Speciality Doctor in Care of the Elderly

at  North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust

Applications are invited for the post of Speciality Doctor in Care of the Elderly Medicine at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust. The successful candidate will work with our exciting and enthusiastic Care of the Elderly and Stroke teams across acute/ front of house areas, acute inpatient wards and outpatient areas. We have proactive multidisciplinary approach within the department to facilitate comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA), rapid discharge and rehabilitation. We are keen to expand our reach into acute and front of house areas with our developing frailty service, as well as further develop subspecialties such as ortho-geriatrics, surgical liaison and Parkinson’s Disease services. Outpatient services are within our successful dedicated outpatient units providing rapid access, TIA, general elderly care and falls clinics at both North Tees and Hartlepool Hospital sites.
This is a replacement post based within the University Hospital of North Tees.
There is also the opportunity for teaching, supervision and research experience within the Department.
The Specialty Doctor will, depending on formal responsibilities at any one time, undertake the following duties:
To assist in the provision of the In Hospital Care directorate service.
Take a role in chosen medical specialty and medicine services.
Take responsibility for own actions and decisions within the empowerment limits agreed by the lead consultant and Clinical Director.
Contribute to the development of services and staff, participating and coordinating teaching of medical undergraduates and doctors in training.
Contribute to the departmental audit and clinical governance.
Perform any other duties that are considered necessary for the efficient working of the service and which are mutually agreed to be relevant to the post as the pattern of service evolves.
Required to cover for colleagues during normal periods of leave.
Professional supervision and management of junior medical staff.
The remainder of the appointee’s professional time will be deployed flexibly on other clinical duties, administration, teaching, research, clinical audit etc.
At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.
We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition – a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.
We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.
We recruit for values and “Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool”
Currently the plan is to share time on the one of the acute Elderly Care wards with an opportunity to be involved in another specialty area of interest, which we are more than happy to discuss depending on the candidate. We have interests and opportunities for development in stroke, orthogeriatrics, surgical liaison, movement disorders, acute frailty and education. Please talk to us about what interests you. We would anticipate the various commitments evolving and SPAs likely increasing in time with shared job plan review facilitating that personal development. Within the team, use of SPAs reflects personal interests so one focuses on research while others take greater roles in audit or education

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