Consultant Gerontologist with Specialist Interest (POP)
| Posting date: | 18 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £93,666.00 to £126,281.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £93666.00 - £126281.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 20 May 2024 |
| Location: | Orpington, England, BR6 8ND |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9213-24-0320 |
Summary
GENERAL This is a new Consultant post. The remit of the postholder will be to work within the multidisciplinary team providing and further developing care for frail, older patients from Gerontology services, and to provide and develop peri-operative medicine services to the Trusts older patients undergoing surgery. In addition, the individual will be required to play an active role on the General (Internal) Medicine oncall rota while having a significant commitment to teaching and training of junior staff. PURPOSE OF JOB The post will be based at Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) and the proposed Job Plan (up to 10 PAs) is attached. This is subject to review within 3 months of the postholder commencing in post. The On-Call commitment is for a 1:9 (variable) rota, which is classed as Category B. There is a commitment to undertake routine job planned work on Saturdays or Sundays as part of the total job planned PAs. All employees are expected to undertake work on any of the Trusts sites as required by the service. As a senior employee of the Trust, you will work in close co-operation with, and support other clinical, medical professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality healthcare to the Trusts patients. Integral to these responsibilities are the following: The provision of a first-class clinical service Effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty Sustaining and developing teaching and research in conjunction with Kings College London / KHP Undertaking all work in accordance with the Trusts procedures and operating policies Conducting clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Trusts service plans Maintaining the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty, the Care Group or the Trust