Locum Consultant Geriatrician

Job Description

Overview

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40,000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when our regional and national services are included.

Position details

This is a fixed term replacement post for 4 months. This is an unrivalled opportunity to work in a fully redesigned Geriatric Medicine Service, including duties in a new hospital with a full range of support services, working with a large group of NHS colleagues in a very impressive modern facility.

This post will be based in the QEUH, with some rehabilitation ward cover at Gartnavel General Hospital. This post will include acute receiving duties for older people on a 1:8 rotational basis at the QEUH with onsite post receiving ward from 8am to 8pm and out of hours on call from home.

This post will cover acute assessment, surgical liaison and rehabilitation wards plus weekly geriatric clinics.

Responsibilities

Provide clinical care for older people as part of the elderly medicine service. Responsibilities include acute receiving duties, acute assessment, surgical liaison, rehabilitation ward cover and weekly geriatric clinics. Participate in on-site post receiving ward operating hours (8am-8pm) and be available for out-of-hours on-call from home. Support multidisciplinary team meetings and contribute to discharge planning and ward management as required.

Qualifications

Applicants must have full GMC Registration, a license to practise and be eligible for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register for geriatric medicine or general medicine. Those trained in the UK should have CCT or CESR (Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration). Non-UK applicants must demonstrate equivalent training.

Experience and skills

Applicants must be capable of working independently with strong team-working skills to lead multi-disciplinary team meetings. Experience in complex discharge planning is desirable. Applicants will provide clinical supervision for resident doctors.

How to apply and contact

For more information, please contact: Dr Liz Burleigh, Clinical Director

Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service can be found within the Candidate Information Packs.

Other information

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde- NHS Scotland encourages applications from all sections of the community. We promote a culture of inclusion across the organisation and are proud of the diverse workforce we have.

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