Consultant Geriatrician

We are looking to appoint an Elderly Care Physician with an interest in Acute Frailty. The post holder will support 'front door frailty' service and is supported by frailty Advance care practitioners who prepare patients who meet criteria and start a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in ED.

There are opportunities to develop sub specialty services such as surgical liaison, dementia care, falls and community / intermediate care services. This post will contribute to the management of the general medicine take through a contribution to the on call rota.

The successful applicant will work with existing Care of the Elderly Consultants to deliver a comprehensive service for frail and complex patients. There is a DME strategy which describes plans for development of a full range of DME services on both acute hospital sites from acute frailty / front door; ward based care for people with frail and complex needs; sub specialty service development and includes development of interface geriatric services. We have a silver phone service hosted by LDH that runs from 0800- 2000 7 days a week held by Frailty ACP's and supported by the Acute frailty consultant to offer advice, guidance and support in senior decision making for ambulance paramedics, GP' s and community clinicians eg matrons. This post supports the realisation of some of these ambitions to support Frailty service development at Bedford.

Main duties of the job

Responsible for the continuing care of acute elderly and medical inpatients based on frailty/ Care of Elderly ward.

Carry out regular ward rounds, outpatient clinics and hospital consultations.

Supervise junior medical staff.

Participate in the Multidisciplinary Team meetings where appropriate.

To develop an agreed subspecialty interest as agreed with the Trust and complimentary to the Trust's strategic plans and that of local Commissioners.

Participate in the management of the service

Arrangements for leave (Annual Leave, and Professional Leave) will be made in consultation with colleagues in the Department to ensure continuity of cover for the work of the Department. Permission for leave is given by the Clinical Director. Six weeks' notice is required. The leave year runs from 1 April.

The appointee should attend clinical governance meetings and contribute to the Service Lines audit programme.

The appointee will recognise and support the need for flexibility in duties to ensure reliable provision of a high quality expeditious service for our patients. As such, all consultants will be expected to support trust service improvements and engage with an improvement culture.

The Resident doctors are divided into teams aligned to the consultants. An on-call rota system for junior doctors is in place to comply with the EWTD requirements.

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics.

You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career.

We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. Please ensure that you make your application as soon as possible.