Consultant Physician with an interest in Respiratory Medicine

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Full time
Location: London
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Job offered by: Triple West Medical
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Consultant Physician with an interest in Respiratory Medicine

We have been assigned by one of the UK's more prestigious NHS Trusts to help them recruit a Consultant in Care of the Elderly on either a Substantive or an NHS Fixed Term basis for 12 months to join their successful department.

Our client's Elderly Care Department currently has 10 full time substantive and 2 Locum consultants. They provide input to elderly care, Acute Frailty Unit, Orthogeriatrics, and a range of outpatient as well as community-based services. Each ward has a full medical staffing complement including one each of FY1, CMT / GPVTS, and Specialist Registrar / middle grade. Discharge planning and support is aided by an Integrated Discharge Team. There are links with the much larger community-based nursing and therapy teams. The department has well-established weekly educational seminars, monthly Morbidity and Mortality meetings, and Clinical Governance meetings.

In addition, there are 3 Stroke Consultants running a thrombolysis service and a dedicated Stroke Unit. The Elderly Care team currently provides a wide range of hospital and community-based services including Acute Frailty, Stroke, Ortho-geriatric services as well as running specialist clinics for patients with Parkinson's disease, TIAs, falls, and general medical conditions. Inpatient elderly care wards include three acute elderly care wards, a stroke unit, and an established 22-bedded Acute Frailty Unit.

Joining an existing team of seven established full-time Consultants, the successful appointee will be asked to fulfill various duties, such as managing patients admitted to their specialty Elderly Care ward (12-15 patients) routinely and those admitted under their care whilst on call for Acute Frailty, averaging 12-15 per on call. These patients are then streamed to Sapphire Acute Frailty Unit (SAFU) if early discharge is planned ( Additional Information - 10 P.A's - Prestigious NHS Trust - A well-supported & friendly team - Must have GMC Registration - Outstanding Schools within public and private sectors - Opportunity to work and develop personal interests in various geriatric sub-specialties.

This is a Consultant in Care of the Elderly vacancy. If you are a Consultant in Care of the Elderly and this interests you, please let me know as soon as possible. Alternatively, please do not hesitate to ask if you require any further information.

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