Fixed Term HCOP Consultant

United Lincolnshire Hospitals Nhs Trust, Skirbeck, Boston

Fixed Term HCOP Consultant

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United Lincolnshire Hospitals Nhs Trust, Skirbeck, Boston

  • Full time
  • Temporary
  • Onsite working

Posted 2 weeks ago, 19 Jun | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 9981677844104288bbb43137ab162973

Full Job Description

We are seeking to recruit a forward-thinking Consultant in Health Care of the Older Person medicine to join our dedicated team and help us to deliver outstanding services to our patients, developing enhanced care for frail older people and alternatives to hospital admission, such as virtual frailty ward. In-patient care is undertaken predominantly on Wards 6a and 6b, which have 28 beds each. This post will input into the care of older people's wards, the orthopaedic wards and the Frailty services, but the service model is in continuous evolution in order to meet the demands of the population. The successful post holder would be expected to participate fully in innovating the service for older people. The Frailty team work supporting the emergency department and IAC and have a dedicated SDEC (Same day Emergency care) unit. They also support Frailty Virtual ward. The team provide General Geriatric clinics and specialized clinics such as Falls, Movement disorders and unspecific symptom pathway input and collaboration with neighbourhood teams in the East Coast. All members of the department meet monthly in HCOP pan-Trust Clinical Governance to discuss various aspects of the service, review complaints and consider new proposals.Main duties of the job Applicants should demonstrate extensive experience in health care of the older person and the new appointee will be encouraged to develop specialist interests. The post holder will be required to:o Participate in clinical and other service activities with the object of ensuring a high standard of patient care o Take an active part in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training o Participate in local mandatory training, yearly appraisal and revalidation o Contribute to the management of the clinical service and service development o Contribute to the development of clinical quality and effectiveness in other clinical areas where these overlap with developments in Stroke

The United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (ULTH) is one of the largest acute trusts in the country. Through four main hospitals and four additional hospitals where we provide some services, we provide a comprehensive range of hospital-based medical, surgical, paediatric, obstetric and gynaecological services to the 700,000 people of Lincolnshire. We provide a wide range of healthcare services delivered by 7,800 highly trained staff and volunteers. Our services cost over £400m each year to provide and we invest around £18m each year in improving our clinical services by replacing and upgrading our medical equipment, modernising our estate and facilities and improving our information and technology infrastructure. In an average year, we treat more than 180,000 A&E patients, nearly half a million outpatients and almost 100,000 inpatients. For more information on what it's like to live and work in Lincolnshire please see the link below. https://www.beinlincolnshire.com/ We offer the following unique only to Lincolnshire Direct links to the new £21 million Lincoln Medical School via Lincoln University The facility includes:-

  • 2 x 120 capacity lecture theatres
  • Seminar space
  • Caf and social learning space
  • Library, Science Library and Project Library
  • Anatomy Suite and Clinical Skills Suite
  • The entire building is designed to meet BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method)

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