Our post holder will continue to provide established inpatient care for older people as well as work towards the development of new and innovative geriatric services. They will be encouraged to contribute their own vision for service improvement and how best they can work with the trust to help deliver this.
Responsibilities
* Deliver high quality patient care in acute inpatient, outpatient and community settings as part of the wider multi-disciplinary Older Peoples Team. You will have dedicated in‑patient ward responsibility (typically ~10‑15 patients).
* Support the service and Divisional Leads on the implementation and development.
* Provide advice and leadership to the clinical team in relation to patient care, education and wellbeing.
* Act on concerns/complaints reported by service users relating to medical care. Responsible with Directorate manager, Clinical Director and Complaints team to ensure timely appropriate response.
* Act in an advisory capacity regarding care delivery in situations requiring medical input.
* As a senior doctor within the Trust, participate in the development of medical services, contributing to the development of strategy documents and policies and procedures as required.
* Support the Clinical Lead on the medical elements in the operational planning and evaluation of the clinical team’s performance. If performance does not match the nationally or Trust standards, will be responsible to monitor and implement different ways of working.
* Promote equality and diversity and ensure that there is compliance with relevant statutory documents.
* Support the Clinical Lead to develop and implement efficiency savings within the service. Explore new ways of working in relation to variable demand.
* Undertake acute medicine on‑call duties on a minimum of a 1:10 basis.
Benefits
MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £3bn & a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year. With 10 hospitals and community services across Manchester, Trafford and beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30 000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive, our brand‑new Electronic Patient Record system launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic research centre & education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high‑quality research programmes. We’re excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
COVID‑19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID‑19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the ‘NHS England’ website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity & Equality
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [email protected].
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
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