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Consultant in Geriatric Medicine | Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

Posting date:	15 August 2024
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£99,532 - £131,964 PA + LDW
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	14 September 2024
Location:	Carshalton, SM5 1AA
Company:	Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	6532898/343-CON-237

Summary

We are recruiting a consultant geriatrician to join our exciting and rapidly expanding Frailty Team delivering integrated holistic care spanning both acute and community settings. The post holder’s primary duty will be to develop pathways and enhance the reactive frailty services, UCR, virtual wards, ED front door and Mary Seacole Unit. In addition, the post holder will have opportunities to support the integrated frailty service and be involved in providing reactive and proactive care across the acute and community areas. There will also be responsibilities in supervising and teaching trainees and medical students, as well as nursing and allied health professionals of the MDT. The post holder will drive forward developments, improving the quality of care delivered to patients with a focus on maximising peoples’ independence and supporting their return to their usual place of residence wherever possible. You will receive peer support from fellow Consultants working across the frailty services in Epsom General Hospital and Surrey Downs Health and Care and be fully supported by an integrated management team helping you to driveforward change.

The main duty of the role is to provide a comprehensive clinical service to our patients.

Our ideal candidate will be dynamic, enthusiastic, flexible, and will bring new ideas to help reshape and grow our services for the older person.

Epsom & St. Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust is a University teaching hospital with strong links to the neighbouring St George’s Medical School, University London. There are many opportunities to get involved in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training.

We request that successful applicants must have relevant UK and NHS experience in Geriatric and General Internal Medicine with full GMC registration and already have CCT, or be within 6 months of obtaining their CCT.

The job description has been fully approved by the Royal College of Physicians.

Interview date – 10th Oct 2024



Surrey Downs Health and Care deliver care closer to people’s own communities through our Primary Care Networks, Community Hospitals, Specialist Services and our innovative partnership of local NHS organisations.

Surrey Downs Health and Care has a track record of providing person centered care that goes beyond organisational boundaries to do what is best for the individual. This partnership includes:
• The three GP federations GP Health Partners, Dorking Health Care and Surrey Medical Network representing practices that operate in the Surrey Downs area
• CSH Surrey
• Epsom and St Helier’s University Hospitals NHS Trust
• Surrey Council County

Historically, there have been boundary lines between the organisations that provide care to people in their homes, in GP surgeries and in hospitals, but we have always been united in our mission to provide great care to the people who need us.

It’s on those grounds that the Surrey Downs Health and Care was formed – we want local people to receive the care that they need in the right environment. By bringing together our expertise, we can improve patient care and enable local people to access the right support, care and treatment more easily than ever before.

In bringing this partnership together, we are working to the same set of values that will translate into better care for our residents.

The principal duty of this post is to provide a comprehensive clinical service to patients.

· To at all times, comply with the GMC’s guidance on ‘Good Medical Practice’ as amended or substituted from time to time.

· To ensure that patient confidentiality is maintained at all times.

· To undertake duties as defined within the attached job plan in so far as practicable and in agreement with your Clinical Director.

· To be responsible and managerially accountable for the reasonable and effective use of Trust resources that you use and influence, and professionally accountable to the Clinical Director.

· On commencement to ensure personal attendance at the Trust’s corporate Induction(or arranged Consultant Induction).

· To participate in the Trust’s Statutory & Mandatory training programme.

· To be responsible for the Clinical Management of in-patients and out-patients under your care.


This advert closes on Sunday 1 Sep 2024