Locum Consultant - General Medicine / Elderly Care

Recruiting a Locum Consultant for General Medicine and Elderly Care on a 6 Month Fixed Term Contract.

We are looking to recruit afull-time Locum Consultant on a General Medicine ward. Candidates with a CCT or CESR in General medicine are encouraged to apply. Those working towards the CESR qualification who already have experience working at consultant level are encouraged to contact the department to discuss other options. We are also keen to develop and support colleagues' professional clinical areas of sub-speciality such as Elderly Care, Acute Medicine, Respiratory, Endocrinology etc.

The postholder will be supported to develop their leadership skills by the appropriate training provided by our trust leadership and development programme. The post holder will have access to a leadership mentor if supernumerary to leadership. The post holder will have the opportunity to showcase leadership skills and implement innovation in opening this newly developed care group., Key Responsibilites:
1. Provide senior decision making on a General Medicine ward that is designed for patients who are not ready for immediate discharge or transfers, including conducting daily consultant ward rounds.
2. Ward rounds and teaching and supervision of junior medical staff.
3. To assist the current team and have responsibility for ensuring a commitment to provide a high quality of General Medicine care to patients by continual development of practice in the light of evidence-base, and clinical standards.
4. To provide clinical support and teaching to Junior Medical Staff, Medical Students and Postgraduate Medical Education.
5. To participate as part of personal CPD development the involvement in local and national quality improvement projects. The department will provide training support if required.
6. Research opportunities are available in conjunction with the research team.
7. To have responsibility for ensuring a commitment to maintaining a high quality of service to patients.
8. To actively participate in CPD and personal development plans and annual appraisals revalidation framework.
9. To undertake 4 hour Saturday ward cover on a 1:4 basis with other medical consultants
10. To support eligible candidate to develop their subspecialty interest and it can be discussed as agreed with the service and developed

The Manor Hospital has an extremely busy Elderly Care department. A wide ranging multidisciplinary team delivers care to 140 inpatients based over four wards. We have a purpose built same-day frailty assessment unit; we provide acute orthogeriatric care and is currently developing a burgeoning surgical liaison service. There are opportunities in redesigning our out-patient model of care, in providing advice and guidance and community based clinics