosin Day hospital, all sited at the John Radcliffe Hospital. The majority of patients are transferred from the acute on-take medical service after initial diagnosis and treatment. There is an acute stroke assessment and treatment (thrombolysis/thrombectomy) service. Work on the wards is multidisciplinary, with daily meetings between nurses, doctors, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, social workers and other allied health professionals.
Many of the Consultants hold significant leadership, teaching and research roles in the Trust and the University of Oxford, providing unique opportunities for applicants to develop these skills and network with colleagues sharing similar interests. Most of the department’s consultants work also with on-take teams in Acute General Medicine.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Daily Commitment:
Day to day care of the patients on the wards, including transfers from other hospitals and occasional emergency admissions. Attending ward and board rounds and multidisciplinary rehabilitation and discharge-planning meetings, and on certain days attending patients in outpatient clinics and in the Day Hospital. There are four CMU wards, each with 2 FY1 grade doctors and 1 Consultant. You will provide middle grade supervision to the FY1s and report to the consultant. ST3+ trainees are available on CMU wards for advice and support. The Stroke Unit has a daily consultant ward round and there are two ST3+ doctors. The perioperative liaison team consists of a consultant physician and a fellow. The Day Hospital post includes seeing new patients in an outpatient setting.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full GMC registration
- Must have completed IMT (or equivalent) and have MRCP
Desirable criteria
- Additional degree (intercalated, masters or doctorate)
Clinical Skills
Essential criteria
- At least six months experience in Geriatric Medicine and patients with frailty syndromes
Desirable criteria
- Up to date ALS certification
Leadership and management
Essential criteria
- Effective team working and leadership skills, supported by MSF or WBAs
Quality / Service improvement and audit
Essential criteria
- Evidence of completed QI project
Education and Teaching
Essential criteria
- Evidence of excellent feedback on teaching
Desirable criteria
- Teaching qualification (diploma or degree)
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
- Ku Shah
- Job title
- Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
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