Locum Consultant Geriatrician & General Physician

Locum Consultant Geriatrician & General Physician

Job description

Job summary

This is a locum consultant post. The remit of the postholder will be to work within the multi-disciplinary team providing and further developing care for frail older people, both as inpatient and outpatients.

The successful candidate will join two other consultants based on one of the three Health and Ageing Unit (HAU) wards, with each ward consultant contributing 35 / 42 weeks in a year to the ward and in the remaining seven weeks they will be available for different activities and service delivery (for example extra clinics, frailty or community work).

The candidate will also be expected to contribute to the Acute Frailty rota covering the Frailty Assessment Unit (FAU)





and to deliver Geriatric care in one of the local Care Homes.

In addition, the individual will be required to play an active role in the general workload of the Care Group while having a significant commitment to teaching and training of junior staff.

Main duties of the job

The post will be based at Denmark Hill and the indicative Job Plan (10 PAs) is attached. This is subject to review within 3 months of the postholder commencing in post.

The on-call commitment is for a 1 : 9 weekend on call commitment to General and Geriatric Medicine. Shifts include covering Acute take, Frailty Unit and supporting care on the Acute Medical Unit and consultants will be expected to be on site 8am-5pm.

All employees are expected to undertake work on any of the Trust's sites as required by the service. As a senior employee of the Trust, you will work in close co-operation with, and support other clinical, medical professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality healthcare to the Trust's patients.







Integral to these responsibilities are the following :

- The provision of a first-class clinical service
- Effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty
- Sustaining and developing teaching and research in conjunction with King's College London / KHP
- Undertaking all work in accordance with the Trust's procedures and operating policies
- Conducting clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Trust's service plans
- Maintaining the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty, the Care Group or the Trust

About us

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1 billion,





million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London.

The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The Trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reachis our Vision to be BOLD;

Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do.

By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King's to another level.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.







At King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust we are proud of our diverse workforce and the strength that gives us to provide compassionate care to all of our patients.

We are fortunate to employ a workforce that represents the population we care for, and we celebrate the value of differences in age, disability, gender reassignment, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sex, sexual orientation and religion or belief.

Job description

Job responsibilities

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

- Together with other colleagues, to provide a high quality care service to patients. This includes all aspects of treatment and relevant management duties for the proper functioning of the Care Group.
- Shared responsibility with other colleagues for providing 24 hours, 7 days a week cover for the Unit on a rota basis.





Responsible also for covering colleagues periods of annual leave and short-term sickness as detailed in your contract.
- Provide clinical supervision of junior medical / dental practitionersas a shared responsibility with other consultant colleagues.
- Responsible for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and contributing to CPD and clinical governance initiatives.
- Responsible for outpatient clinic commitments in peripheral hospitals as agreed with the Care Groups management team where part of the service structure.
- Contribute to the Care Groups research interests in accordance with the Trusts R&D; framework.
- Contribute to the audit programmes, Morbidity and Mortality,





Clinical Governance programmes and Learning from Deaths.
- Take an active role in the formulation, implementation and monitoring of the Care Groups Business Plan. This may include assisting with discussions regarding service plans and developments with internal and external agencies.
- Conduct all activities within the contracted level of service and operating plan for service(s).
- Exercise professional leadership for all staff working in the specialty. This will include fostering and developing projects focused towards these ends and ensuring that the momentum of post-qualification professional education and other appropriate training is maintained.






- Work in conjunction with clinical and other professional colleagues to ensure that the productivity of staff within the specialty is maintained and their job satisfaction is enhanced.

This may include involvement in the appraisal process for peers and / or junior colleagues.

- Undertake Care Group management duties as agreed with the Care Group / Departmental Manager / Clinical Director.
- Be aware of, and comply with, all Trust infection prevention and control policies, to include hand hygiene, personal hygiene, environmental and food hygiene.
- Prepare for and undertake the protective interventions that you are responsible for in a manner that is consistent with evidence-based practice and maintaining patient safety.






- Kings is committed to providing Consultant led 7-day services and in the event of future developments the post holder would be expected to contribute equally with other Consultant colleagues.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

- Registerable medical qualification
- Full MRCP

Desirable

Other higher degree or diploma (, MD)

Registration

Essential

Full Registration with GMC Name on GMC Specialist Register on date of taking up appointment

Interview Eligibility

Essential

On the day of interview applicants must be within 6 months of CCT or must have fully completed CESR application and be fully registered on the GMC Specialist Register Any applications not meeting these criteria will not be considered

Training and Experience

Essential

Wide experience in all aspects of Geriatric Medicine culminating in award of Certificate of Completion of Training by GMC, or award of Certificate of Eligibility for Specialty Registration (CESR) by GMC.

Administration

Essential

- Experience in day-to-day organisation of Geriatric Medicine and General Internal Medicine services in a busy Teaching Hospital
- Familiarity with information technology and general computer skills
- Familiar with current structure of UK National Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes.

Management and Leadership

Essential

Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi-disciplinary teams

Desirable

Management course and / or qualification

Audit and Quality Improvement

Essential

- Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit
- Must have undertaken and completed audit projects

Desirable

Audit Publications

Research and Publications

Essential

- Experience of clinical research
- Publication of relevant review articles or case reports

Desirable

Relevant research experience in one or more aspects of Geriatric Medicine or General Internal Medicine

Teaching

Essential

Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching and exam preparation

Desirable

- Teaching skills course / qualification

▶️ Locum Consultant Geriatrician & General Physician
🖊️ King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
📍 London