Specialist Doctor in Care of the Elderly

The General & Specialist Medicine Directorate is looking to appoint enthusiastic, highly motivated and dynamic Care of the Elderly Specialist Doctors to join our team at North Manchester General Hospital.

You will be joining our existing three Care of the Elderly Consultants with interests in frailty and falls.

The consultants in our current team are supported by a large multidisciplinary team of doctors in training, clinical fellows, ACPs and a dedicated physiotherapy and occupational therapy team.

The post holder will be responsible for the day-to-day care of elective and emergency patients and will work with and liaise with colleagues across the multidisciplinary team to ensure an appropriate and professional timely provision of care to patients across General Medicine.

The post holder is required to have full registration with the General Medical Council & a valid licence to practice.

The successful candidate will interact with nursing staff, medical staff from other specialties and AHPs in addition to other members of the medical team to formulate and appropriate diagnostic and management plans, taking into account patient preferences. The post holder will supervise the work of junior colleagues and provide advice & support.

Main duties of the job

Our hospital is undergoing major investment with a new hospital campus build in planning with an anticipated completion date of 2030. Our new, hospital will be provide environment in which to provide the best care possible to patients , this will be an exciting time to join us.

• To provide rapid assessment of general medical patients.
• To stabilise and manage patients admitted with medical emergencies.
• To carry out post-take ward rounds during the week.
• To maintain effective communication and handover to the on-call team.
• To take part in the General Medical on-call rota with colleagues.
• The successful applicant will have the opportunity to clinically and educationally supervise junior doctor trainees who will be supporting the care of your inpatients.
• To take part in regular medical audit as part of SPA commitment and to use the outcomes of medical audit to improve the care for patients in the Trust and local healthcare economy. Time is provided regularly to attend audit meetings and present audit where appropriate.
• A commitment to maintaining continuing professional development (CPD) and lifelong learning, with support and time provided to keep up to date with yearly CPD requirements.
• Provide advice and leadership to the clinical team in relation to patient care, education and well-being.

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Job responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Person Specification Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
• MRCP
• GMC Registration
• Evidence of Accredited Clinical & Educational Supervision of Medical Learners
• Meets the criteria set out in the Specialist generic Capabilities framework -detailed below.

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.

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust