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Consultant Geriatrician - Specialist Interest in Re-ablement Medicine

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

CQC: Good

Liverpool

Salary

£109,725 – £145,478

Training post

No

Trust type

Teaching

Posted

6 weeks ago

About the role

The Department of Medicine for Older People wishes to appoint a Consultant Geriatrician with Specialist Interest in Re-ablement Medicine, based at Broadgreen Hospital. The Department of Medicine for Older People and Stroke (DMOPS) is a well-established department with a dynamic group of Geriatricians who deliver specialised services for older people and continually develop newer evidence based models of care delivery. There are multiple Geriatric Medicine wards at all 3 of our sites, delivering specialist care for older people, with the Broadgreen site being ideal to focus on complex patients who require longer periods of re-ablement, optimisation of medical complexity and supporting advanced discharge planning needs.

The post holder will have sessional work on the general geriatric wards and re-ablement wards where they will work alongside the Geriatrics consultants to deliver comprehensive geriatric assessment to patients requiring in-patient care. These sessions will involve responsibility for leading MDT based CGA care on this ward.

Consultant Geriatrician - Specialist Interest in Re-ablement Medicine

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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The inpatient wards comprise 23 beds with on average 2-4 new admissions each day.

The post will be supported by trainees/junior doctors and Advanced Nurse Practitioners at the Broadgreen and Royal sites predominately. There will also be STR support on a sessional basis.

The post will provide medical support to two 23 bedded reablement wards with support from specialist MDT with ACP support. This will be in partnership with a well established Specialty grade Doctor with years of reablement support. This area has been developed with the support of ECIST and has been recognised as a national example of good practice. This operates a proactive pull with therapy and nursing providing the primary care and consultant support.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital. We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients. UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond. For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West. Aintree University Hospitalis the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.Broadgreen Hospitalis home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Women's Hospitalspecialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services. For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit theircareers page.

Person specification

Essential

MB ChB or equivalent
MRCP (or equivalent)
Full registration with the GMC and licence to practice
On GMC specialist register for Geriatric and General Medicine or eligible for specialist register
CCT in Geriatric and General Medicine (or equivalent training) or 6 months of attaining CCT at time of interview

Desirable

Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians
Higher degree such as MD or PhD
Evidence of continuing medical education
Geriatric and General Medicine experience across the specialties and for the duration required for CCT
Evidence of training and education (PGCE)
Proven track record in significant audit
Publication of audit results
Involvement in research
Publication of research
Evidence of training & education (PGCE)
Evidence of delivery of education, both undergraduate and postgraduate
To have a good understanding of 'Good Medical Practice' from the GMC