Locum Consultant in Older People’s Services

The appointee will be expected to take on the following roles and responsibilities:

Comprehensive geriatric assessment of patients triaged to the department through acute ward rounds and reviews.

When on the wards, daily attendance of the base ward multidisciplinary board round

To undertake clinic on a regular basis.

Work collaboratively with colleagues in the Trust to develop a service model in keeping with best practice.

Close working with colleagues in the emergency department; acute medicine and specialist medicine to ensure appropriate patients are transferred to and managed within the department.

To always have regard to the clinical and quality standards set out within Trust guidelines, to participate in clinical governance working closely with other professionals to provide comprehensive care in and out of hospital.

This will include liaison with general practice and community services regarding management of patients with chronic conditions.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below. Barts Health supports The Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.

The on-call commitment is 1:8 weeks (potentially 1:9 if both posts are recruited into) and is non-resident on call overnight.

The week of acute on call includes a weekend resident 09:00 to 15:00 Saturday and Sunday working predominantly on the AAU and reviewing new and sick patients on the older peoples services wards (15:00 09:00 non-resident on call).

Average daily take of patients on AMU is between 3-10,

Inpatient older peoples services wards consist of two 26 bedded wards. Each ward is shared between two consultants including internal cover during the week but covered by the on call at the weekend (as above).

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Qualifications

Desirable: - Higher teaching degree; - Higher Research Degree

Clinical Experience

Desirable: - Prior experience of developing, delivering services in geriatric medicine

Knowledge

Skills

Desirable: - Previous experience developing, delivering and leading education and training within a department.

Other

Desirable: - Ability to organise and deliver a teaching programme