Consultant GeriatricianNHS

Job summary

We are looking for a committed and passionate colleague to support and develop our Acute Frailty Service at Warwick hospital. The job is offered as a full-time post (10PA's). The appointed consultant will play a key role in the treatment of older adults accessing emergency care. They will work closely with our emergency, acute medicine and community teams to complete comprehensive geriatric assessment of frail older adults in crisis. This is an established service with excellent potential for ongoing development.

The post is open to applicants with Geriatrics and General internal medicine CCT or within 6 months of expected CCT completion at the time of interview. The posts include a GIM on call commitment.

Main duties of the job

This post offers an exciting opportunity to join a cohesive, innovative and rapidly developing team of geriatricians providing a range of high quality services to older adults across the South Warwickshire area.

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is a leading innovator in the development and evolution of services tailored to the needs of the older adults it serves. We have a nationally recognised acute frailty service that features a frailty assessment area, virtual ward, community urgent response team and close links to West Midlands Ambulance Service. There is excellent organisational support and investment focused on delivering high quality services across secondary and community care. In addition the department has a close relationship with Warwick and Buckingham Medical Schools with great opportunities to be involved with undergraduate medical education and research.

Job description

Purpose of the Post and specific responsibilities:

Since 2016 the Acute Frailty team at Warwick hospital have successfully introduced several service developments including a daily parallel rapid access frailty take; a dedicated Frailty Assessment Area (Same Day Emergency Care); a frailty virtual ward and a frailty advice line for the ambulance service to avoid conveyance and promote care in the community. We are an integrated trust with responsibility for providing community services in the South Warwickshire area.

The appointed consultant will play a key role in contributing to the Acute Frailty service and providing care for frail older adults accessing urgent care at the Trust. They will be expected to lead a multidisciplinary team operating across the Frailty Assessment Area, Acute frailty ward base, Acute Medicine, the Emergency Department and Community services (UCR).

The appointed consultant will be expected to, support the evolution of the Acute Frailty service including the introduction of new technologies, expansion of capacity, data collection, project work and development of workforce.

About us

Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further. In addition our staff survey results have placed us 4th in the country for recommended place to work.

We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are 'Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective and compassionate care'. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn't matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.

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