Consultant in Health Care of ; HCOP

Consultant in Health Care of Older People (HCOP)

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint a new consultant physician in the Health Care of Older People who wish to work differently, who share a passion for change, growth and quality improvement and who are keen to join us in our pursuit of clinical excellence combined with innovative approaches to person‑centred care.

Rotherham Hospital is working towards becoming a person‑centred organisation addressing the needs and aspirations of all patients and staff, integrating care within the community, realising new and different ways of working to address current challenges.

The post holder will be responsible primarily for providing acute inpatient care to frail and older adults throughout the hospital.

We can offer training and development opportunities and will support Consultants to enable them to provide a first class service. If you are passionate about delivering high quality patient care and want to be involved shaping services for the future we would be keen to hear from you.

In particular we are looking to appoint a consultant with an interest in cardiac failure and would hope to develop a role working with this service within the first year of appointment.

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust (TRFT) is a combined acute and community Trust serving our local population of around 270,000 people. Our vision is to always act the right way and be proud to provide exceptional healthcare to the communities of Rotherham.

As a Trust we are on a journey to excellence and our people and culture are at the heart of everything we do for patients. In the latest NHS Staff Survey, we are the second most improved Trust in England for would you recommend the Trust as a place to work? and were one of the most improved for staff engagement overall.

But dont just take our word for it each year hundreds of colleagues receive nominations for our Excellence and Proud awards, showcasing our brilliant people and recognising their achievements. Our people make a difference to the lives of patients every day and we are proud of the improvements we are making.

All of our 5,100 colleagues are key to our improvement journey and we are continuing to improve our services by upholding the Trusts values of Ambitious, Caring and Together. If you are passionate about making a difference, then please apply to join us on our journey to excellence.

All Consultant interviews will be performed in person (face to face). If there are any exceptional circumstances as to why a candidate cannot attend in person then a possible virtual interview will be considered by the Executive panel but is not guaranteed.

The Department

The Health Care of Older People (HCOP) team resides over several wards in the hospital footprint at the Trust and comprises:

• 140 inpatient beds and 15 acute frailty beds

The post-holder will have responsibility for Health Care of Older People patients. Within the Division of we work to our core Vision To deliver high quality, person centred care by the right people in the right place and time, delivered by an empowered, compassionate and skilled workforce within a strong Quality and Financial Governance and Assurance framework. With this in mind the approach we adopt is to run consultant lead ward rounds each day where possible.

HCOP is currently supported by 7 Elderly Medicine consultants working between them to provide support and consultant level decision making into the teams. There will be opportunity to assist in the development of the team and to further develop care pathways alongside in reach and clinic opportunities.

The Post

We welcome applications for the post of Consultant within the HCOP service.

Post holder will be responsible primarily for providing acute inpatient care to frail and older adults throughout the hospital.

We can offer training and development opportunities and will support Consultants to enable them to provide a first class service. If you are passionate about delivering high quality patient care and want to be involved shaping services for the future we would be keen to hear from you.

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