Consultant Physician in Geriatric Medicine

We are looking for posts in both West Cumberland Hospital (WCH) and Cumberland infirmary Carlisle (base sites), however some cross cover may be required. The successful candidates will play an important role in embedding a Same Day Care approach to frailty. As a developing service, there are currently no substantive medical consultant posts within the frailty pathway, and the successful candidate will contribute to shaping clinical standards, pathways, and ways of working, in line with national guidance and local priorities.

The Same Day Care Frailty Service is intended to support timely assessment and management of patients living with frailty, with a focus on ensuring patients receive the right care, in the right place, at the right time. The service will work closely with the Emergency Department, ambulance services, and primary care to provide early senior clinical input, support decision-making, and where appropriate, enable same-day management and discharge with appropriate support.

The development of this service is an important part of the Trust's response to ongoing system pressures, including increasing demand, Emergency Department crowding, and delays in patient flow. The post holder will support efforts to reduce avoidable admissions, improve patient experience, and contribute to more effective use of hospital capacity, while maintaining a strong focus on patient safety and quality of care.

Are you considering your next career opportunity?

Please use the following link for more information -https://www.ncic.nhs.uk/consultant-jobs

Our CEO, Trudie Davies, and Executive Medical Director, Adrian Clements, would love to hear from you to discuss your future career in North Cumbria. To arrange an informal chat, please contact Sally Rushton on Sally.Rushton1@ncic.nhs.uk for Trudie and Julia McClune on Julia.mcclune@ncic.nhs.uk for Adrian.

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':

Being a clinically led organisation

Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust

A positive patient experience every time

A great place to work

Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

Education and Qualifications

Desirable: - Postgraduate higher qualification

Experience and Knowledge

Desirable: - A commitment to, and experience of teaching; - An interest in developing links with Acute Medicine or Primary Care

Teaching

Essential: - Experience of and commitment to teaching undergraduate and postgraduate medical staff.

Desirable: - Experience of teaching basic clinical skills to undergraduates; - Teaching of non-medical health professionals.; - Educational Qualification

Research, Audit and Clinical Governance

Essential: - Experience of, and commitment to, medical audit; - Experience of research and Clinical Governance

Management & Administrative

Essential: - Ability to advise on efficient and smooth running of the service.; - Ability to organise and manage own workload efficiently

Desirable: - Experience of audit management

Communication Skills and Abilities

Desirable: - IT Skills; - Presentation skills