The closing date is 30th Oct 2024
Job summary We are looking for versatile, enthusiastic individual to join our Consultant Geriatrician team based at Lymington Hospital.
This is an exciting time in for the Trust as we are on a journey to bring together all NHS community and mental health services provided in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, including services provided by Solent NHS Trust, Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, that delivers Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services CAMHS in Hampshire, in what we call project Fusion.
Main duties, tasks & skills required This is an ideal post for a geriatrician who enjoys being hands on and working closely with colleagues in primary, secondary and intermediate care. There are opportunities to get involved in admission prevention, virtual wards, proactive community services for older people living with frailty, advance care planning and end of life care.
The environment within the hospital is ideal for older patients who need high quality medical and nursing care but not intensive medical intervention or referral to more specialist services. A particular strength is end of life care.
About us Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust is one of only a few trusts in the country that are providers of both mental and physical health and learning disability services that has care available to them for every stage of someone's life.
Our of team of 6,500 staff who work from over 300 sites, care for people in hospital and in the community, helping them to recover and go on to lead full and productive lives.
We provide care and treatment for around 1.7 million people across both rural and urban areas of the South Coast delivering services in the community (at home, in GP surgeries), hospital and forensic (secure) units.
Our aim is to work alongside the people we support and our health and care partners, to constantly improve and deliver the best possible care.
We are keen to ensure that our workforce reflects the community it serves, particularly in terms of ethnicity, gender, disability, LGBTQ+ and experience of mental illness.
It not all about work and our locations have good road and rail links to London. The national airports are in easy travelling distance along with good ferry links to Europe.
Job description Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential MBBS or equivalent
MRCP or equivalent
Full registration with the General Medical Council GMC with licence to practice
Entry on Specialist Register in Geriatric medicine
Holder of Certificate of Completion of Training CCT in Geriatric medicine or within 12 months of award of CCT by date of interview
Experience
Essential Ability to provide expert clinical opinion across a wide range of problems within General Internal Medicine and Geriatric medicine
Ability to take full and independent responsibility for the care of patients
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Professional Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
For help with your application, contact: Medical HR
medicalworkforce@southernhealth.nhs.uk
02380475160
Pay scheme Hospital Medical and Dental
Band Consultant
Salary
£99532.00 to £131964.00 Yearly
Contract Permanent
Working pattern Full-Time
Reference number 348-SW-MED-4884
Job locations Lymington New Forest Hospital
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Job summary We are looking for versatile, enthusiastic individual to join our Consultant Geriatrician team based at Lymington Hospital.
This is an exciting time in for the Trust as we are on a journey to bring together all NHS community and mental health services provided in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, including services provided by Solent NHS Trust, Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, that delivers Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services CAMHS in Hampshire, in what we call project Fusion.
Main duties, tasks & skills required This is an ideal post for a geriatrician who enjoys being hands on and working closely with colleagues in primary, secondary and intermediate care. There are opportunities to get involved in admission prevention, virtual wards, proactive community services for older people living with frailty, advance care planning and end of life care.
The environment within the hospital is ideal for older patients who need high quality medical and nursing care but not intensive medical intervention or referral to more specialist services. A particular strength is end of life care.
About us Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust is one of only a few trusts in the country that are providers of both mental and physical health and learning disability services that has care available to them for every stage of someone's life.
Our of team of 6,500 staff who work from over 300 sites, care for people in hospital and in the community, helping them to recover and go on to lead full and productive lives.
We provide care and treatment for around 1.7 million people across both rural and urban areas of the South Coast delivering services in the community (at home, in GP surgeries), hospital and forensic (secure) units.
Our aim is to work alongside the people we support and our health and care partners, to constantly improve and deliver the best possible care.
We are keen to ensure that our workforce reflects the community it serves, particularly in terms of ethnicity, gender, disability, LGBTQ+ and experience of mental illness.
It not all about work and our locations have good road and rail links to London. The national airports are in easy travelling distance along with good ferry links to Europe.
Job description Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential MBBS or equivalent
MRCP or equivalent
Full registration with the General Medical Council GMC with licence to practice
Entry on Specialist Register in Geriatric medicine
Holder of Certificate of Completion of Training CCT in Geriatric medicine or within 12 months of award of CCT by date of interview
Experience
Essential Ability to provide expert clinical opinion across a wide range of problems within General Internal Medicine and Geriatric medicine
Ability to take full and independent responsibility for the care of patients
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Professional Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
For help with your application, contact: Medical HR
medicalworkforce@southernhealth.nhs.uk
02380475160
Pay scheme Hospital Medical and Dental
Band Consultant
Salary
£99532.00 to £131964.00 Yearly
Contract Permanent
Working pattern Full-Time
Reference number 348-SW-MED-4884
Job locations Lymington New Forest Hospital
#J-18808-Ljbffr
