Consultant Geriatrician – special interest in POPS

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Full time
Location: Worthing
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Category:
We are looking for someone to join our friendly, supportive team to work with and develop the Peri-Operative service based at Worthing Hospital.

This has the possibility to be a hybrid position encompassing both day-to-day care of patients living with frailty within the Department of Medicine for the Elderly as well as working for the Surgical Department in ensuring better outcomes for those who require surgery.

Responsibilities:

Deliver local preoperative assessment and optimisation to older and frail elective surgical patients in the outpatient setting. Ensure ‘fitness’ for surgery and thus reduce late cancellations for surgery. Proactively identify in-patients requiring POPS input on the wards and provide timely and evidence-based in-patient assessment, optimisation and coordinated management of care. Collaboration with current pathways including enhanced recovery programmes. Provide standardised, safe & effective care for older people undergoing elective and emergency surgery. Reduce incidence and severity of post-operative medical complications in surgical patients. Identify and treat post-operative medical complications early and thus reduce the impact on functional status and cognitive status. Utilise community services more effectively (establish relationships with intermediate care to facilitate early discharge). Reduce length of stay for surgical inpatients. Reduce readmissions. Provide education to the wider MDT as part of the Divisions of Medicine & Surgery educational program. General professional training of the junior members working alongside POPS colleagues and contributing to the training of nurses and other staff and participating in the activities of the Postgraduate Medical centre including clinical audit. At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of Staff Networks to help break down barriers, and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) and a Veteran Aware Trust.

We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We’re here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in our Wellbeing Programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it, including where possible, flexible working to support work-life balance - because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.

As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. We hope that in choosing UHSussex you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do.

We look forward to receiving your application and the start of your journey with UHSussex.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Kerry Philp Job title: General Manager for Elderly Care Email address: kerry.philp1@nhs.net Telephone number: 07342 083901

Linzi Garman, Operations Manager Theatres, Anaesthetics, Critical Care and Pre Operative Assessment - Tel:

07894 149031

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