Specialist Grade Doctor in Frailty and Ageing Medicine

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Full timePart time
This is a full-time substantive post within the Department of Frailty and Ageing Medicine. This post is to support the Silver Trauma service that works alongside the Major Trauma teams assessing patients who are TARN eligible with a view to improving standards and outcomes for older (> 65 year olds) with trauma.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will help support and develop the Silver Trauma service alongside the Major Trauma team. The successful applicant will support the Major Trauma ward with older patients with major trauma but also contribute towards a liaison service within the Medical bed base when patients are identified. The aim is to provide Comprehensive Geriatric assessment to these patients complying with the Best Practice Tariff with the aim of supporting systems and pathways to improve outcomes for this patient cohort.

About us

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion. Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve. Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH. As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology. We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information on the advertised post please see the attached Job Description and Personal Specification.

Person Specification

Professional Registration

Essential

Full Registration with the GMC

Qualifications and Training

Essential

Valid ALS certificate

Desirable

Postgraduate degree: e.g. MD, PhD Postgraduate qualification in Education or significant experience in post graduate training MRCP or equivalent

Clinical Experience

Essential

Ability to offer sound clinical opinion on range of acute medical conditions Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients Minimum of 12 years full-time postgraduate training (or equivalent gained part-time). At least 6 years' experience in a relevant specialty

Management and Administration Experience

Essential

Ability to manage and lead medical/surgical teams Ability to lead on smooth and efficient running of the unit Ability to organise, prioritise and manage high intensity workload

Desirable

Ability to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/ delivery

Teaching, Audit and Research

Essential

Experience of supervising junior medical staff Commitment to formal and informal teaching of medical staff, AHPs and medical students Evidence of participation in audit Ability to extrapolate clinical research evidence to care for individual patients

Desirable

Evidence of having conducted a practice-changing audit Experience of teaching/ training in clinical courses e.g. IMPACT Course, Faculty, ALS Instructor, ALERT Instructor Original peer-reviewed research publications

Personal Attributes

Essential

Ability to work flexibly in a changing health service Excellent manner with patients, being sensitive to their needs and fears Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, Nurses and other health professionals and flex style as appropriate Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels

Desirable

Ability to communicate effectively with external agencies and other disciplines

Employer details

Employer name

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Hull Royal Infirmary Hull HU3 2JZ

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