Consultant Geriatrician - Acute Frailty Care and Clinical Lecturer
Job overview
Consultant Geriatrician with Specialist Interest in Acute Frailty Care and Clinical Lecturer
The Department of Medicine for Older People wishes to appoint a Consultant Geriatrician with Specialist Interest in Acute Frailty Care
The post holder will work alongside other geriatricians to develop innovative 7 day services for older people, both within the hospitals and community.
They will work with colleagues across sites to develop a seamless, equitable service
This role is for a consultant to support acute frailty services and general geriatric ward cover at the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen sites.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will be expected to work alongside other geriatric team members to continue to develop and provide an innovative acute frailty service with commitment to continue to improve quality of care for older frail people and provide CGA with the MDT.
They will have sessional work to support the acute frailty services in the emergency areas. The job plan will develop as the service develops supported by the senior leadership team.
The post holder will have sessional work on the general geriatric wards and re-ablement wards where they will work alongside the Geriatrics consultants to deliver comprehensive geriatric assessment to patients requiring in patient care. These sessions will involve responsibility for leading MDT based CGA care on this ward.
The in-patient wards comprise 14 beds with on average 2-4 new admissions each day
The post will be supported by trainees/ junior doctors and Advanced Nurse Practitioners at the Broadgreen and royal Liverpool sites predominantly. There will also be STR support on a sessional basis.
The out-patient work will be supported in our MDT geriatric outpatient department with support from nurses and therapy staff. The ratio from new to follow up will be developed as this is a new clinic as previous colleague passed follow ups to other colleagues.There are ambitions to develop rapid access frailty services as an alternative to admission.
Working for our organisation
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Sample Timetable*- the elements will remain but the specific days may vary depending on needs.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
AM- 1pm
Ward MDT and Ward round Geriatric Ward
DCC: 0.75PA
Associated Admin
DCC: 0.25PA
Frailty in reach
DCC: 1PA
Ward MDT and Ward round Geriatric Ward
DCC: 0.75PA
Associated Admin
DCC: 0.25PA
Frailty in reach
DCC: 1PA
Ward MDT and Ward round Geriatric Ward
DCC: 0.75PA
Associated Admin
DCC: 0.25PA
PM
1pm-5pm
Core SPA
Clinical Lecture/ Teaching Activity
1 PA
Admin work DCC 0.5PA
Core SPA Educational supervisor
SPA 0.5PA
Core SPA
Clinical Lecture/ Teaching Activity
1 PA
Frailty Inreach DCC 0.75PA
Admin associated with Frailty work
DCC: 0.25
Frailty in Reach
DCC 0.75
Associated Admin
DCC: 0.25PA
DCC- 5
- 5
- 375
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- MB ChB or equivalent
- MRCP (or equivalent)
- Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians
- Higher degree such as MD or PhD
Registration
Essential criteria- Full registration with the GMC and licence to practice
- On GMC specialist register for Geriatric and General Medicine or eligible for specialist register
Clinical Experience
Essential criteria- CCT in Geriatric and General Medicine (or equivalent training) or 6 months of attaining CCT at time of interview
- Evidence of continuing medical education
- Geriatric and General Medicine experience across the specialties and for the duration required for CCT
- Evidence of training and education (PGCE)
- Proven track record in significant audit
- Publication of audit results
- Involvement in research
- Publication of research
Teaching & training Experience
Desirable criteria- Evidence of training & education (PGCE)
- Evidence of delivery of education, both undergraduate and postgraduate
Knowledge
Desirable criteria- To have a good understanding of ‘Good Medical Practice’ from the GMC
Audit Experience
Desirable criteria- Proven track record in significant audit
- Publication of audit results
Research Experience
Desirable criteria- Involvement in research
- Publication of research
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