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Job summary

Main area
Geriatric Medicine
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week (Part time will be for 9.00 sessions per week)
Job ref
272-7102724
Employer
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Doncaster Royal Infirmary
Town
Doncaster
Salary
£105,504 - £139,882 per annum (pro rata)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
05/06/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Consultant in Care of the Elderly Medicine

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Job overview

This is a great opportunity  to work as part of the Care of the Elderly service, which sits within the Division of Medicine. 

 You will join a team of 5 existing  Elderly Medicine Consultants, with a diverse range of sub-specialty areas including post-acute care, delirium, frailty, ortho-geriatrics, movement disorders, and falls .

Main duties of the job

  • Strengthening the delivery of a high quality geriatric service across the hospital
  • Participation in rehabilitation wards rounds and MDTs
  • Development of rapid assessment clinics
  • Forging links between emergency medicine to support admission avoidance schemes for older people
  • Liaising and developing working policies with relevant hospital departments, local General Practitioners, nurses and paramedical colleagues
  • Developing innovative practices in clinical patient management, focusing on high quality care and emphasis on links between emergency medicine and Care of the Elderly acute wards where appropriate
  • Developing the use of nurse practitioners and paramedical colleagues in the hospital
  • Developing a subspecialty interest

Working for our organisation

Doncaster & Bassetlaw NHS FT is one of Yorkshire’s Leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 420,000 across South Yorkshire, North Nottinghamshire, and the surrounding areas.  Our services are based over three main hospital sites employing over 6,000 colleagues.   

It is our goal to give those who join Team DBTH the tools and opportunities to grow their career, so whether you spend just one year or fifty with us, it’s our pledge to help you DevelopBelong and ThriveHere.

As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to support a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.

We offer a range of benefits including:
•    Extensive range of learning opportunities
•    NHS Pension Scheme
•    Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditions
•    Comprehensive health and wellbeing support 
•    NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice scheme
•    Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The complete Job Description / Person Specification and Job Plan for this post is in the attached document.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • MRCP or equivalent
  • You must be on the specialist register for Geriatric Medicine or within 6 months of being admitted to the register for trainees, if currently in a training programme in the UK. In accordance with the regulations, all other categories of Doctors must be eligible to be on the GMC specialist register (evidence required prior to commencement) to be considered for a consultant appointment by the Advisory Appointments Committee
  • Applicants must continue to hold a Licence to Practise
Desirable criteria
  • Relevant higher degree

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria
  • Ability to use IT Systems – inc Word, Excel, PowerPoint Outlook
  • Evidence of innovation
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of continual learning and development
  • Understands self (strengths and weaknesses) and impact of behaviour on others
  • Access to own transport

Experience and Achievements

Essential criteria
  • Must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in all aspects of geriatric medicine
  • Shows ability to work with and lead others across professions
  • Ability to offer expert clinical opinions on range of problems within the specialty
Desirable criteria
  • Attendance at a recognised management course
  • Wide based experience in General Medicine

Teaching and Training

Essential criteria
  • Experience of and enthusiasm for clinical teaching of postgraduate doctors and non-medical staff.
Desirable criteria
  • Training in clinical and educational supervision
  • Attendance at a teaching course
  • Formal qualification in teaching/education
  • Academic achievements/evidence of familiarity with research methods which have resulted in publications

Audit and Research

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of Audit principles and evidence of participation in and completion of audit projects and the implementation of outcomes
Desirable criteria
  • Critical Appraisal Skills
  • Evidence of knowledge of research methodology

General

Essential criteria
  • Eligibility to work in the UK
  • Ability to work in various locations throughout the network of services provided by Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching NHS Foundation Trust
  • An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required with the Disclosure and Barring Service

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Race CodeVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyMenopause Friendly EmployerAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.We offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.Disability confident employerArmed Forces Covenant

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Victoria Barradell
Job title
Consultant Geriatrician
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01302 642139
Additional information

Alternatively, please contact Dr Rekha Ramanath Consultant Geriatrician via the secretary on 01302 642139 or Medical HR on 01302 642585 [email protected]

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