Consultant in Elderly Medicine - Hayes Ward (8.75PAs)

This post presents an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic individual to join a dynamic and highly regarded Elderly Medicine department. Our department has an excellent track record in service development, transformation, and integrated working across departments and across the organisation. The post holder will join our new Frailty Assessment Unit, which is was the 1st frailty assessment unit in North West London to achieve all 5 of NHS England's Acute Frailty service recommendations. This is a stand-out unit offering acute front-door frailty care in an 8 bedded assessment unit with direct pathways from community and LAS as well as ED. This provides the opportunity to work alongside a developing ACP and MDT workforce. The post-holder will also be responsible for managing 15 inpatients on one of our general Elderly Medicine wards (Hayes ward). Hayes ward is a 30 bedded ward and the post holder will manage the ward with another consultant colleague. There is also dedicated time within the job plan to cover their colleague on Hayes ward, and a further colleague on a separate Elderly Medicine ward (Franklin ward).

The post-holder will be responsible to the Director of Unplanned Care at The Hillingdon Hospital. The role is a 8.75 PA post (6 PA Core hours DCC and 0.75 PA GIM on-call) and 2 PA's supporting professional activities (SPA) as agreed by the medical director, the latter includes service development, audit and personal CPD. Personal CPD must be included as part of annual appraisal which is mandatory and required for the revalidation process. The post holder will participate in the on-call emergency medical rota on an approximately 1:21 basis. During the week, the post holder will be on call from home from 1900-0700, and then complete an onsite post take ward round the following morning from 0700-0900. During split weekend on calls (Saturday or Sunday), the post holder will be present on site from 0700-1900 and then on call from home until the following morning at 0700. The post holder will be encouraged to develop an area of expertise of special interest that he or she may have in Geriatric Medicine in accordance with the service needs of the department. The post-holder will have continuing responsibility for the care of patients in their charge and for the proper functioning of the department. They will also undertake administrative duties associated with the care of patients and the running of the clinical department.