Consultant in Geriatric Medicine

Job summary

Consultant in Elderly Medicine

Full time or Job share

Northampton General Hospital is looking for an enthusiastic and forward thinking Consultant in Geriatric Medicine to join and help develop the successful service that the Trust provides. This is an exciting opportunity for the new team member to join our well located DGH at a time when the department is changing practice throughout the hospital. We are looking to develop new areas of working so candidates with special interests will be accommodated and supported as much as possible.

This is an exciting time for Northampton General Hospital as we are establishing a service for frail elderly patients on Emergency Medical assessment unit. Current service consists of two Specialist Nurses for Elderly Medicine to carry out Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment within 24-hours of admission to Medical assessment units. They are supported by dedicated sessions of trust grade Registrar and a consultant Geriatrician. They identify suitable patients for multidisciplinary team assessment on two admission units to enable prompt and safe discharges. This service also identifies appropriate patients for 2 short stay elderly wards which are managed by Geriatricians.

Main duties of the job

Duties & Responsibilities OF clinical role

• To participate in the future development of Elderly medicine services for the Trust with a particular emphasis on the development of the front end frailty pathway.
• To provide input into medical student education for Leicester undergraduates on the diagnosis and management of medical emergencies
• To support and provide teaching and training of junior medical staff, post graduate training and nurse training on the unit
• To participate in the Department of Medicine meetings and have a representative on the Directorate management Board
• To ensure good practice by regular audit and review of incidents with the clinical team and take forward lessons learnt
• To link in with the directorate clinical governance meetings and contribute to lessons learnt from incidents and complaints
• To take part in the on call medical rota
• The appointee will link with all the acute physicians involved in the admission of elderly patients and the consultant Psycho-geriatrician who is also a member of the CECS.
• The consultant will be expected to join the on call rota for acute medical admissions to the emergency units.

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University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN) brings together Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust. As a group, we are committed to improving services for our communities through collaboration, modernising care delivery and striving for excellence. Working together enables us to share expertise, strengthen services and create greater opportunities, and there may be a requirement to work across sites depending on service needs.

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