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Consultant in Elderly Care Medicine

Employer
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Location
Winchester, Hampshire
Salary
YC72 - £79,860 - £107,668 PA
Closing date
27 Oct 2019
Phone number
01962XXXXXXX

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Profession
Specialist doctor, Geriatric medicine
Grade
Consultant
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time

Job Details

You are invited to apply for the first of 3 planned new consultant posts to be advertised over the next few months to join the department of elderly care at Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester. The team comprises a main body of 7 consultants, with orthogeriatric liason provided by an additional consultant. Further clinic sessions are provided by another 2 consultants and 1 GP.

Following the successful establishment of our acute frailty unit, the post advertised begins the recruitment for the next phase in our long-term frailty project. We plan to establish a frailty team consisting of a consultant, junior doctor, specialist nurse and occupational therapist based in the emergency department for 50 hours per week. This brings specialist geriatric care as close to the front door as possible. An additional aim is to enhance the current rapid access clinic service to facilitate same day or next day assessment so it can provide a genuine alternative to admission for frail older patients.

The department provides inpatient care for around 70 patients on 2 acute wards and an acute frailty unit. The latter is embedded within the medical admissions ward and accommodates all frail medical admissions to the hospital. There are also 22 inpatients at the Andover site with predominant rehabilitation needs. We run 5 to 8 rapid access clinics per week at the Winchester site providing one stop assessments, with no outpatient referral waiting more than 2 weeks and some are seen within 24 hours. There are also weekly specialist falls and Parkinson’s clinics. Further, there are up to 3 rapid access clinics weekly at the Andover site. We have strong community links with locality clinics in Eastleigh and Chandler’s Ford, home visits when required and regular attendance at GP whiteboard meetings in surrounding Winchester and Andover localities.

It is envisaged that the new post will predominantly rotate between the emergency department frailty team, acute frailty unit and acute elderly care wards, with input into the rapid access clinics at all stages, though a preference for one part of the pathway could be accommodated. A willingness to take part in the GIM on call rota is preferable. We are realistic about the issues affecting the geriatric workforce nationally and are open to negotiation with suitable candidates. 

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About Us

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (HHFT) is an NHS provider providing wide acute health services for a population of over 600,000 across Hampshire and parts of Berkshire.

Hampshire Hospitals, which came into being in January 2012 as a result of the integration of Basingstoke and North Hampshire NHS Foundation Trust – which achieved Foundation Trust status in 2006 – and Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare Trust.

The trust’s vision is to provide outstanding care for each and every patient, ensuring our patients are well-cared for across the boundaries between our organisation and other providers. In order to provide this, it’s vital that we focus on the care that we provide to the staff who care for our patients, and we need to do all this within our inclusive CARE values, treating patients, colleagues and partners with compassion and respect.

Working for HHFT offers a rewarding career, nationally agreed employment terms and conditions and a range of additional benefits as part of our extensive reward package.

We aim to ensure staff have training and development opportunities to enable them to provide safe, effective, high quality care to our patients, whilst also creating an environment of health and wellbeing. In addition to this, all staff members are able to access a range of benefits and discount services.

Being a part of the Hampshire Hospitals family is also an opportunity to experience what Hampshire has to offer. Hampshire lies between England’s south-central coastline and the North Wessex Downs and is well-equipped and well-connected to meet the needs of everyone. You will also be spoilt for choice by the wealth of parks and woods, historical attractions, cultural landmarks, modern shopping centres, cosmopolitan restaurants and sports facilities, all in easy reach.

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