Consultant in Geriatric and General Internal Medicine

at  Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

DESIRABLE CRITERIA

• Experience of teaching basic clinical skills to undergraduates/postgraduates
• Experience of supervising junior doctors
• Experience of teaching lay groups and other staff groups
• Ability to supervise postgraduate research
  Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
  References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
  Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
  Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
  DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.

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APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES

1. To show dynamism, enthusiasm and flexibility in participating in the reshaping of acute frailty services at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust and within the community of the London Borough of Sutton.
2. To help provide a first class clinical service to all people with frailty.
3. To provide high quality leadership and support to staff, allied health care professionals, and Trust management and support staff in the Emergency Department, Acute Medical Unit/Hub, Frailty Short Stay Unit (OPSSU), and community.
4. To lead and support the multi-disciplinary team with complex discharge planning.
5. To support and sustain teaching and research where possible in relevant clinical areas.
6. To work within the framework of applicable Trust policies, procedures, and clinical governance framework.
7. To work within contractual requirements, and in support of applicable Trust clinical development frameworks, business plans, and development strategies.

DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION AND MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Principal Duties of the Post
The principal duty of this post is to provide a comprehensive clinical service to patients.
1. To at all times, comply with the GMC’s guidance on ‘Good Medical Practice’ as amended or substituted from time to time.
2. To ensure that patient confidentiality is maintained at all times.
3. To undertake duties as defined within the attached job plan in so far as practicable and in agreement with your Divisional Medical Director.
4. To be responsible and managerially accountable for the reasonable and effective use of Trust resources that you use and influence, and professionally accountable to the Medical Director.
5. On commencement to ensure personal attendance at the Trust’s corporate Induction (or arranged Consultant Induction).
6. To participate in the Trust’s Statutory & Mandatory training programme.
7. To be responsible for the Clinical Management of in and out patients under your care.