Job Overview

We would welcome applications from existing or newly trained Consultants who have an interest in holistic elderly care and encourage applicants who are dual trained in Geriatric & General Medicine. The position is to join our Resilience service multidisciplinary team with close links to the Elderly Medicine Service.

There are a number of benefits working as part of the Resilience team at The Princess Alexandra Hospital including:

• Opportunities to lead on the provision of exceptional quality of life for our senior population, and to demonstrate geriatric expertise across different specialties and in the community
• Encouragement and support to work as part of an established multidisciplinary team and will help develop new models of care
• Opportunity for consultants with a specialist interest and additional skills to promote and develop the service in order to improve diagnosis and management
• Development and opportunity to take a leading role in infection, prevention and control
• Support provided and time allocated for CESR

Main duties of the job

• To provide high quality inpatient and outpatient services, which are coordinated, and person centred to the population served by PAH.
• To lead and motivate the multidisciplinary team within his/her ward area in order to deliver effective patient-focused interventions and timely discharge planning.
• To create and maintain excellent working relationships with their own team, management team and external agencies such as community providers and ICBs. This includes effective communication in line with the Trust values (Respectful, Caring, Responsible and Committed).
• To engage fully in development of services to meet the anticipated future challenges of the ageing population.
• To lead on and drive forward innovations within service area.
• To support consultant colleagues in the department in the delivery of their services where necessary.