About this role
Job summary
This is a 1 year Fixed-Term Maternity Leave Cover 10PA post (8 DCC, 2 SPA) based at St Mary's Hospital Campus of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.
Medicine for the Elderly (MfE) services have evolved over recent years at St Mary's Hospital so there is now a multiprofessional Acute Frailty Team and ED liaison service, in addition to the 48 acute MFE beds across 3 wards, outpatients and liaison work with multiple community services in West London. The acute frailty team requires daily consultant input and this post allows for year-round provision of acute frailty input on admissions wards and into the Emergency Department, and further to allow the development of Frailty OPRAC at the SMH site.
Start date: TBC
Contract Duration: 12 months
Main duties of the job
Frailty service development is at the heart of the Trust's planning and operations, and the addition of this post holder will allow not only provide the requisite level of cover to maintain a constant service, but also the capacity to design and pilot improvements within the team. There is an active programme of audit and QUIP within and around the department and an active working group with the ED who have an appointed frailty lead. The post holder will be able to participate on local and regional working groups and CQUINs - we are currently signed up to the Frailty Assessment CQUIN in ED.
This post holder will work with 1 consultant colleagues in the frailty service and will be primarily based in the Emergency Department and Acute Medical Unit, providing acute frailty input to admitted medical patients. Additionally, supervision and collaboration with the emergency department-based Frailty Practitioners (ACPs) is a key component. There will also be opportunities for involvement in community and virtual ward input, and general medicine admissions / on-call shifts.Imperial College is fully committed to supporting flexible working and discussions are welcomed.
About us
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We encourage staff to have the Covid vaccination to protect themselves, patients, other colleagues as well as the wider community. Please note it is an operational requirement to comply with infection prevention and control procedures within the Trust such as lateral flow testing, handwashing and the wearing of masks, according to the procedures in place at any time or location.
As part of our continued response to Covid19 we are still conducting the majority of our interviews virtually.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Job description Job responsibilities
Medicine for the Elderly is a large tri-site specialty, comprising:
Inpatient beds on all sites for frail, complex older patients requiring hospital care
A rehabilitation unit at the CXH siteAcute Frailty teams on both acute sites providing comprehensive geriatric assessment to all complex older patients admitted on the acute medical take
Dedicated Surgical liaison service orthopaedics, vascular and GI surgery
Dedicated Cardiology and Renal liaison services
Community input to local care homes, Primary Care Network Frailty hubs, Virtual Wards and the Community Independence Service (CIS), an integrated health and social care provision to support older patients in the community
All services and care are based on the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment and effective multidisciplinary working. They are aligned with the evidence base and national guidelines.
The Department of Elderly Medicine at St Marys Hospital is currently staffed by 4 Consultants:
Dr Colin Mitchell (Falls, Divisional ICT lead)
Dr David James (Dementia lead)
Dr Susy Long (Chief Medical Examiner, Patient Safety Research)
Dr Sabaa Gauhar (Acute Frailty)
Dr Alvin Shrestha (Acute Frailty)
In addition, there are 5 surgical liaison geriatricians based at the St Marys site
Person Specification
Education/ qualifications Essential
On GMC's register with a Licence to Practice or eligible to apply for GMC registration and a Licence to Practice On GMC's Specialist Register or within six months of being admitted to the register by the date of the interviews or eligible for specialist registration MRCP
Knowledge/ Skills Essential
Extensive experience in Elderly Medicine Excellent clinician with thorough grounding in Elderly Medicine IT Skills and computer literacy
Leadership/ Management Essential
Able to take responsibility, show leadership, make decisions, exert appropriate authority Have proven skills in leading, motivating, developing and managing the performance of colleagues. Knowledge of finance/budgets Management of staff
Teaching & Training Essential
Experience of teaching and training undergraduates/postgraduates and junior medical staff
Audit Essential
Understanding of principles of clinical audit
Academic achievements including research/publications Essential
Evidence of achievement appropriate to appointment at consultant level at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Language Essential
Are able to speak and write English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfil the job requirements
Probity Essential
Honesty, integrity, appreciation of ethical dilemmas. Must be able to demonstrate and model the key Trust values of kind, expert, collaborative and aspirational
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Address Charing Cross Hospital
London
W6 8RF
Employer's website https://www.imperial.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)