Job summary
- Main area
- Geriatrics
- Grade
- Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 214-MED25-6898840
- Employer
- Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- King's Mill Hospital
- Town
- Sutton-In-Ashfield
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/02/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant in Geriatrics
Consultant
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journal’s Trust of the Year in 2020.
The Care Quality Commission rated King’s Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.
For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.
Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.
We would love you to join us.
_______________________________________________________
Job overview
We are looking to recruit 2 consultants who are committed to excellence in Geriatrics to join a pro-active team with an excellent clinical reputation in providing a range of services within the hospital and the community. Our consultant team delivers a high quality needs related service to frail and older patients wherever they are. The team uses their knowledge and experience to lead and influence the development of services for the frail and elderly both within the Trust and in the community. You will also have an opportunity to gain valuable experience of service transformation and development.
The successful candidates will be joining a well organised department providing a wide range of services at specialty and sub-specialty level. We work together collaboratively and supportively and we are always looking to improve the care for frail, elderly patients across the organisation.
Main duties of the job
Duties & responsibilities
- To assist in the provision and development of a safe, effective and efficient geriatrics service and support Trust and Network, in the aim to provide the best possible care to patients
- Provision of a service, with responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness, and the proper functioning of the department
- Cover for colleagues' authorised absences
- Out-of-hours responsibilities, including participation in the consultant on-call rota for General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics
- Participate in service development and business planning
- Professional supervision and management of junior medical staff
- Responsibilities for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and contributing to undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing medical education activity, locally and nationally
- Participating in medical audit, Clinical Governance processes and CPD
- Managerial, including budgetary responsibilities where appropriate
Working for our organisation
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust providing acute and community healthcare services for 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark, Sherwood and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire. We are working closely with partners in health and social care through the Mid Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Partnership to take collective responsibility for managing resources, delivering NHS standards, and improving the health of the population we serve.
We put the patient at the centre of everything that we do, and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically led organisation.
In the past four years our staff engagement scores have been the best for Acute Trusts in the Midlands.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer to the job description attached.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full Registration with the GMC
- Entry on GMC Specialist Register via either CCT or within six months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) at time of interview / CESR / European Community Rights
- MRCP or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Higher degree: MD or PhD
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience requisite to meeting all aspects of the job plan
- Ability to maintain clinical credibility and authority with a multi-professional team including senior trainees
- Understanding of all aspects of Geriatric Medicine
Desirable criteria
- Five years supervised training in an appropriate SpR equivalent training programme
Teaching
Essential criteria
- Evidence of effectively organising and delivering teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrates ability as a teacher with evidence of training for the role
- Post graduate qualification in Medical Education
Management
Essential criteria
- Ability to effectively organise and manage clinical workload
- Understanding of the current structure of the NHS
- Attendance at Management Course
Desirable criteria
- The potential to be Head of Service in the future
Research
Essential criteria
- Ability to convert research evidence into clinical practice
- Understanding of the principles of quality improvement and assurance
- Evidence of participation in audit/quality improvement in Geriatrics
Desirable criteria
- Publications in peer-reviewed journals
- Implementation of Quality Improvement
Personal
Essential criteria
- Communication skills – to have language competency and communication skills necessary to do the job safely & competently
- Ability to communicate effectively with team members, patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies
- Commitment to Continuing Medical Education and the requirements of Clinical Governance and Audit
- Leadership skills appropriate to participating in and leading a multidisciplinary team
Desirable criteria
- Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional, or national levels
Employer certification / accreditation badges
.png "National Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark")
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 Steve Rutter
- Job title
- Head of Service for Geriatrics
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01623 622515
- Additional information
Steve Rutter, Head of Service for Geriatric Medicine 01623 622515 ext. 6050
List jobs with Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Medical and Dental or all sectors