Locum Consultant in Geriatric/General Internal Medicine

Locum Consultant in Geriatric/General Internal Medicine

Main area Geratology Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant. Contract: Fixed term 8 months (Secondment/Maternity Leave Cover). Hours: Part time - 8.5 sessions per week (plus on call commitment). Job ref 321 MRC MS S6.

Site: John Radcliffe Hospital, Town Oxford. Salary £113,565 - £150,569 + 5% On Call Banding supplement (yearly). Closing date 13/07/:59.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts, providing a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and a base for medical education, training and research.

Main duties of the job

We are seeking enthusiastic, skilled colleagues to rotate through the following ward areas: general geriatric medicine, acute general medicine, peri operative orthopaedics at the John Radcliffe and Nuffield Orthopaedic Hospitals, and general internal medicine at the Horton Hospital. There will be scope to adapt the ward areas covered by mutual agreement and swaps with colleagues. The job will also include a Geriatric Medicine clinic at the John Radcliffe site.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Perioperative Medicine: OUH has an established perioperative medicine service in the acute Surgical Emergency Unit (SEU) and hip fractures. Consultants provide leading medical perioperative care to major trauma, elective orthopaedics and vascular services. The team includes perioperative medicine fellows, a geriatric medicine ST3+, a middle grade medical trainee and foundation doctors in surgical specialties.

General Internal Medicine: The Horton Hospital is a district general hospital with an emergency department admitting largely unselected medical take. A consultant is supported by a team of doctors (ST3+, IMT/FY2/GPVTS, FY1) and works on an on call rota (1 in 8). Unselected acute admissions average 20 per day.

Ambulatory Units: Based at Horton and John Radcliffe, these units provide senior clinician led multidisciplinary assessment and ambulatory treatment. All areas have point of care testing and plain radiology. The consultant coordinates care of up to 60 patients per day, supervises advanced care practitioners and junior doctors, and provides direct phone support to local GPs.

Geriatrics: The Department of Clinical Geriatrics is vibrant and dynamic, supporting all subspecialist interests within geriatric medicine and developing new interface services.

Person specification Qualifications / Training

• GMC registration
• MRCP or equivalent
• SCE Geriatric medicine
• CCT/CCST/CESR in Geriatric and General Internal Medicine

Experience

• Experience at consultant level in inpatient geriatric medicine, community and ambulatory medicine

Skills and Knowledge

• Evidence of management of change/service design

All candidates will be contacted with an update on the application. The majority of correspondence will be via the e recruitment system, so please check your emails regularly.

You must have appropriate UK professional registration. The post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) and an order to make a Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service.