NHS Trust Consultant Elderly Care, Acute & Community Frailty

The post holder will contribute to the Acute Frailty Team across several clinical areas including the emergency department, clinical decision unit and acute medical unit, as well as inpatient wards and the virtual frailty ward. The role also includes supporting community-based assessments and working closely with discharge teams and community services to facilitate safe transitions from hospital to home.

Key duties include providing consultant leadership in frailty assessment, participating in multidisciplinary ward rounds and board rounds, delivering outpatient clinics aligned with the post holder's special interests, and supporting the development of surgical liaison services for frail surgical patients. The consultant will also assess patients referred by other specialties and contribute to service improvement initiatives across the frailty pathway.

The successful candidate will take part in the General Internal Medicine on-call rota alongside consultant colleagues and will contribute to teaching, clinical governance, audit, and quality improvement activities within the department. There will be opportunities to develop specialist interests and to support research and education within the Trust and in partnership with regional academic institutions.

This post offers the opportunity to play a key role in shaping innovative frailty services and improving outcomes for older people across East Sussex within a supportive and forward-thinking clinical team.

Please refer to the job description attached. (JD pending RCP approval)

If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact us

Please note: Applicants should be a holder of Certificate of Completion of Training or be within six months of the award of CCT by the date of the interview or the equivalent (CESR) which is at the time of applying, on the GMC Specialist Register.

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We provide safe, compassionate and high quality care to half a million people living or visiting East Sussex. We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex, the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex. Our extensive services are provided by 7000 + members of staff working from acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites and in people's own homes.

In 2020 the Care Quality Commission rated us as 'Good' overall, and 'Outstanding' for being caring and effective. The Conquest Hospital and our Community Services are rated 'Outstanding'. Eastbourne DGH rated 'Good'.

In 2020, the Trust launched its ambitious 'Building for our Future' programme. This once in a lifetime programme aims to repair, redevelop and expand our hospitals, transforming the environment in which we provide care for generations to come.

Qualification, Higher Qualifications & Registration

Essential: - MB BS or equivalent; - Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians; - Full Registration with GMC with a licence to practice

Desirable: - MD or equivalent

Training & experience

Essential: - Wide experience in all aspects of General (Internal) Medicine and Stroke Medicine.

Administration & Management

Essential: - Evidence of participation in management; - Understanding of recent initiatives and changes, including Clinical Governance and Appraisal

Desirable: - Management course and/or qualifications; - Knowledge of the structure of Health Service

Audit, Research & Publications

Essential: - Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit; - Understanding of the role of research

Personal skills & Personal attributes

Desirable: - Good presentation skills; - Demonstration of initiated projects; - Specific attributes for post; - UK Driving Licence

Teaching

Essential: - Enthusiasm for teaching medical students, nursing staff and other professional groups

Desirable: - Educational qualification