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Trust Doctor ST3 in Frailty | Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 11 September 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £55,329 PA PR |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 October 2024 |
| Location: | Hull, HU3 2JZ |
| Company: | Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6632210/356-24-6632210 |
Summary
The Department of Frailty and Ageing cares for older patients across a variety of acute settings from initial
attendance in the Emergency Department through to safe discharge back into the community.
The team work in the following areas:
• Frailty Intervention Team (FIT)- FIT are an ED based multidisciplinary team based at the front door
of the hospital reviewing frailer patients with the aim of avoiding unnecessary admissions into
hospital. FIT has been in place since 2015 and has won several national awards.
• Frailty and Ageing Beds (FAB) – This is a 19 bedded frailty friendly assessment area run by a MDT
that understand frailty. The Unit is has dedicated consultant presence from 8am – 7pm and provides
comprehensive integrated care for direct admissions from GPs and ED.
• Base wards- we have 4 frailty base wards located on the 9th and 8th floors. Each ward is supported
by 2 consultants. The consultants work alongside various members of the MDT including therapist
and nursing colleagues. Many elements of CGA (Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment) are
performed on the wards.
• NCTR (No Criteria To Reside) wards- we have 3 wards under our care. 2 wards on the 13th floor
and 1 ward (C20) at Castle Hill Hospital.
As a Trust grade registrar, the post holder would be expected to do an independent ward round and make
clinical decisions, support junior doctors, see referrals from other specialities and perform procedures eg
lumbar puncture. There will be on call commitments as part of the RMO rota. There will also be the
opportunity to go on a consultant led teaching ward round . The post holder will be expected to work across
all the frailty wards including C20 in CHH and the 13th floor in HRI. C20 and the 13th floor are NCTR wards.
There is good support from consultants and plenty of opportunities to train and develop
There are 12 substantive and 3 locum consultants within the department. Dr Kirsten Richards is the Clinical
Director and Dr Yoghini Nagandran is the Clinical Lead for the department. Laura Cowan is the Matron and
Matthew Drewicz is the Business Manager for Frailty. All wards are supported by Band 7 nurse managers
and a matron that overseas these wards.
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
For further details regarding this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Personal Specification.
This advert closes on Wednesday 25 Sep 2024