Specialty Doctor in Frailty

The post would suite an enthusiastic team player dedicated to high quality patient care. The opportunity exists to work in a non-hierarchical setting and offer a wide range of Geriatrics procedures in these busy District General Hospitals and community settings. The post holder is expected to contribute to a service which is both Consultant-led and delivered. Undertake board rounds and patient reviews of the allocated inpatient Review all new medical admissions when rostered for Geriatrics on- call duty within the timeframe of the operational standard for the Trust and remain responsible for the care of these patients until they are either discharged from unit or transferred to the specialty ward whereby the care is transferred. Direct and manage the team to deliver effective, safe, and timely care in line with the operating standards of the AAU Leadership role in specialty Liaise with specialty clinicians to facilitate their early involvement and management where needed. Further develop

functional links with the community to facilitate seamless transfer of patients between the community and the hospital. Ensure timely completion of all documentation pertinent to an admission, transfer, discharge, or death, in line with hospital standards. Acute Frailty assessment and Surgical liaison work along with Virtual ward and OPAT work as per allocated shift and rota As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide. Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees. We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make
it happen. Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues. We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients. We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse