The Elderly Care team with 15 funded Consultant Geriatrician posts (12 in place) currently provide a wide range of hospital and community based services including Acute Frailty services, specialist clinics for Parkinson’s disease, falls and general medical conditions, and a Rapid Access Clinic for Elderly as part of Frailty‑Same day Emergency Care (F‑SDEC).
The inpatient elderly care wards include 6 acute elderly care wards (one of which is based in the community in Sheppey Hospital) and an established purpose built Acute Frailty Unit with 10 assessment beds, 22 short stay beds and 2 clinic rooms.
The post holder will join the existing team of full‑time Consultants and will develop new models of care for frail elderly people in the community, such as Frailty.
Responsibilities:
* Take responsibility for the management of patients admitted to his/her specialty Elderly Care ward (12‑15 patients) routinely and those admitted under their care whilst on call for Acute Frailty (average 15‑20 per call).
* Stream patients to the Frailty Short Stay Unit if early discharge is planned (<48 hours) or to one of the five Frailty Base wards for longer admissions.
* Participate in an Acute Frailty on‑call service, paired with another Consultant to provide two weeks of weekday on‑call and two weekends on‑call in a 12‑week block.
* Maintain full registration with the GMC and make decisions at a senior level.
* Continue personal development and participate in teaching, research and governance programmes within the Department.
* Take part in the running of established clinics such as Falls and Movement Disorder Clinic, and manage an outpatient workload of new and follow‑up referrals for complex comorbidities (2‑4 new patients and a similar number of follow‑ups).
All subspecialist interests are welcome. For suitably qualified candidates considering the CESR route to a substantive Consultant position, structured and established departmental support is provided.
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