We are looking for a consultant Geriatrician to join our team.
This is a full-time Consultant Geriatrician post within the Department of Care of the Elderly (COTE) at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust. We welcome applicants who wish to consider job sharing or part-time.
The post will work in an integrated fashion with existing Consultant staff within the Department of Care of the Elderly (COTE) to deliver an expansion of services for older people and to support major new service developments for older people at Hospital of St Cross, Rugby and University Hospital, Coventry.
There are various opportunities to pursue sub-specialty interest and to develop new services. There are also opportunities to work together with other specialties to set up services such as joint Heart Failure services, movement disorder clinic and Fracture Liaison service.
This is a full-time post within the Department of the Care of the Elderly at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust. Appointees will have an in-patient bed base, contribute to out-patient services and are encouraged to develop a subspecialty interest. We welcome applications from those who would like to be considered for job sharing or less than full-time working. There are also additional PAs available depending on job planning.
You will be expected to contribute to the education and training of resident doctors and there will be opportunities to contribute to teaching medical students from Warwick Medical School.
The Department is currently pursuing the development of a major new strategy to develop and deliver Geriatric medicine services across Coventry and Rugby.
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.
We are extremely proud of our skilled employees across our hospital sites in Coventry and Rugby, with high-quality patient care positioned at the heart of everything we do.
Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a national and international leader in healthcare.
By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities.
There has never been a better time to join our team.
We are looking for a confident, flexible and adaptable person who thrives on challenges and variety. They should be able to cope with prioritising, managing a busy workload and working with indirect supervision, asking for guidance and support as required. The appointee will be skilled in working as part of a dynamic community multi-disciplinary team, able to communicate with a wide range of patient groups and colleagues.
This strategy includes the following components:
Acute frailty services – includes front door frailty service, rapid access clinics, and ambulatory care, short stay assessment services. Provision of geriatric medical input to Major trauma patients who are frail with multiple co-morbidities. Surgical liaison Service – including pre-op assessment to optimise medical issues for elective operation patients, peri-operative liaison ward round for in-patients on surgical wards. Development of community services – including care home input and other support to primary care services e.g. development of virtual ward. Expansion of Falls and Bone Health services – including fracture liaison service, joint osteoporosis services, multidisciplinary falls clinic. There is commitment to the General Internal Medicine Consultant on-call rota (1 in 16). You will be expected to contribute to the education and training of resident doctors and there will also be opportunities to contribute to teaching medical students from Warwick Medical School.
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This is a full-time Consultant Geriatrician post within the Department of Care of the Elderly (COTE) at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust. We welcome applicants who wish to consider job sharing or part-time.
The post will work in an integrated fashion with existing Consultant staff within the Department of Care of the Elderly (COTE) to deliver an expansion of services for older people and to support major new service developments for older people at Hospital of St Cross, Rugby and University Hospital, Coventry.
There are various opportunities to pursue sub-specialty interest and to develop new services. There are also opportunities to work together with other specialties to set up services such as joint Heart Failure services, movement disorder clinic and Fracture Liaison service.
This is a full-time post within the Department of the Care of the Elderly at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust. Appointees will have an in-patient bed base, contribute to out-patient services and are encouraged to develop a subspecialty interest. We welcome applications from those who would like to be considered for job sharing or less than full-time working. There are also additional PAs available depending on job planning.
You will be expected to contribute to the education and training of resident doctors and there will be opportunities to contribute to teaching medical students from Warwick Medical School.
The Department is currently pursuing the development of a major new strategy to develop and deliver Geriatric medicine services across Coventry and Rugby.
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.
We are extremely proud of our skilled employees across our hospital sites in Coventry and Rugby, with high-quality patient care positioned at the heart of everything we do.
Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a national and international leader in healthcare.
By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities.
There has never been a better time to join our team.
We are looking for a confident, flexible and adaptable person who thrives on challenges and variety. They should be able to cope with prioritising, managing a busy workload and working with indirect supervision, asking for guidance and support as required. The appointee will be skilled in working as part of a dynamic community multi-disciplinary team, able to communicate with a wide range of patient groups and colleagues.
This strategy includes the following components:
Acute frailty services – includes front door frailty service, rapid access clinics, and ambulatory care, short stay assessment services. Provision of geriatric medical input to Major trauma patients who are frail with multiple co-morbidities. Surgical liaison Service – including pre-op assessment to optimise medical issues for elective operation patients, peri-operative liaison ward round for in-patients on surgical wards. Development of community services – including care home input and other support to primary care services e.g. development of virtual ward. Expansion of Falls and Bone Health services – including fracture liaison service, joint osteoporosis services, multidisciplinary falls clinic. There is commitment to the General Internal Medicine Consultant on-call rota (1 in 16). You will be expected to contribute to the education and training of resident doctors and there will also be opportunities to contribute to teaching medical students from Warwick Medical School.
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