Consultant Physician in Orthogeriatric Medicine

We wish to appoint a new consultant colleague in Orthogeriatrics to join our expanding Hip Fracture and Elderly Trauma Services in Gloucestershire.

Successful applicants will work on our dedicated Hip Fracture Unit (ward 3A) at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital as well as providing liaison advice and support to Elderly Trauma patients on the other Trauma wards within the trust.

Although the main bulk of work is in Orthogeriatrics we would encourage the post-holder to undertake another specialty interest session for 1-2PAs within their weekly timetable. Most of our Care of the Elderly consultant posts also include sessions working within our increasingly successful Frailty Assessment Service which encompasses a Direct Assessment Pathway, Frailty Assessment Unit, Frailty SDEC and a Virtual Ward.

The post also incorporates a fixed weekend Care of the Elderly post take ward round, which includes new hip fracture admissions and the Frailty Assessment Service (FAS) on a 1 in 10 basis (but no on-call).

This is a substantive post working within in Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, one of the largest Foundation Trusts in England. Whilst advertised as a full-time post, we will accept part time or flexible working requests for the right candidate and aim to have one day working from home to support wellbeing.

We encourage informal enquires to discuss how the role could be tailored to suit you and have an established and successful record with less than full time working and job-sharing employees., Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust (GHNHSFT) was formed in April 2002 and became a second wave Foundation Trust in July 2004. We are a large organisation providing acute services from Gloucestershire Royal Hospital in Gloucester and Cheltenham General Hospital. We provide COTE services across our County of 1,220 square miles. Our population is c. 640,000 with an annual year on year growth rate of 0.8%. Within our population 21% are over the age of 65 and the number aged 65 and over will rise by two-thirds between now and 2030. Approximately half our population live in the City of Gloucester and the Spa Town of Cheltenham and around half live in the Forest of Dean and across the Severn Vale and the Cotswolds Hills

We provide services to the whole of the county of Gloucestershire and individual job plans represent different jigsaw pieces that make up the complete picture of our service that cross Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Cheltenham General Hospital, with community services and involvement in inpatient care in our 7 Community Hospitals.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision of providing Best Care for Everyone and our success depends on the commitment and dedication of our staff, many of whom are world leaders in healthcare, teaching and research. You could make a real difference to our patients' lives by joining our team.