Locum Consultant in Geriatric Medicine | Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 24 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £93,666 - £126,281 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 24 May 2024 |
| Location: | London, TW7 6AF |
| Company: | Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6258828/289-EIC-CON-0372 |
Summary
The significant expansion in the COE Department has been mainly underpinned by the expansion of front-line frailty services to achieve our Trust’s Frailty Pathway and provision of sustainable orthogeriatric and surgical liaison and perioperative services.
We are seeking to recruit dynamic and passionate Consultant Geriatricians who will join the existing team of five supportive and dedicated Consultant colleagues, all of whom embrace Trust values.
Our shared ambition is to deliver outstanding clinical care, high-quality services and strive to improve the care of our patients in the boroughs of Richmond, Hounslow and the surrounding areas.
This is an exciting time with departmental expansion and appointees able to directly influence and participate in the redevelopment of the services we provide.
Each post holder will have theunique opportunity to rotate across COE specialities and agree a personalised Job Plan.
Posts are available in the following areas, but additional interests can be accommodated.
n indicative job plan/timetable for this post with indicative Programmed Activities (PAs) is provided below. These are new posts and the precise timetable is still to be confirmed. This will depend on the applicant’s subspecialty interests and service requirements at the time. The proposed timetable will be open to change following discussion with the Service Director, Clinical Director and General Manager. Appointees will be expected to discuss and agree a detailed job plan, including personal and professional objectives within three months of the start date.
Each of the three posts is anticipated to contain 10 Programmed Activities (PAs) per week. For a whole-time 10 PA contract it is anticipated that the typical split of duties would be:
• Direct Clinical Care (DCC):0 PAson average per week. (Clinical activity, clinically related activity, predictable & unpredictable emergency work)
• Supporting Professional Activities (SPA):0 PAson average per week
We provide services from two main hospitals, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, and a number of clinics across London and the South-East.
We have over 6,000 members of staff that are PROUD to Care for nearly one million people. Both hospitals provide full clinical services, including full maternity, emergency and children’s, in addition to a range of community-based services across London, such as award-winning sexual health and HIV clinics.
We’re one of the safest and best performing Trusts in the country. We’re also one of the top trusts to work for – our staff say they’re engaged, motivated, and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment.
In 2020 Trust was rated by the Care Quality Commission as Outstanding in the well-led and use of resources domains and Good in the safe, effective, caring, and responsive domains. The Trust as a whole was Good, but the Chelsea site was Outstanding.
Our facilities are some of the best in the country. We have been investing around £10 million a year in our estate. We are currently spending £25 million on expanding our adult and neonatal critical care facilities at Chelsea and Westminster and redevelopment of our children’s unit at West Middlesex – in partnership with our charity, CW+ and generous donors.
SPA activities may include:
• Service Development – Geriatric medicine protocols and guidelines
• Developing joint protocols/pathways and clinical governance with A&E and other specialties
• Teaching medical students
• Training junior doctors including Clinical and Educational Supervision
• Individual CME/CPD
• Any additional SPA activity will be agreed with the Specialty Lead/Clinical Director
• There is also the opportunity to apply for Research PAs and incorporate this into an agreed Job Plan.
On-call commitment.
The COE Department is part of the Division of Medicine. You will join the GIM consultant on-call rota which is currently 1 in 16.This includes one day on call every 4 weeks and approximately 3 weekends per year. The acute unselected take at West Middlesex Hospital is managed by the Acute Medical Unit, run by a large team of Acute Physicians.
Flexible job planning
Applications for less than full time working or job shares are welcome and candidates are invited to discuss their interest. Job share arrangements and other adaptation Job plans can be accommodated to suit a candidate’s needs if the evolving service needs can continue to be met.
Visits/Contact
Informal discussions and/or visits are encouraged, and you are invited to contact Dr Georgi Todorov, Specialty Lead Care of the Elderly on email: georgi.todorov@chelwest.nhs.uk
This advert closes on Thursday 16 May 2024