Specialist Doctor in Health Care of Older People - GHH

The Specialist is an established role in our department that supports experienced and motivated colleagues in working alongside consultant colleagues in a leadership role in HCOP. The post also aims to support colleagues in completing a CESR qualification for a future consultant post if they so wish. With this in mind, we are looking for high-performing individuals to join our existing team of HCOP Consultants at Good Hope Hospital. We currently have a team of six HCOP Consultants who are supported by a wider team of consultant colleagues (with areas of specialty interest including Respiratory, Diabetes, Cardiology, Trauma & Orthopaedics, Gastroenterology & Stroke) to manage patients within our service.,

• To have oversight of all team activity during that clinical session, and provide support to other registered and non-registered clinical practitioners when needed
• To provide appropriate supervisions to resident doctors, ACPs and clinical practitioners
• Administrative duties related to patient care
• Contribution to medical education activity, including for members of the multidisciplinary team
• Regular participation in departmental and directorate meetings
• To support the Trust in emergencies in addition to appropriate on-call commitments
  
  Candidates are required to have MBBS or an equivalent primary medical qualification, have 12 years of clinical experience since their primary medical qualification and have 6 years of experience in Health Care of Older People at SAS level.
  
  We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to: Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives. UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work. University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.