Speciality Doctor in Care of the Elderly Medicine

This is a full-time post based at the Countess of Chester Hospital and Ellesmere Port Hospital. The current job plan is 10 Programmed Activities. Additional PAs may be available subject to job plan agreement/participation in out of hours Rota and needs of the service. The post holder will support on the Medicine Registrar on-call Rota. The successful applicant will be working alongside four other specialty doctors in a rotational post. The post rotates through a hyperacute stroke unit, general elderly medicine ward and frailty unit in a vibrant and expanding elderly care department. They will assist the Elderly Medicine Consultants in the care of in-patients and assessing and reviewing patients. The department is committed to supporting our speciality doctors' career pathways either through membership qualifications or CESR.Main duties of the job The successful candidate will be a full time appointment working for the Care of the Elderly Team. They will ensure Speciality Doctor cover is provided for general inpatients and the acute frailty unit. Consideration will be given to applicants wishing to work part-time/job-share. The principal duties and responsibilities of the post are listed below:

• Assessment new patients
• Monitor complex medical problems
• Plan maintenance medical treatment and appropriate outpatient investigations
• Support consultant ward rounds
• Provide cross cover
• Participate on the registrar GIM Rota
  
  The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:
• The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds
• Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility
• Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.
The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000. The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.