Locum Consultant Surgical Liaison Physician
Imperial College Healthcare NHS, City of Westminster
Locum Consultant Surgical Liaison Physician
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Imperial College Healthcare NHS, City of Westminster
- Full time
- Temporary
- Onsite working
Posted 1 day ago, 24 Oct | Get your application in today.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: d610a758b558487caf0e65431cc5cae5
Full Job Description
The Post provides embedded physician support to elective and non-elective general, colorectal and urological surgery on the Charing Cross site in addition to providing rotational coverage to Albert Ward (surgical step down ward) on the St Mary's site. The ICHT Surgical Liaison Service consists of a team of consultant geriatricians who provide embedded medical care to adults of all ages admitted under surgical specialties; major trauma, orthopaedics, vascular surgery, general surgery, neurosurgery and spinal surgery. By effectively addressing medical needs and complexity alongside acute surgical issues they help to provide comprehensive holistic care, prevent complications, optimise outcomes, and give every patient the best chance of making a successful recovery. You will be working collaboratively both internal and external to the division to support our organisational strategy:
- To help create a high quality integrated care system with the population of north west London
- To develop a sustainable portfolio of outstanding services
- To build learning, improvement and innovation into everything we do, The Surgical Liaison service also plays a key role in the pre-operative setting, offering a dedicated pre-assessment clinic for patients with frailty or medical complexity before elective operations, known as the Comprehensive Assessment for Surgery (COMPASS) clinic. This clinic helps evaluate and prepare patients for surgery, providing them, their relatives, and the surgical and anaesthetic teams with all the necessary information to make informed decisions about surgery, perioperative care, and post-operative recovery. Key features of the Surgical Liaison Service include: - Preoperative assessment and optimisation of frailty, cognitive disorders, and multimorbidity. - Prognostication and shared decision-making. - Management of postoperative complications, hospital-acquired deconditioning, and cognitive disorders. - Rehabilitation, goal setting, discharge planning, and referral to community services. - Treatment escalation and advance care planning. - Clear communication with patients and carers throughout the perioperative pathway. - Collaborative working with other disciplines and specialties across the Trust. The post provides embedded physician support for elective and non-elective general, colorectal, and urological surgeries at Charing Cross, while also offering rotational coverage to Albert Ward (the surgical step-down ward) at St Mary's Hospital.
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities. The statutory requirement to be fully Covid-19 vaccinated as a condition of employment from April 2022 is subject to legislative review. At Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19. The successful applicant may have contact with patients and service users and as part of our pre-employment checks and risk assessments, we will ask all candidates to confirm whether or not they have been fully vaccinated or have a medical exemption. As part of our continued response to Covid19 we are still conducting the majority of our interviews virtually. We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
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