Specialty Doctor with interest in Frailty/Geriatrics
| Posting date: | 10 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £52,530 - £82,400 pa pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 May 2024 |
| Location: | Wigan, WN1 1XX |
| Company: | Wrightington, Wigan & Leigh NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6207792/302-24-6207792MHR-M |
Summary
A Vacancy at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Now is a really exciting time to Join our Team of forward-thinking Ageing and Complex medicine team at Wrightington Wigan and Leigh (WWL) NHS Foundation Trust, and make a real difference to our elderly patients in the Wigan Borough.
Here at WWL we put the patient at the heart of everything we do, as we strive to deliver and develop our modern and comprehensive Elderly Care service. We would love to hear from applicants who have already developed a sub-specialty interest within Elderly Care, and those who have not already done so would be encouraged to do so through in–house training/ attending relevant CPD activities. Opportunities are available across in-patient, out-patient and community services with support from the clinical director and divisional management team to build and develop your area of interest.
The Trust has excellent postgraduate and research facilities, supports study leave for CPD and aids with funding up to an agreed limit. WWL NHS Foundation Trust is an Associated Teaching Hospital of the Edge Hill University. We also provide training for two Specialist Registrars as part of the Northwest Training rotation which includes an integrated MSc. course in Elderly Care medicine.
To provide direct clinical care to older patients accessing hospital services, with a specialist interest in managing frailty related syndromes.
To work within the department in other sub-speciality interests including ortho geriatrics, virtual wards.
To participate in departmental teaching and training programmes.
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values ‘the WWL Way’.
WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
On-Call
Please note that senior positions (AFC band 8A or above) may be expected to participate in an on-call rota, if the role is predominantly operational.
• Ageing and Complex Medicine Directorate currently has six substantive Consultants, one Associate Specialist and two Specialist Registrars. Following the recruitment, the applicant will join the existing team contributing expertise in Acute Comprehensive
• Geriatric Medicine and sub sub-specialties including Stroke Medicine.
• The successful applicants will join the existing team and have sessional commitments in delivering community medicine (regular MDT meetings, community clinics/visits and Care home visits). They may have sessions in out-patient clinics.
• The Trust has an active department of Clinical Audit. The General Medicine and Rehabilitation & Care of the Elderly directorates undertake multi-disciplinary audits one half day per month with presentations by junior medical staff, consultants and other therapists. They also take part in the monthly medical audit programme. Attendance to these sessions is compulsory.
• In addition to accepting the normal responsibilities for the treatment and welfare of patients under the care of the service, the candidate will be expected to develop and maintain the necessary excellent liaison and working relationships with all other departments and agencies that are associated with the service both within and without the hospitals and the Trust.
• Responsibility for all records (including patient health, financial, personal and administrative) that they gather or use as part of their work within the trust. The records may be paper, electronic, microfiche, audio or videotapes, x-ray images.
This advert closes on Wednesday 1 May 2024
Now is a really exciting time to Join our Team of forward-thinking Ageing and Complex medicine team at Wrightington Wigan and Leigh (WWL) NHS Foundation Trust, and make a real difference to our elderly patients in the Wigan Borough.
Here at WWL we put the patient at the heart of everything we do, as we strive to deliver and develop our modern and comprehensive Elderly Care service. We would love to hear from applicants who have already developed a sub-specialty interest within Elderly Care, and those who have not already done so would be encouraged to do so through in–house training/ attending relevant CPD activities. Opportunities are available across in-patient, out-patient and community services with support from the clinical director and divisional management team to build and develop your area of interest.
The Trust has excellent postgraduate and research facilities, supports study leave for CPD and aids with funding up to an agreed limit. WWL NHS Foundation Trust is an Associated Teaching Hospital of the Edge Hill University. We also provide training for two Specialist Registrars as part of the Northwest Training rotation which includes an integrated MSc. course in Elderly Care medicine.
To provide direct clinical care to older patients accessing hospital services, with a specialist interest in managing frailty related syndromes.
To work within the department in other sub-speciality interests including ortho geriatrics, virtual wards.
To participate in departmental teaching and training programmes.
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values ‘the WWL Way’.
WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
On-Call
Please note that senior positions (AFC band 8A or above) may be expected to participate in an on-call rota, if the role is predominantly operational.
• Ageing and Complex Medicine Directorate currently has six substantive Consultants, one Associate Specialist and two Specialist Registrars. Following the recruitment, the applicant will join the existing team contributing expertise in Acute Comprehensive
• Geriatric Medicine and sub sub-specialties including Stroke Medicine.
• The successful applicants will join the existing team and have sessional commitments in delivering community medicine (regular MDT meetings, community clinics/visits and Care home visits). They may have sessions in out-patient clinics.
• The Trust has an active department of Clinical Audit. The General Medicine and Rehabilitation & Care of the Elderly directorates undertake multi-disciplinary audits one half day per month with presentations by junior medical staff, consultants and other therapists. They also take part in the monthly medical audit programme. Attendance to these sessions is compulsory.
• In addition to accepting the normal responsibilities for the treatment and welfare of patients under the care of the service, the candidate will be expected to develop and maintain the necessary excellent liaison and working relationships with all other departments and agencies that are associated with the service both within and without the hospitals and the Trust.
• Responsibility for all records (including patient health, financial, personal and administrative) that they gather or use as part of their work within the trust. The records may be paper, electronic, microfiche, audio or videotapes, x-ray images.
This advert closes on Wednesday 1 May 2024