Consultant Physician in Care Adult

Consultant Physician in Care of the Older Adult

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The Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust has an exciting opportunity for two Consultants within the Care of the Older Adult department at The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. These are new posts aimed at expanding the department and developing front door (acute frailty) and short stay ward capabilities across the Trust. The post holder will work across both sites, beginning at PRH to support with the opening of Frailty SDEC.

Contribution to an out of hours call rota is core to this role. Please note that the Job Pack is subject to Royal College approval.

• Deliver high quality care for frail older patients under our care on our base or outlying wards and respond to referrals from other specialities.
• Work within the multidisciplinary teams on the acute floor and base wards to ensure care is delivered to patients in the most apt environment.
• Focus on care closer to home and utilise our community partners and services ( virtual ward and community hospitals) to reduce hospital General Medicine / On-Call Duties.
• To maintain enhanced clinical skills, especially in the assessment and management of acutely ill patients.
• To have good team-working skills with the abilities and professional attitude to work well in a multi-disciplinary professional team.
• Good written and verbal communication skills within in the multidisciplinary team and with patients and their relatives.
• To deliver clinical and quality targets agreed both nationally and locally with clinical teams and commissioners.
• Engagement in outpatient clinic work ( including the development of hot clinics).
• Appetite to develop new services ( surgical liaison, continence ) and take on apt leadership roles.
• Open to cross site working.