Job overview

The successful candidates will be joining our innovative team of 16 Consultant Geriatricians as part of the Ageing and Complex Medicine department at Salford Care Organisation. We welcome less than full time applications and are willing to discuss flexible working arrangements.  Candidates must be able to demonstrate a commitment to Geriatric Medicine.

We are a flexible and innovative department and wish to support candidates to include their chosen subspecialist interest into their job plans.  Recent appointments have been able to include research interests or other CCT specialities (i.e. stroke) into their job plans.

Main duties of the job

The Ageing & Complex Medicine clinical service cover:

• 3 Acute Ageing & Complex Medicine Wards
•  Acute Frailty Assessment (EAU, ED) and Frailty SDEC
• Geriatric medicine outpatient clinics
• Community clinics
• Parkinson’s Disease services
• Intermediate Care Services
• Orthogeriatric Service
• General Surgery & Major Trauma Liaison Services

 Direct Clinical Care: 

• Ward based care
• Liaison work (general surgery, trauma, orthogeriatrics)
• Acute Frailty sessions – SDEC, ED in-reach and short stay
• Out-patients
• Community sessions - domiciliary clinics, intermediate & urgent care
• Patient administration
• Investigative and diagnostic

 Supporting Professional Activities:

•  Training
• Teaching
• Continuous Professional Development
•  Audit/Clinical Governance
• Research
• Quality improvement
• Clinical Management

All Consultants will be allocated 1 core SPA per week for professional development, Job Planning, Appraisal, Mandatory Training, attendance at team meetings which will have a clinical governance aspect and audit.  Additional SPA time will be available on the basis of evidenced need. Such allocation will be agreed and subsequently reviewed by the Consultant and their Clinical Director during the Job Plan review.

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester.  Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.  

To read more information about Consultant careers at the Northern Care Alliance please visit our careers landing page: Consultant careers :: Northern Care Alliance Careers