Job summary
- Main area
- Geriatrics
- Grade
- Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 384-SD-EMF18472
- Employer
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Surrey Hospital
- Town
- Guildford
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 per annum, pro rata, DoE
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/06/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 25/06/2025
Employer heading
Consultant Geriatrician
Consultant
Job overview
The Royal Surrey has substantive Consultant post opportunities in our award winning and CQC ‘Outstanding’ Ageing and Health service. Our Frailty Services are based at the Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, and at Milford Hospital less than 15 minutes drive.
We are looking for a colleague with broad geriatric medicine expertise and an enthusiasm for change and service development. This is a fantastic time to join our department as we continue to develop our services with an integrated strategy for frailty across the acute and community services.
Subspecialist interest in very much welcomed and encouraged. We have opportunities in our Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) Unit, Short Stay Unit and Older Persons Unit.
The Royal Surrey is very proud to have an enthusiastic and dynamic team of Geriatricians who share a common goal. From the development of our Acute Frailty service to our strong multidisciplinary team working on the Frailty wards, the support we provide to colleagues through the inpatient Older Person’s Advice and Liaison Service, and our recent development of the community Hospital at Milford, we strive to improve the care of those patients living with frailty.
Main duties of the job
This is a 10 PA post for a Consultant Geriatrician based in the Ageing & Health team at the Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust.
This Consultant post in Geriatric Medicine will be part of our award winning and CQC outstanding service. Acute Frailty Services are based at the Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, and the community frailty services are co-located at Milford Community Hospital.
We are looking for a colleague with broad geriatric medicine expertise and an enthusiasm for change and service development within the acute frailty team and inpatient setting. This is a fantastic time to join us as we are continuing to reconfigure and transform our service further. We are keen to accommodate any sub- specialty interest including leadership, management and quality improvement..
Working for our organisation
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.
We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.
Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.
Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
· Provide senior clinical oversight at Consultant level for the relevant clinical service.
· Attend multidisciplinary meetings and SAFER board rounds pertaining to the relevant clinical service.
· Completion of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment alongside Specialty Doctors and Junior Doctors.
· Contribute to the iOPAL service.
· If required, attendance at key system wide meetings relating to the crisis pathway.
· Contribute and lead on transformational pieces of work leading teams through change as the pathways evolve.
· Participate in and champion the workforce and innovation programme including contributing to the Frailty Academy.
· To adhere to the ‘Duties of a Doctor’ as defined by the General Medical Council (https://www.gmc-uk.org/ethical- guidance/ethical-guidance-for- doctors/good-medical-practice/duties-of-a- doctor).
· This includes engaging with the formal Appraisal and Revalidation processes.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full registration and a license to practice with the GMC
- Entry on the GMC Specialist Register for Geriatric Medicine (or relevant specialty) via: • CCT (CCT date must be within 6 months of the interview date) • Portfolio Pathway (previously CESR)
- MBBS or equivalent
- MRCP or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Higher level degree in clinical leadership
- Educational Supervisor qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Wide experience of managing patients with Frailty
- General Internal Medicine
- Significant evidence of experience in clinical leadership
- Relevant experience of management of medical emergencies
Desirable criteria
- Active interest in quality improvement or research and commitment to clinical innovation
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Helen Wilson
- Job title
- Consultant Geriatrician
- Email address
- [email protected]
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