Job summary
We are looking for a consultant Geriatrician colleague to join our team. This is a full-time Consultant Geriatrician post within the department of Care of the Elderly (COTE) at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust. We welcome applicants who wish to consider job sharing or part-time. The post will work in an integrated fashion with existing Consultant staff within the department of Care of the Elderly (COTE) to deliver an expansion of services for older people and support major new service developments for older people at the Hospital of St Cross, Rugby and University Hospital, Coventry. There are various opportunities to pursue sub-specialty interest and to develop new services including Community Geriatric services, Care for Elderly Major Trauma patients, Frailty Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) service, Ambulatory and Hot clinics, Surgical liaison services and Onco-geriatric service. There are also opportunities to work together with other specialities to set up services such as joint Heart Failure services, movement disorder clinic and Fracture Liaison service.

Main duties of the job
This is a full-time post (10 PA) within the department of the Care of the Elderly at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust. It is expected that appointees will have an in-patient bed base (12 patients), contribute to out-patient services (projected to be 10 patients with support from registrar) and be encouraged to develop a subspecialty interest. A 24 bed-ward is expected to be covered by a registrar and 2 resident doctors. We welcome applications from those who would like to be considered for job sharing or less than full-time working. There are also additional Pas available depending on job planning.

You will be expected to contribute to the education and training of junior doctors and there will also be opportunities to contribute to the teaching of medical students from Warwick Medical School. The department is currently pursuing the development of a major new strategy to develop and deliver Geriatric medicine services across Coventry and Rugby.

About us
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.

We are extremely proud of our skilled employees across our hospital sites in Coventry and Rugby, with high quality patient care positioned at the heart of everything we do.

Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a national and international leader in healthcare.

By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities.

There has never been a better time to join our team.

Job responsibilities
The department is currently pursuing the development of a major new strategy to develop and deliver Geriatric medicine services across Coventry and Rugby.

This strategy includes the following components:

• Acute frailty services including front door frailty service, rapid access clinics, and ambulatory care, short stay assessment services.
• Provision of geriatric, medical input to major trauma patients who are frail with multiple co morbidities.
• Surgical Liaison Service including pre op assessment to optimise medical issues for elective operation patients, perioperative liaison ward round for in-patients on surgical wards.
• Development of community services including care home input and other support to primary care services. E.g., development of a virtual ward.
• Expansion of Falls and Bone Health services including fracture liaison service, joint osteoporosis services, multidisciplinary falls clinic.

Person Specification
Qualification/Training
Essential

• Meets all essential

Desirable

• Meets all desirable

Experience
Essential

• Wide clinical experience equivalent to that required for obtaining UK CCST
• Demonstrated interest in Age Related Medicine
• Experience in demonstrating clinical procedures/techniques to other healthcare professionals
• Experience in audit/quality improvement

Desirable

• Leadership experience and/or formal management qualification

Knowledge
Essential

• Thorough and detailed knowledge of medical audit, medical education current clinical and medical best practice
• Understanding of the Clinical Governance process

Skills
Essential

• Ability to design and deliver talks/lectures/workshops
• Ability to lead, liaise and negotiate with the team, consultants and other relevant professionals
• Ability to motivate, communicate with and influence staff at all levels
• Competent in using information technology

Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours
Essential

• Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's values.
• (As detailed in UHCW's behaviour framework - attached).

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
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Applicants must have current UK professional registration.