Trust Grade Doctor in Elderly Medicine

Location: Greater London

Job overview

The post holders will be attached to Medicine for the Elderly for 6 months, during which time they will spend 4 months carrying out additional duties in General Medicine and 2 months gaining additional experience in Dermatology.

Main duties of the job

• Daily to review all patients admitted in their ward areas and to supervise the FY1 and FY2’s.
• Provide medical cross-cover to all patients in the elderly care department where necessary.
• Attend multidisciplinary meetings and lead these meetings in the absence of the consultant or registrar.
• Review daily dermatology inpatients (in addition to twice-weekly ward rounds with the SpR and attending and presenting patients at a weekly consultant ward round on a Thursday).
• Attend Dermatology outpatient clinics as specified on the timetable.
• Clerk in acute Dermatology admissions including organization of investigations and handover to the on-call ward ST.
• Cover the on-call Dermatology bleep every Thursday afternoon (SpRs at teaching). ST not expected to see patients but to hand over referrals to the SpR on Friday morning.
• Take part in the General (Internal) Medical on-call rota.
• Teach junior medical/paramedical staff and Year 3 and Year 5 medical students of Imperial College School of Medicine.

Working for our organisation

On 1st October 2007, the UK’s first Academic Healthcare Science Centre (AHSC) was established in Northwest London when merging the Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust (Hammersmith, Queen Charlotte’s and Charing Cross Hospitals) and St Mary’s NHS Trust (St Mary’s Hospital and Western Eye Hospital), and integrating with Imperial College London created Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. The Trust is now the largest in the country with an annual turnover of over £700M.

Detailed

job description and main responsibilities

See attached job description for full details on duties, key responsibilities, and role expectations.

Person specification Qualifications Essential criteria

• On GMC Register with license to practice
• MBBS or equivalent

Academic achievements including research/publications Essential criteria

• Evidence of achievement appropriate to level of appointment at ICHNT

Relevant experience Essential criteria

• Must have at least completed Foundation training, IMT 1& 2 or equivalent
• MRCP Part 1 and 2 (written)
• Experience at SHO level in Elderly Medicine essential

Desirable criteria

• NHS work experience (not including observership

Language Essential criteria

• Are able to speak and write English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfil the job requirements

Clinical Skills Essential criteria

• Competent in performing and teaching basic clinical procedures
• Ability to manage safely, and appropriately elderly patients
• Ability to manage acutely unwell patients and elevate care where needed
• Aware of own limitations, consults senior colleagues appropriately

Right to work

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