Locum Consultant Geriatrics (12 Months FT)

Applications are invited for a consultant post in Department of Medicine for Older People. The successful candidate will be based at Stoke Mandeville Hospital with some clinical activity across our community sites.
Our acute services are located at Stoke Mandeville Hospital. These include the newly established Frailty Same Day Emergency Care Unit and Short Stay Frailty Unit. We run a separate on call for the frail older population. We have two acute wards in addition to a highly regarded orthogeriatric service.
We support patients and prevent unnecessary hospital admission by seeing decompensating frail older patients in our Multi-Disciplinary Assessment Service at Wycombe hospital, and our Community Assessment and Treatment Services at Marlow and Thame community hospitals. We also run a telephone advice and triage line for Primary Care & Community Providers.
We are working to embed Frailty Recognition Recording & Responding across the system as well as an ability to look after unwell frail older patients in their own home in a Virtual Ward environment.
Job plans can be tailored to accommodate career progression and promote subspecialty interests. Whether you are looking to work full time or part time, we are delighted to support you.
For further information please contact Dr Brian Macinnes or Fiona Pinches., These are exciting times for Medicine for Older People in Bucks. We are working towards strengthening our presence at the front door as well as our foothold in the community, particularly with regards to Frailty.
We are looking for a dynamic person with strong leadership and innovation skills to work in a team to develop Frailty services in Buckinghamshire.
We aim to have a small but robust acute footprint whilst maintaining and strengthening our larger community footprint. For us the front door is the patient's front door and not the AED.
The department is keen to accommodate special interests; we are happy to discuss and consider appropriate changes in the weekly job plan.
A sensible, patient-centered approach to Frailty is expected in the post-holder, as well as flexible working at both acute and community level.
The post-holder will take part in the department's regular teaching to medical students, junior doctors and other health professionals. He/she will supervise junior staff, as well as other members of the department's clinical team, and community clinicians.
The post-holder will be required to comply with Trust and GMC standards for appraisal and revalidation, including continuing professional development.
This is a forward looking post and will evolve. We are expecting the post-holder to take an active part in the development of the role and to help drive geriatric services forward into the next decade., Please refer to the attached Job Description and Job Specification. Applicants are invited to make specific enquiries about any points that they are unsure about. Applications for flexible and part time working are welcome, with job plans to be agreed with individual candidates to best fir their special interest and service need.
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.
If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [email protected] or phone .
We pride ourselves in being a great place to work - and invite you to join our BHT family.

+ 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.