Specialist Doctor

Specialist Doctor

Job description

Job summary

We are looking for a Specialist Doctor to join our East Kent HCP Frailty / Home Treatment Service.

Our diverse, talented and caring team include frailty consultants, a consultant advanced clinical practitioner (ACP), GPs, consultants-in-training and trainee ACPs from a broad professional background.

Together we support a wide range of activities including :

- Home Treatment Service
- Community Hospitals
- Primary Care Network (PCN) Hubs
- Proactive Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA)
- Care home support

Main duties of the job

The broad responsibilities of the post will include :







Advanced and expert level clinical practice within the field of frailty ensuring clinical excellence Leadership and consultancy providing expert professional advice to patients, carers and colleagues Development and provision of education and training to other staff and trainees Service development, evaluation, research and audit.

Shared decision-making with families, trainee staff and external organisations MDT collaboration within and across organisational boundaries Supporting the development of their team and demonstrating leadership abilities Contributing to organisational learning Critically appraising current research and sharing best practice

About us

Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we've got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities.

To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent

We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce.





We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences

We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn't visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability.

Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission

The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work

As a flexible working friendly organisation,





we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you.

Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won't involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments.

We'll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both

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Job description

Job responsibilities

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application.

If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge,





be true and accurate.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible.

A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.

At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated.

In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.

Find out more about the community difference here.

Good luck! We cant wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT,





#cometocommunity.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Full GMC registration

Desirable

A post graduate qualification MRCP, Diploma or Masters qualification relevant to the role.

Experience

Essential

12 years post qualification experience, continuous or in aggregate that is acceptable for full, limited or temporary (but not provisional) GMC registration including 3 years of community frailty work.

There may be flexibility with this depending on skills and experience. Extensive clinical experience in the care and treatment of people with frailty (including long term conditions and dementia care experience)





Independent prescribing experience Experience of advanced specialist interventions in the assessment and management of older patients Experience of teaching and education provision Extensive experience in report writing Experience of planning, implementation and delivery of educational programmes relating to long term conditions Experience of working across organisational boundaries with partners (commissioning, social care and education providers) Experience with evidence of audit, research and innovation applied in practice Experience of strategy development and implementation

Knowledge

Essential

Advanced understanding of long-term conditions and application to older people Advanced knowledge of clinical governance Advanced knowledge of change management Advanced knowledge of managing complex patient information and situations

Desirable

Extensive research knowledge







Skills & abilities

Essential

Demonstrate a high level of competence and excellence in practice. Advanced skills in history taking and physical assessment of frail people High level competence in strategic planning Advanced skills in writing reports High level skills in presenting Expert skills in developing and delivering educational material Advanced skills in clinical practice, including clinical governance High level communication skills both verbally and non-verbally Coaching and mentoring skills Chairing and highly developed facilitation skills Ability to manage time and priorities effectively and work under pressure to meet deadlines Ability to work effectively with a variety of people at all organisational levels across different sectors including areas of social deprivation Ability to communicate complex and / or sensitive information to individuals and groups Ability to use a range of IT programmes including PowerPoint, Word and Excel Ability to critically reflect Demonstrates experience in making clinical decisions and managing risk.

Knows when to seek help, able to prioritise clinical need Ability to work effectively in a variety of clinical settings required as part of the job role Ability to manage complexity and uncertainty Demonstrated ability to lead a multi-disciplinary team in project work

Desirable

Peer review of research or publications skills

Personal attributes

Essential

Able to make decisions. Capacity to handle conflict and remain calm under pressure A flexible approach to working arrangements surrounding, remote access, significant travel across the County and occasional travel to other UK cities.

Demonstrates a commitment to maintaining professional skills and knowledge relevant to the job. Demonstrates an awareness to fully engage in appraisal.

Self-awareness and ability to accept and learn from feedback Meets professional health requirements in line with GMC standards in Good Medical Practice

Ability to manage

Essential

- Understanding of management issues including medical discipline; clinical governance, service planning Willingness to support or lead in service developments Able to meet tight deadlines and work under pressure Able to be supportive to others Previous evidence of managing others Work produced is managed to ensure a high quality standard reflective of the seniority of the post

▶️ Specialist Doctor
🖊️ Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
📍 Ashford