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Job summary

Main area
Geriatric Medicine
Grade
MC75
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref
382-DOC118-24
Employer
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals
Town
Blackpool
Salary
£59,175 - £95,400 pa pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
09/01/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Specialty Doctor Geriatric Medicine

MC75

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, with services covering the local authority areas of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The Trust is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) supporting a population of around 1.6 million people.

We have three main hospitals providing acute services to around 330,000 local residents. The organisation also provides specialist tertiary care for cardiac and haematology services, delivers community health services to over 445,000 residents including those in North Lancashire and hosts the National Artificial Eye Service across England. Plus, we provide urgent and emergency care services to an estimated 18 million people who visit the seaside resort each year. We employ over 7000 people from 68 different countries.

We welcome and encourage application from anyone with protected characteristics, as well as supporting reservists and Veterans who are looking for a rewarding and challenging career within the NHS.

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals encourages flexible working in all our roles to support staff in maintaining healthy home-life balance.Ìý Working patterns such as: part time working, self-rostering, compressed hours, annualised hours, term time, reverse term time and flexitime working can be explored.Ìý

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Job overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our friendly and dynamic Care of Older Person team at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to develop and embed high quality care for the frail and older patients.

We are looking to recruit a specialty doctor with passion for excellent care to join our diverse and supportive team which also includes advanced clinical practitioners, non-medical consultants and pharmacists.

We are particularly keen to improve several of our services particularly our Frailty pathway, our Orthogeriatric service and Parkinson’s Disease service. Our inpatient provision has recently been reconfigured with the development of an Acute Frailty Unit. The post holder will be employed by Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and is covered by NHS Terms and Conditions of Service. The post will also support those applicants who wish to progress CESR application.

The successful candidate will provide day to day geriatric medicine support to the care of inpatients in our wards, attend outpatient clinics where required and support requests for specialist review from other subspecialities.

Main duties of the job

The job will be contracted for 10 sessions and the final job plan subject to discussion with the Head of Department. General medical on call opportunities can be explored. There will be opportunities for successful candidates to be involved in outpatient clinics.Ìý There will be protected teaching time.

Your main duties will include providing a clinical service in conjunction with your colleagues and under the director of your Lead Consultant on the Ward.Ìý Duties will include the responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness.

You will be expected to deputise for absent colleagues and in exceptional unforeseen circumstances may have to perform additional duties to ensure the safe running of the department and hospital.Ìý Where such duties arise outside of your normal contracted duties, you will receive with an equivalent off duty period or will be remunerated appropriately.

You will provide advice to clinicians in hospital and primary care, originating either from telephone calls or ward referrals.

See JD/PS attached for more information on duties.

Working for our organisation

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a resident population of approximately 330,000 and the 12 million holidaymakers who visit the area every year. The Trust comprises which is a large busy acute hospital, a smaller community/ rehabilitation hospital - . Outpatient services are also provided in Blackpool, . The Trust is also responsible for the provision of a wide range of community healthcare services, including District Nursing, Community Matrons and therapy services.

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We employ approximately 7,500 staff and our budget is in excess of £200m per year. We have around 830 beds across all sites and see more than 56,000 day-case and inpatients, 250,000 outpatients and over 91,000 A & E patients every year.

The hospital has a consultant staff numbering over one hundred and ten encompassing all major medical and surgical specialties. In addition there are visiting consultants in the specialties of nephrology, neurology, neurosurgery, plastic surgery, and radiotherapy. The hospital provides some regional services in haematology.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please ensure you have read the attached Job Description and Person Specification before applying for the role.Ìý

Person specification

Education and Qualification

Essential criteria
  • Full GMC Registration
  • 4 years full-time postgraduate training (or part-time equivalent)
  • Willingness to work towards CESR to achieve Specialist Registration
Desirable criteria
  • MMBS or recognised equivalent
  • Further relevant degree / diploma / teaching qualification

Experience and Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of working effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team
  • Up to date with current practices
  • Evidence of participation in, progressing and completing audit
Desirable criteria
  • Previous experience of working in the NHS / experience of NHS working practices and systems

Skills and Ability

Essential criteria
  • Understanding of clinical risk management and clinical governance
  • Ability to take independent clinical decisions when necessary and to seek advice from senior doctors as appropriate
  • Ability to manage own time and workload
  • Experience of the assessment of emergencies
  • Able to work as a member of a team or on own
  • Good verbal and written communication skills
  • Excellent interpersonal skills – ability to communicate sensitively with patients, relatives and staff
  • Understanding of information systems and technology
  • Clinical Skills – ability to perform unsupervised common practical procedures

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Veteran AwareDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - Silver

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Andrew Weatherburn
Job title
Consultant Community Geriatrician & Physician
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01253 951400