Locum Consultant in Geriatric Medicine / Stroke Medicine and Rehabilitation Medicine
St Pancras Rehabilitation Unit & Camden Community Services
4PAs to 6 PAs, 12 Months Fixed-Term
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL), is seeking to appoint a Locum Consultant Geriatrician or Locum Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine to provide and lead on inpatient care at St Pancras Rehabilitation Unit (SPRU).
SPRU provides inpatient rehabilitation to residents of North London, specialising in frailty management and neurological and stroke rehabilitation. New inpatient pathways have also been developed for both spinal cord injury, trauma rehabilitation and amputee rehabilitation. Apointees are likely to have a varied case load of patients. Team working is essential and the post holder should have experience of working within a large mutlidisciplinary team to deliver rehabilitation and care.
An interest in quality improvement is welcome, and we have robust links into national improvement collaboratives (System Wide Frailty Network, Pre-Hospital Frailty Network, North London Stroke network, UK Rehabilitation Outcomes Collaborative).
The post-holder will work closely with an enthusiastic, academically focused and progressive team that includes geriatricians, neurologists and rehabilitation physicians. The post holder will be actively involved in trainees supervision and training, in addition to providing support and training for the wider multidisciplinary team.
You will provide inpatient multi-pathology (general) rehabilitation care at St Pancras Hospital. You will provide medical leadership and consultant level support to the wards. For this work you will be supported by Specialist Registrars and ST1/FY2 Grade Doctors.
You will have continuing responsibility for the care of patients in your charge and for ensuring safe and evidence-based practice across the unit. At present the out of hours care for patients on the unit is provided contractually by GPs. There is no on-call commitment. Time off in lieu would be given if out of hours service is required.
Direct patient care includes attending the Multi-Disciplinary Team meetings and the ward rounds for the ward (20 patients) which you are allocated clinical responsibility. You will also be required to oversee and be involved with assessment and review of care, discharge planning and validating discharge summaries, supporting the management of delayed transfers of care, and meeting with families.
You will be required to provide advice and support to the junior medical staff and other ward staff on patient care and management.
We have an excellent local reputation for stroke and neurological rehabilitation and are continuously developing our general rehabilitation services. We are looking at developing pathways, processes, appropriate skill mix of staff and establishment to deliver safe, effective rehabilitation in a new sustainable model.
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest specialist Mental Health Trusts in England, providing a wide range of mental health and physical health services. You will work in an organisation that is in the top 100 employers in the UK and prides itself on the diversity of its staff and the care it delivers. It supports flexible and remote working (where appropriate) and actively supports the well-being of its staff.
Our organisation that is passionate about equality, diversity and inclusion; one that prides itself in developing the leadership capabilities of its employees, looking after their health and wellbeing, creating safe spaces for staff to speak up and providing opportunities to mentor and be mentored.
We offer flexible working too, which can fit around family and caring responsibilities, or training and development.
If you are interested in becoming a member of our Foundation Trust please visit our website.
www.cnwl.nhs.uk
Inpatient Rehabilitation
You will provide inpatient rehabilitation care at St Pancras Hospital. You will provide medical leadership and consultant level support to the multi-pathology and post-COVID rehab wards. For this work you will be supported by Specialist Registrars and ST1/FY2 Grade Doctors.
You will have continuing responsibility for the care of patients in your charge and for ensuring safe and evidence-based practice across the unit. At present the out of hours care for patients on the unit is provided contractually by GPs. There is no on-call commitment. Time off in lieu would be given if out of hours service is required.
Direct patient care includes attending the Multi-Disciplinary Team meetings and the ward rounds for the ward (17 patients) which you are allocated clinical responsibility. You will also be required to oversee and be involved with assessment and review of care, discharge planning and validating discharge summaries, supporting the management of delayed transfers of care, and meeting with families.
You will be required to provide advice and support to the junior medical staff and other ward staff on patient care and management. As part of the direct clinical care, the post holder will provide support and consultant cover in times of leave and absences.
We have an excellent local reputation for stroke and neurological rehabilitation and are continuously developing our general rehabilitation services. We are looking at developing pathways, processes, appropriate skill mix of staff and establishment to deliver safe, effective rehabilitation in a new sustainable model.
Supporting interface services with acute trusts, Time will be allocated to develop closer working with local acute and emergency services.
Silver Triage – Pre-hospital Frailty - additional, Silver Triage involves a pre-conveyance clinical discussion between LAS paramedics and a consultant geriatrician accessed via consultant connect to support decision-making around admission and exploring safer alternatives (e.g. virtual ward).
Supporting Professional Activities and Governance, This covers Continuing Professional Development (CPD) activities, teaching, quality improvement, job planning, appraisal and local clinical governance activities.
Educational Supervision, You will contribute to organizing and delivering multi-professional teaching locally

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