We are looking for an Elder Care Consultant to join our expanding Neighbourhood Health team.
This is a rare and exciting opportunity to join our INT Team working with colleagues from Virtual Ward, community services including a 2-hour Urgent Community Response (UCR) service, to create a Multidisciplinary Team Service to manage Frailty in our community and support patients.
We are accepting applications from Consultants to support patients to remain at home, avoiding hospital admission or facilitating earlier discharge from hospital, where clinically appropriate. The model has a strong focus on integration, with partnership working alongside Cornwall Council, RCHT, UHP and CPFT and other local charitable and voluntary sector providers.
We would consider a secondment subject to current employer agreement.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide evidence based, comprehensive, person centric and individualised medical care for older people, including completion of a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment where clinically indicated, and working as part of a multidisciplinary team, as part of holistic community patient clinical pathway management. The role whilst demanding and challenging will require the post holder to possess the specialist frailty knowledge required to support the medical management of complex and challenging presentations of older frail people and will prove extremely varied and rewarding to the post holder. The post holder will also be able to contribute to service development, local clinical protocols and pathway development and implementation for older people living with frailty, engage in research opportunities, audit and quality improvement initiatives, and clinical staff competency development.
You will oversee an INT frailty register of approximately 1,600 patients and have a team directly employed by the INT including: Nurse Consultant, Frailty Nurse, Pharmacy Technician, dedicated Care Co-ordinator support with an expanding team.
About us
We are a formed Neighbourhood Team working covering the 3 Harbours and Bosvena geographical footprint in mid‑Cornwall. Our supporting GP practices are: Bosvena Health, Lostwithiel Medical Practice, Middleway Surgery and Fowey River Practice and the population covered is 43,500 patients.
We have an INT Steering Group and some skilled workforce and teams within our Community Provider, GP Practice and neighbourhood to support this work. We will look to build a team working in an MDT approach which will include liaising with Secondary Care colleagues and other related specialties to maximise care and efficiency for our patients.
Job responsibilities
Qualifications and Knowledge
* Full and current unrestricted GMC (UK) registration on the Specialist Register
* Up to date knowledge of all the latest guidelines and evidence in older people’s medicine
* Understanding of clinical governance
* A post graduate qualification in older people’s care, e.g. Diploma Geriatric Medicine
* Experience of EMIS, RIO and Hospital systems clinical systems
Experience
* High level of clinical skills.
* Successfully Completed General Practice Specialist Training.
* Appropriate range of previous experience in relevant posts.
* Clinical and Information Governance.
* The ability to appraise junior doctors and other staff.
* Experience of working a variety of clinical software systems.
* Experience of working with or referring to Virtual Ward service or within urgent community response care.
Skills and Competencies
* Ability to make good clear concise medical notes, both computerised and manual.
* Ability to motivate and develop the multi‑disciplinary team.
* Time management - being able to prioritise work and work under pressure.
* Disclosure and Barring Service Check.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled Worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Experience
* Experience of working in a Community or DG hospital geriatrician role with experience of care planning and admission avoidance work.
* Experience of working in primary care.
* A developed interest in frailty and long term condition management.
* Experience of community services and working within a wide MDT.
Qualifications
* Full and current unrestricted GMC (UK) registration on the GP Register
* A teaching qualification e.g. post graduate diploma in post graduate education.
* A post graduate qualification in older people’s care, e.g. Diploma Geriatric Medicine.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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