Job summary
- Main area
- Geriatrics
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed term 12 months)
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 343-LCON-183
- Employer
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Epsom General Hospital
- Town
- Epsom
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 PA + LDW
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Locum Consultant in Geriatric & General Medicine
NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
"At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect.Ìý We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork.Ìý This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work.Ìý When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values"Ìý
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As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19.
At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect.Ìý We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork.Ìý This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work.Ìý When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values
Job overview
We are pleased to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our Geriatric Medicine team based at Epsom Hospital. The successful applicant will offer an important role in the assessment, treatment and management of older people in addition to contributing to the overall proactive and preventative agenda. You will work within our forward thinking and expert multidisciplinary team to provide excellent care.
You will be expected to bring dynamism and enthusiasm to further develop a service fit for the future needs of our local population whilst ensuring that current service provision continues to be high-value and delivered to the highest standard. Frequent review of the service is anticipated to ensure that Trust and departmental strategic priorities are being met.
You will also be expected to contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate education. The development of relevant research interests is encouraged, and opportunities will be enhanced alongside areas of specialist interest.
Main duties of the job
Be responsible for the clinical management of in and outpatients under your care
Show dynamism, enthusiasm and flexibility in participating in the provision and reshaping of services for the older person and developing integrated ways of working with the community frailty teams
Provide a first-class clinical service to all older people
Provide education, senior guidance and input to help resident doctors make clinical decisions and develop their clinical knowledge and fulfil training needs
Lead and support the multi-disciplinary team with complex discharge planning
Facilitate the safe and timely discharge of patients, using community support services where appropriate to achieve this
To actively participate and be engaged in daily multi-disciplinary team meetings
To participate in the development and implementation of care pathways for older patients presenting or referred to the acute hospital
Work within framework of applicable Trust policies, procedures, and clinical governance
To work within contractual requirements, and in support of applicable Trust clinical development frameworks, business plans and development strategies
To, at all times, comply with the GMC's 'Good Medical Practice' as amended or substituted from time to time
Be responsible and accountable for the reasonable and effective use of Trust resources that you use and influence and professionally accountable to the Medical Director
Working for our organisation
St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey.ÌýOur sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).Ìý
ÌýAfter years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The principal duty of this post is to provide a comprehensive clinical service to patients.
- To at all times, comply with the GMC’s guidance on ‘Good Medical Practice’ as amended or substituted from time to time.
- To ensure that patient confidentiality is maintained at all times.
- To undertake duties as defined within the attached job plan in so far as practicable and in agreement with your Clinical Director.
- To be responsible and managerially accountable for the reasonable and effective use of Trust resources that you use and influence, and professionally accountable to the Clinical Director.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- Hold a medical qualification
- Appropriate higher medical qualification i.e. MRCP or equivalent.
- Entry onto the Specialist Register for GMC for GIM and Geriatric Medicine or be within six months of obtaining CCT
Desirable criteria
- MD, PhD or equivalent higher degree or evidence of relevant research.
Teaching & Research Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of teaching undergraduate and post graduate trainees
- Ability to teach clinical skills
- Ability to contribute to change management
- Ability to apply research findings to clinical problems Ability to critically review research
- Experience of supervising resident doctors
Desirable criteria
- Experience of teaching lay groups and other staff groups
- Ability to supervise postgraduate research
Clinical, Management & Administrative Experience
Essential criteria
- High standard of clinical skill and expertise in the specialty
- Audit & Research experience
- Attended a recognised management training event or will have such training on completion of CCT/CESR
- Supervision of post-graduate trainees
- Clinical governance
- Ability to organise inpatient and outpatient waiting lists
Desirable criteria
- Experience of service development
Language
Essential criteria
- • Demonstrable skills in written and spoken English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfil the job requirements
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Ability to work in a multi- disciplinary team
- Ability to work in partnership to deliver a patient-centred service
- Demonstrate an understanding and willingness to embrace user involvement
- Good interpersonal skills
- Enquiring, critical approach to work
- Ability to communicate with patients and relatives
- Commitment to continuing professional development
- Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities to local, regional or national levels
- Willingness to work with consultant colleagues and management to maintain and develop a comprehensive service
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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 Ratnasingam Nithiyananthan
- Job title
- Clinical Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01372 735735
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