Consultant Care of Older Person
Job Description
Job summary
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals is an acute hospital with many community supporting functions across the Fylde Coast and wider Lancashire. Blackpool Hospital sits within Blackpool itself close to the picturesque Stanley Park and within walking distance of the town centre. Blackpool has a highly transient population due to being a very busy seaside resort, which makes this role both unique and challenging for the right candidate.
It is an exciting time to become part of the Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Family as we embark on a transformational change journey in the way which we provide services to our patients and their families across our Integrated Care System.
Main duties of the job
There are two wards within the acute hospital setting dedicated to Care of The Older Person, however the Trust will also have several outliers across other medical wards in the hospital. We also have a rehabilitation hospital based in the seaside resort of Lytham St. Annes. The Division boasts a revolutionary Community Frailty Service as part of our out of hospital services, which provides support to our frail local population in their homes and supports our Frailty Virtual Ward.The Trust has recently seen the introduction of a dedicated Acute Frailty Unit which is supported by both acute, community and social care multi-disciplinary teams. Care of the Older Person services include Parkinson's Disease, Ortho geriatrics and Older Adult Mental Health in-reach. The Trust has seen significant developments in its Emergency Department and Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC).
About us
The Trust's mission is "Together We Care" which encompasses the strategic vision for operating as a high performing organisation within an Integrated Care System (ICS), which provides quality, safe and effective care. This will be achieved in a financially sustainable way through our values-driven, skilled and motivated workforce:
People-centred- Serving people is the focus of everything we do.
Positive- having a "can do" response whatever the situation.
Compassion- always demonstrating we care.
Excellence- continually striving to provide the best care possible.
Our Values are drivers for the behaviours that all our staff strive to demonstrate.
The values and behaviours have been and continue to be embedded and communicated across the organisation via a number of initiatives - including our recruitment processes, corporate induction, team briefings, meetings, appraisals and our annual awards ceremony.
Job responsibilities
You will be part of a medical consultant team and supported by a team of junior and trainee medical staff. In addition, we have a variety of other clinical support teams who we work alongside through an MDT approach to care ensuring the best possible outcomes for our patients. Our multi-disciplinary team in Geriatric Medicine is highly motivated and friendly and they have worked together towards establishing frailty and geriatric services in this Trust. We now want to continue building on this positive work by assessing more frail patients at the front door, thus improving patient outcomes.
We have developed a video with some of our key roles within the Directorate to tell you in their words what it is like working for Blackpool Teaching Hospitals within the attached link:
Whether you aspire to set down some roots in a seaside resort or in one of our more rural towns across the Fylde Coast, there are plenty of good local schools and some very competitive house prices to allow you to maximise your NHS salary to get an excellent standard of living. Preston City Centre is only 20 miles away and we have excellent train links for travel across the United Kingdom. Manchester and Liverpool are both within easy reach for airport access to travel internationally.
Person Specification
Education and Qualification
Essential
- Full registration with the General Medical Council (GMC)
- Member of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP)
- Higher training in General (Internal) Medicine and Geriatric medicine as required for Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR)
- Entry onto the Specialist Registrar or a UK SpR within 6 months of CCT or significantly progressing CESR
Desirable
- Post Graduate Degree (e.g. MD, PhD, MSc)
- Formal qualification in medical education
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Broad exposure to general and geriatric medicine in the UK.
- Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on a full range of acute medical conditions including medical emergencies
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients.
- Good practical clinical skills
- Competency in Intermediate Life Support
Desirable
- Competency in Advanced Life Support
Skills and Ability
Essential
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Ability to communicate effectively in English.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to deal with challenging situations
- Basic training in management skills
- An understanding of management in the context of Health Service including clinical governance
- Ability to manage risk and end of life decisions
- Evidence of good organisation and leadership skills
- Experience of teaching junior trainees, medical students and Allied Health Professionals
- Evidence of audit work and where this has brought about improvement
- Evidence of understanding research methodology
- An awareness of current specialty specific developments and initiatives
- Having or planning to obtain National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Good Clinical Practice certification
Desirable
- Attendance of management courses
- Ability to participate in committees
- Ability to initiate and lead service developments
- Attendance of teaching course(s)
- Evidence of work submitted for peer review
- Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
- Evidence of publications
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals
Whinney Heys Road
Blackpool
FY3 8NR
