Job overview

We’re recruiting a team of geriatricians in east Kent to take forward a dynamic and innovative new programme dedicated to keeping older people with frailty out of hospital and at home for longer.

We’ll never say: “we’ve always done it like that.”

If you can bring fresh ideas and passion to deliver real projects to improve patient care, we’ll give you freedom to flourish.

We’re all about innovation. During the pandemic we provided hospital-level treatment for nearly 300 people at home, including people with covid-19, with oxygen and dexamethasone. We’re already working in a multi-professional way with over 25 Advanced Clinical Practitioners in the combined acute and community frailty teams working to support frail older people in east Kent.

We work in acute and community hospitals, in partnership with care homes and primary care, and with the local voluntary sector to support people with frailty to stay out of hospital, if that is their wish.

Main duties of the job

To lead and develop integrated care working with CCGs, acute trust and community partners.

Be an advocate for people living with frailty within the organisations.

Lead and develop interface frailty services for relevant clinical areas.

Lead, support and mentor junior staff (medical and allied health professionals) within the department and ensure training requirements are met.

Undertake clinical work within a relevant area of interest.

Build a strong reputation and culture in east Kent of a new and innovative way of providing care to our frail population.

Working for your organisation

We’re working in partnership across acute and community settings so you can create your own role – and choose your own hours to suit your ambitions and commitments.

We’re in east Kent, that’s the bit of England between London and France. Or as we like to call it, a little corner of paradise.

Why? Sandy beaches. Clifftop walks and coastal sunsets. Art. Culture. Communities. Countryside. Diversity. High speed trains to London from all of the major towns. House prices that won’t make you cry. Great schools, country pubs, day trips to France. Did we mention the lovely beaches?

We believe that partnership working across healthcare sectors is the future for sustainable  and effective patient care. That’s why we have developed these roles which demonstrate our commitment to joined-up care.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Frailty services are changing in east Kent to deliver integrated care across boundaries, in line with the needs of our local population.

These new posts are an exciting opportunity to shape innovative and high quality, patient-centred services in a sustainable way.

We want to move away from institutionally-based care and breakdown organisational boundaries with a view to providing care as close to home as possible in line with what patients say they want.

The ongoing pandemic has demonstrated our commitment to delivering rapid change for the benefit of our frail population in east Kent. The British Geriatric Society identified 10 areas of innovation during the coronavirus pandemic, of which four were examples from east Kent. You can read more about it online here (examples two, three, four and five).

If you are approaching CCT or looking for an exciting career change, now is the perfect time to join our team of geriatricians working together to support frail patients wherever they are.

Our aim is to develop individual specialty interests across our organisations, offering candidates the potential opportunity to work in a variety of areas and specialisms.