Job summary
Are you someone who has in interest in acute medicine and frailty where you want to be there to make a difference to your patients and to work in a dynamic and successful front door Frailty and Acute Medicine service, while influencing the future of frailty and acute services in the region? This is a rare opportunity to help deliver our vision for an integrated system-wide approach to Frailty and Acute Medicine with one of the country's best performing frailty services (Frailty CQUIN 2023).
The Frailty team is a large multi-disciplinary team based in the Emergency Department and which runs an Acute Frailty Assessment unit delivering same day emergency care for patients with frailty. The team comprises of 1.7 frailty consultants, 1 registrar, 2 lead nurses, 5 clinical nurse specialists and 4 Physicians Associates. The service provides diagnosis, treatment, and facilitates early discharge of frail patients and provides interface with frailty virtual ward.
The post holder will work across our Acute Medicine department on the Medical Assessment Unit (MAU), the Short Stay Unit (SSU) and the Ambulatory Care Unit (ACU -SDEC). The MAU sees, assesses and treats patients in our acute unselected medical take. Ambulatory care is overseen by a consultant and staffed by specialty doctors and by advanced nurse practitioners. The Short Stay Unit receives medical patients likely to be discharged within 72 hours of admission and achieves a high turnover of patients per day.
Main duties of the job
- Provide a high quality, safe and compassionate care to the acutely ill medical patients admitted to our hospital and provide them with the best possible experience during their admission.
- Active participation in Trust Clinical Governance activities, including audit, mortality review and appraisal process. The appointee will ensure data collection and processing undertaken is consistently accurate, timely and complies with the Trust Data Quality Policy and Information Governance procedures.
- Teaching, training and supervision of doctors, nurses and students in order to promote a positive and supportive atmosphere.
- Responsible for keeping a record of Continuous Professional Development (CPD), including Trust Mandatory training process.
- Will be responsible for engaging in regular appraisal processes for revalidation
- The provision of a first-class clinical service.
- Effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty.
- Sustaining and developing teaching and research.
- Undertaking all work in accordance with the Trust's procedures and operating policies
- Conducting clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Trust's service plan
- Maintaining the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the speciality, the Care Group of the Trust.
About us
We are committed to ensure a work-life balance to all our staff by offering full time and part time roles, flexible working hours on a shift pattern to fit around your family life.
We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and candidates form our local communities.
Benefits to youo 27 days annual leave for new starters, rising to 29 days after five years of service and 33 days after 10 years of service, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro-rata for part time staff);o NHS Pension Scheme:o Flexible working opportunities;o Increased hourly rates for unsociable hours e.g. night shifts, weekends, bank holidays;o Career development and training;o Wellbeing support and activities;o In-house physiotherapy Service;o On-site canteens with subsidised meals;o Subsidised staff parking (currently free).o Free Stagecoach Bus Travel to and from work within Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Lead the frailty team whilst on direct clinical care.
- Attend Frailty team meetings.
- Attend service improvement meetings.
- Attend monthly ICS meetings, engage with falls hub meetings and North Place meetings.
- Attend UEC governance meetings.
- Carry out annual reviews of Physicians Associates whom you are supervising.
- Support education programme for junior staff in UEC and frailty team.
- Work closely with the Emergency department team.
- Work closely with the Acute medicine team.
- Partaking in the appointment of new members of the frailty team.
- Take responsibility for own continuing professional development and take part in continuing medical education activities, in accordance with any relevant standards for maintaining GMC licence to practice and membership of any relevant professional body.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered medical qualification. MRCP or equivalent.
- Full registration with GMC and Name on Specialist register from GIM on date of taking up appointment.
- Experience in and knowledge of Geriatric Medicine.
Desirable
- Higher degree or diploma (e.g. MD, PhD).
- Name on Specialist Register for Geriatric Medicine or Acute Medicine.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Peterborough City Hospital
Edith Cavell Campus, Bretton Gate
Peterborough
PE3 9GZ