Locum Consultant Geriatrician Consultant
Hampshire Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust, Bedford Place, City of Southampton
Locum Consultant Geriatrician Consultant
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Hampshire Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust, Bedford Place, City of Southampton
- Full time
- Temporary
- Onsite working
Posted 2 days ago, 22 Apr | Get your application in today.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
Job ref: 5141e92a9aa04968be10d5a6e07a3819
Location ref: Bedford Place, City of Southampton
Full Job Description
The successful candidate will lead a team of Resident doctors and multidisciplinary staff in delivering high-quality care to inpatients, outpatients, and emergency admissions. You will work collaboratively within a dynamic multidisciplinary team, playing a key role in achieving both national and local clinical and quality targets, in partnership with commissioners and clinical colleagues.
We welcome applications from those seeking full-time or part-time roles, and we actively support flexible working arrangements wherever possible., Applicants should hold a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in General Internal Medicine or Geriatric Medicine, or be within six months of achieving this at the time of application. Please ensure that all training and employment dates are clearly listed on your CV or application form.
All applicants will be contacted via email following the shortlisting process. Full details are available in the attached Job Description.
Our commitment to you:
We are committed to equality and diversity in both the provision of our services and how we recruit and manage our staff. Applications are encouraged from everyone with the necessary attributes for the job, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity.
Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.
The paperwork:
+ HHFT is committed to putting the safety and care of our patients first - as well as helping us to protect you and your colleagues. Therefore, we would recommend that you are vaccinated against COVID-19 and that you understand that we are treating COVID-19 positive patients within our services.
We are seeking applicants with broad experience in Medicine, who demonstrate exceptional team-working skills and the leadership qualities needed to drive service development across the Trust.
A commitment to education and lifelong learning is central to our values. We are proud to offer a rich and supportive educational environment for trainees, fostering growth, curiosity, and clinical excellence.
We particularly welcome candidates with a passion for teaching, and we actively support applications for honorary teaching positions at our affiliated medical school in Southampton., + Shortlisted candidates will be contacted at least 5 working days before the scheduled interview date. Applications will be submitted directly into our preferred third party recruitment system (Trac). All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs via email - please ensure to check your junk/spam folders.
+ All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.
+ In compliance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, all applicants must be able to communicate fluently in English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed as part of the selection process.
We are seeking enthusiastic and visionary Consultants in Geriatric Medicine to help shape and grow our evolving older person services. This is a pivotal moment to join Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, as we expand our front-door services and begin laying the foundations for a community-based model of care over the next 2-5 years-reflecting our commitment to delivering care closer to home.
Our Trust operates older person services across three sites: Winchester, Basingstoke, and Andover. We are currently looking for consultants who are particularly interested in working at the Winchester site, where exciting developments are underway.
At Winchester, we provide care for older adults across 55 dedicated inpatient beds, located within three specialist wards. These wards are central to our mission of delivering safe, compassionate, and high-quality care for our ageing population.
Beyond our acute inpatient wards at Winchester and Basingstoke, we also operate a dedicated rehabilitation unit in Andover. Looking ahead, we are committed to strengthening our liaison services to provide more comprehensive and coordinated care across the Trust., Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of hospital services for North and Mid Hampshire and the surrounding areas. Our hospitals in Basingstoke and Winchester offer a comprehensive range of acute services and serve as tertiary referral centres for colorectal, liver, peritoneal carcinomatosis, haemophilia, and pseudomyxoma surgery.
We deliver services across three main sites-Basingstoke, Winchester, and Andover-serving a population of approximately 600,000. This includes:
Basingstoke & North Hampshire Hospital (BNHH)
Royal Hampshire County Hospital (RHCH) in Winchester
Andover War Memorial Hospital (AWMH)
Plus several community hospitals
Our model of care is designed to provide a unified hospital service across multiple localities, ensuring patients receive high-quality care as close to home as possible.
BNHH and RHCH are located just 23 miles apart, ideally positioned along the M3 corridor, with excellent transport links to London and the South Coast.
+ Weekend on-call duties as both first and second on-call, covering the unselected take and medical inpatients
o Currently structured as one long day and one short day per weekend
+ Overnight telephone advice, with return to site if clinically required
Participation in the on-call rota is remunerated with additional Programmed Activities (PAs) per week.