Job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated doctor to join our team in providing front door frailty services for the population of the London Borough of Newham.

You will be based in the emergency department, providing comprehensive geriatric assessment to frail older patients as part of a multi-disciplinary team including emergency department practitioners, therapists and nurses.

This role provides good experience in the management of elderly and frail patients with the opportunity to develop skills in comprehensive geriatric assessment, deprescribing and communication. There is the opportunity to work with more autonomy and to develop discharge planning knowledge, as well as experience in receiving and vetting referrals. The work is rewarding and has an impact on improving patient care and avoiding admissions.

The role provides a variation from ward work and offers clinic time, audit and QIP opportunities. It would suit a candidate with geriatric medicine experience looking to develop their skills further or those considering geriatric medicine as a long term career option.

The working hours are Mon- Fri 9-5 and the post does not include a fixed on call commitment.

Main duties of the job

Inpatient COE services:

Thistle AAU - Acute COE with predicted LOS < 24 hrs (13 beds).

Thistle Short Stay - Acute COE with predicted LOS <72 hrs (13 beds).

Silvertown Ward - Acute COE with predicted LOS >72hrs (24 beds).

Custom House Ward - Complex COE (20 beds)

Heather Ward - Acute Stroke Unit (13 beds). Highly performing ASU works alongside RLH HASU regional thrombectomy centre.

Each consultant is responsible on average for 13-16 inpatients, which is variable depending on season.

Outpatient COE services:

We provide a wide range of outpatient clinics. These include general COE, diagnostic memory clinic, falls clinic, stroke and TIA and complex CGA. There are daily HOT clinic slots incorporated into all clinics.

Expected new to follow up ratio in clinic of 3 new to 5-6 follow up patients.

Other COE services provided:

Frailty - We have embedded frailty screening within the Emergency Department for early recognition of frailty. Our front door frailty service has been piloted in the ED over the past six months with excellent results. This post will support us to continue to expand our frailty service.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.