Specialty Doctor Frailty (Care of the Elderly)

at  East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Speciality Doctor: Frailty (Care of the Elderly)
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust is looking to appoint a Speciality Doctor as soon as possible for a 12 month fixed term initially to join an enthusiastic forward-looking Medical team at the Conquest Hospital site with potential for cross site working at Eastbourne General Hospital.
The Department of Frailty (Care of the Elderly) currently comprises three complex care wards and intermediate care and nurse-led wards. These are in close proximity to the department’s office accommodation and out-patient department. There are good multidisciplinary links.
The Department of Frailty is dedicated to providing a seamless service to Older People and is working towards the achievement of goals and recommendations
The post is a Speciality Doctor post in Care of the Elderly and will be part of a team of Consultant, Middle Grade, FY2/CT and FY1 grades.
The post holders will work closely with the medical and nursing teams on all the wards as well as CCU, Path Lab and Radiology Department. The post holder will support the junior team in attending both emergency and elective admissions, treat ward patients in consultation with senior staff, review ward patients daily, maintain progress notes, attend resuscitation training and participate as a member of the cardiac arrest team.
These posts are included in the rotation through the local intermediate care rehabilitation unit and provides excellent experience of the growing care in the community agenda. The Post holder will also be expected to effectively communicate with patients and relatives and respond to any queries or complaints where applicable.
We are proud to provide ‘Outstanding’ care and be a great place to work
We provide safe, compassionate and high quality care to half a million people living or visiting East Sussex. We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex, the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex. Our extensive services are provided by 7000 + members of staff working from acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites and in people’s own homes.
In 2020 the Care Quality Commission rated us as ‘Good’ overall, and ‘Outstanding’ for being caring and effective. The Conquest Hospital and our Community Services are rated ‘Outstanding’. Eastbourne DGH rated ‘Good’.
In 2020, the Trust launched its ambitious ‘Building for our Future’ programme. This once in a lifetime programme aims to repair, redevelop and expand our hospitals, transforming the environment in which we provide care for generations to come.
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