Locally Employed Geriatric Doctor (ST1 / 2 equivalent)

Applicants are invited to apply for a Locally Employed Doctor post for ST1/2 equivalent in Elderly Care Medicine to commence on 5th February 2025.
This post offers the opportunity to join a well-established multi-disciplinary Geriatric Medicine team. The post holder will participate with the other team members in providing the core hospital facility for Medicine for older people (MFOP) services which is fully integrated with primary care.
This post will be mainly based at Amersham hospital with cross cover in our Multi-Disciplinary Assessment Service Unit (MuDAS) at Wycombe General Hospital and weekend on-call shifts in our Frailty Same Day Emergency Care (FSDEC) unit located at Stoke Mandeville Hospital.
Full support will be available to achieve various curriculum competencies and e-portfolio during the 6-month period. The post holder will also get guidance and support to work on Audit/ QI projects, teaching presentations and poster presentations.
Please note this post will close early if we receive a high number of applicants., The post holder will be required to support the junior team of the allocated speciality.
Other responsibilities
+ To have regular meetings with the Educational Supervisor and have a yearly appraisal
+ To be willing to travel between different sites/organisations in order to fulfil the requirements of the post, The post holder will be required to support the junior team of the Geriatric Medicine team at Amersham hospital with cross cover in our Multi-Disciplinary Assessment Service Unit (MuDAS) at Wycombe General Hospital and weekend on-call shifts in our Frailty Same Day Emergency Care (FSDEC) unit located at Stoke Mandeville Hospital.
The post holder will have regular meetings with the Educational Supervisor.
The post holder will get guidance and support to work on audits, QI projects, teaching presentations and poster presentations.
The post holder will need to be willing to travel between different sites/organisations in order to fulfil the requirements of the post.
For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.
PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.
COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.
If you are successful at interview, we will require you to complete a Covid-19 risk assessment document.
Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight. If we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before to the closing date.
Contacting you: We will contact candidates through the email address supplied on their application form. Please make sure you check this regularly.
Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.
Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interview will not be reimbursed.
Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.
We care for over half a million patients every year:
+ provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
+ nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
+ regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
+ deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients' own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.
More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.
We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer., + As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
+ We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
+ We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
+ We're committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
+ As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
+ Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
What do we stand for?
+ Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
+ Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.