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    Kings College Hospital
    Kings College Hospital Baltimore, United States

    3 weeks ago

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    Description
    Consultant Gerontologist with Specialist Interest (POP)

    Consultant

    Main area

    Geriatric Medicine

    Grade

    Consultant

    Contract


    Permanent:
    Substantive

    Hours

    Full time - 10 hours per week

    Job ref

    213-PRUH-MED A
    Employer

    King's College Hospital
    NHSFoundation Trust

    Employer type


    NHS
    Site


    PRUH
    Town

    Orpington, England

    Salary

    £93,666 - £126,281 per annum excluding London Zone Allowance

    Salary period

    Yearly

    Closing

    20/05/2024 23:59


    King's College Hospital
    NHSFoundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,500 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London.

    The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King's College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.

    Job overview


    We welcome interest for this Consultant Gerontologist role with a special interest in peri-operative care for older people undergoing surgery.

    This is a new role with the potential for professional growth in service development, clinical leadership and medical education. The Princess Royal University Hospital provides acute care to a significant number of frail and older patients.

    It is well-recognised that the London Borough of Bromley has the largest population of older people and this is predicted to increase by 35% in 2035.

    Therefore, it is crucial that Gerontology team matches this demand in terms of workforce numbers and skill.

    This population of older people should be able to access equitable surgical services where appropriate with every chance for optimal recovery and best outcomes through proactive care.

    This role offers an exciting opportunity to introduce a peri-operative medicine service at the
    PRUHstarting with optimisation of frail, older patients undergoing abdominal surgery in line with National Emergency Laparotomy Audit (NELA).

    The clinical team in Gerontology are a passionate and experienced team with a wide range of sub-speciality interests including Movement Disorders, Orthogeriatrics, Acute Frailty, Integrated + systems frailty, Delirium & dementia.

    Main duties of the job

    Together with other colleagues, to provide a high quality care service to patients. This includes all aspects of treatment and relevant management duties for the proper functioning of the Care Group.

    Shared responsibility with other colleagues for providing 24 hours, 7 days a week cover for the Unit on a rota basis.

    Responsible also for covering colleagues' periods of annual leave and short-term sickness as detailed in your contract.
    Provide clinical supervision of junior medical/dental practitionersas a shared responsibility with other consultant colleagues.
    Responsible for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and contributing to CPD and clinical governance initiatives.

    Responsible for outpatient clinic commitments in peripheral hospitals as agreed with the Care Group's management team where part of the service structure.

    Contribute to the Care Group's research interests in accordance with the Trust's R&D framework.
    Contribute to the audit programmes, Morbidity and Mortality, Clinical Governance programmes and Learning from Deaths.
    Take an active role in the formulation, implementation and monitoring of the Care Group's Business Plan. This may include assisting with discussions regarding service plans and developments with internal and external agencies.
    Conduct all activities within the contracted level of service and operating plan for service(s).
    Working for our organisation


    King's College Hospital
    NHSFoundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London.

    The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites.

    The Trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD; Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do.

    By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King's to another level.

    We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

    At King's College Hospital
    NHSFoundation Trust we are proud of our diverse workforce and the strength that gives us to provide compassionate care to all of our patients.

    We are fortunate to employ a workforce that represents the population we care for, and we celebrate the value of differences in age, disability, gender reassignment, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sex, sexual orientation and religion or belief.

    Detailed job description and main responsibilities


    GENERAL
    This is a new Consultant post.

    The remit of the postholder will be to work within the multi–disciplinary team providing and further developing care for frail, older patients from Gerontology services, and to provide and develop peri-operative medicine services to the Trust's older patients undergoing surgery.

    In addition, the individual will be required to play an active role on the General (Internal) Medicine oncall rota while having a significant commitment to teaching and training of junior staff.


    PURPOSE OF JOB


    The post will be based at Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) and the proposed Job Plan (up to 10 PAs) is attached.

    This is subject to review within 3 months of the postholder commencing in post.
    The On-Call commitment is for a 1:9 (variable) rota, which is classed as Category B.

    There is a commitment to undertake routine job planned work on Saturdays or Sundays as part of the total job planned PAs.

    All employees are expected to undertake work on any of the Trust's sites as required by the service.

    As a senior employee of the Trust, you will work in close co-operation with, and support other clinical, medical professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality healthcare to the Trust's patients.


    Integral to these responsibilities are the following:
    The provision of a first-class clinical service
    Effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty
    Sustaining and developing teaching and research in conjunction with King's College London / KHP
    Undertaking all work in accordance with the Trust's procedures and operating policies
    Conducting clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Trust's service plans
    Maintaining the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty, the Care Group or the Trust
    Person specification

    Qualifications and Higher Qualifications

    Registerable medical qualification, Full MRCP
    Other higher degree or diploma (e.g., MD)
    Registration

    Full Registration with GMC Name on GMC Dermatology Specialist Register on date of taking up appointment
    Training and Experience

    On the day of interview applicants must be within 6 months of CCT or must have fully completed CESR application and be fully registered on the GMC Dermatology Specialist Register.

    Any applications not meeting these criteria will not be considered.
    Administration

    Experience in day-to-day organisation of Gerontology services in a busy Teaching Hospital Familiarity with information technology and general computer skills Familiar with current structure of UK National Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes
    Management and Leadership

    Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi-disciplinary teams
    Management course and/or qualification
    Audit and Quality Improvement

    Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit. Must have undertaken and completed audit projects.
    Audit Publications
    Research and Publications

    Experience of clinical research. Publication of relevant review articles or case reports.
    Relevant research experience in one or more aspects of Gerontology
    Teaching

    Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching and exam preparation.
    Teaching skills course/qualification
    Job specific criteria

    Evidence of clinical experience in management of complex patients undergoing elective or emergency surgery
    Relevant research/quality improvement experience in peri-operative care of older people undergoing surgery

    On the day of interview applicants must be within 6 months of CCT or must have fully completed CESR application and be fully registered on the GMC Dermatology Specialist Register.

    Any applications not meeting these criteria will not be considered.

    IMPORTANT
    Check your email account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you
    If you delete the job from any of your accounts, you may be prevented from accessing further communications
    To enquire about your application or inform us of any changes in your circumstances, please contact the named person on this advert
    Please provide email addresses for referees where possible
    Please review the documentation on our recruitment microsite, particularly the Trust's criminal records checking policy

    All staff have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and for ensuring they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.

    Due to a high volume of applications, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. It is therefore recommended that you apply promptly
    King's College Hospital
    NHSFoundation Trust Annual Reports and Other Corporate Publications

    King's Health Partners Academic Health Science Centre Website


    King's College Hospital is part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC), a pioneering collaboration between King's College London, and Guy's and St Thomas', King's College Hospital and South London and Maudsley
    NHSFoundation Trusts.

    Employer certification / accreditation badges

    You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

    This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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