The Trust, which is a Major Trauma Centre, encourages the development of clinical protocols and practice standards in elderly care. Successful candidates will be involved in direct patient care, conducting specialized clinics, and maintaining high professional standards. Additionally, they are expected to engage in continuing professional development and the annual appraisal process, contributing to a collaborative and supportive team environment.
We are seeking an enthusiastic, motivated, and dynamic Consultant colleague to join our friendly Care of the Elderly team, to develop and expand our geriatric services at our Royal Preston Hospital site.
We believe the job plan provides flexibility for you to develop this service as you see fit within departmental and Trust objectives. We will offer any newly appointed consultant the opportunity of mentorship, provided by the existing consultant geriatricians. The Trust is also a Major Trauma Centre and support will be offered by the geriatricians who provide care for patients admitted under the Major Trauma pathway, though you will have no responsibility for major trauma patients. You will be encouraged to join our highly rated consultant leadership and management training programme.
You will provide clinical and managerial leadership to an acute elderly care ward. You will also develop a subspecialty area of interest of your choice (eg. liaison geriatrics, community, frailty).
- Provide direct input to an elderly medicine ward, assuming a continuous commitment for the care of ward inpatients. You will provide oversight and clinical supervision for junior doctors attached to your ward.
- Carry out a general geriatrics, falls, specialty or 'hot' clinic. There will be opportunity to develop an area of sub-speciality (eg. continence, frailty 'hot' clinics, dementia).
- Participate in the General (Internal) Medicine 1:18 consultant on-call rota at Royal Preston Hospital, including conducting the 'Post-Take' ward round.
- Promote high professional standards of clinical care for patients, both through direct patient care and by the maintenance of continuing professional development.
- Exercise the freedom to develop the services to reflect perceived priorities within available resources.
- Provide the professional lead, in conjunction with colleagues, regarding the development of protocols/guidelines and practice with particular reference to the area of elderly care medicine services.
- Lead audit and quality improvement activities, participate in morbidity and mortality and clinical and governance meetings.
- Engage fully in annual appraisal, Continuing professional development and the Revalidation process
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