GERIATRIC MEDICINE COMMUNITY SPECIALTY DOCTOR NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor Main area: Mental health
Grade: NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 6 sessions per week
Job ref: 395-MED511-24
Site: Mountnessing Court Inpatient Unit
Town: Billericay, Essex
Salary: £59,175 - £95,400 per annum pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 14/02/2025 23:59
Joining #TeamNELFT means you'll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We're CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients.
Job overview GERIATRIC MEDICINE COMMUNITY BASED INPATIENT ELDERLY / INTERMEDIATE CARE SPECIALTY DOCTOR (BILLERICAY – ESSEX) Please note: We reserve the right to close this advert at any time, in the event of receiving suitable applicants. Contract: Substantive Hours: None Location: Mountnessing Court Inpatient Unit, 240 Mountnessing Road, Billericay, Essex, CM12 0EH. Qualifications needed: Full GMC Registration with a license to practice Experience in the management of a broad range of physical disorders in older adults, including end-of-life care. At least 4 years of full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time basis) of which at least 2 years will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty or as a fixed term specialty trainee or shall have equivalent experience and competencies. Main duties of the job You will be expected to: Work as part of multidisciplinary teams providing care to older adult people with physical health needs, within a community based inpatient setting. Provide senior medical support to the team and direct input on clinical cases. Provide guidance and supervision to the team. Work directly with older adult people and their families and liaise as appropriate with other external older adult health providers, and acute hospitals. Work alongside 2wte Consultant Geriatrician and 0.4wte Specialty Doctor within the service and share clinical supervision requirements for the team. Develop links already established with the local acute trusts' A&E departments and inpatient wards. Be responsible for patients allocated to them and will assess, manage, plan, and deliver care. Support peers and the team manager and be an effective team member whilst working on their own initiative. Supervise junior colleagues and liaise with other health and social professionals and agencies. Person specification GMC Full GMC Registration with a license to practice. Knowledge Experience in the management of a broad range of physical disorders in older adults, including end-of-life care. Experience At least 4 years of full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time basis) of which at least 2 years will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty or as a fixed term specialty trainee or shall have equivalent experience and competencies. We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff. A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work-life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our efforts to support our working parents and carers. Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.
Equal opportunities employer We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity and positively encourage applications from all sections of the community regardless of any protected characteristic.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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