East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Consultant in Older Peoples Services- *Welcome Bonus- £12K*
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Consultant in Older Peoples Services
Applications are invited for the post of Consultant in Older Peoples Services at Colchester Hospital and Clacton Hospital. The appointees will join 4 other consultants in elderly medicine who provide a comprehensive service for residents of Northeast Essex as part of ESNEFT.
It is expected that the new appointee will participate in the development of the Frailty service for elderly patients in Northeast Essex. Other subspecialty interests are also welcome. The key elements of the role include inpatient care, frailty work, on-call acute care as well as teaching and training junior medical staff.
Our Enhanced Welcome package includes £12,000 bonus and relocation costs to thank you for choosing to work at our Trust and to help with your new journey with ESNEFT.
The Post-holder Will
- Work with colleagues to provide a Consultant-led service with the highest standard of care;
- Work with the multi-professional team to develop care pathways and clinical guidelines;
- Develop and maintain good working practices with wards, out-patients, and the Emergency Department (ED);
- Collaborate and promote close working links with colleagues, other departments, and primary care;
- Offer educational, clinical support, and leadership to junior medical colleagues, nursing colleagues, and other members of the multi-disciplinary team;
- Ensure appropriate information is made available to staff to measure clinical performance and enable meaningful benchmarks to be established and evaluated within your area of responsibility;
- Ensure there is a robust process for reviewing the quality of services provided, explaining the causes of success and failure, and ensure the highest standards are maintained;
- Provide a role model of professional leadership, which underpins the corporate values and behaviors agreed by the organization, ensuring these are understood and demonstrated by the medical workforce within your area and take remedial action where poor behavior is demonstrated;
- Ensure that junior doctors' training confirms to College requirements; and
- Participate in the appraisal of medical staff within the department in line with the Trust’s agreed policy.
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About Us
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics, and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organizations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
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Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals, we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata), and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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For Further Details / Informal Visits
- Name: Dr A Pillai
- Job title: Clinical Lead
- Email address: Ajith.Pillai@esneft.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 01206 742533
Requests for visits to the unit should be made to Dr A Pillai on 01206 742533 or 07853231255.
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