🚀 Specialty Doctor in Geriatric Medicine

Overview

The Older People’s Services Department is part of the Medical Care Group. We provide acute care for older people on Poole and Bournemouth Hospital sites, including frailty admissions units, SDEC, acute inpatient wards and Hospital at Home services. Our department focuses on safe discharge and flow throughout the hospital.

Responsibilities

• Work alongside our existing specialty doctors and trainee Geriatric registrars to provide care to inpatients including new admissions
• Supervision and support of junior medical colleagues, Physicians Associates and Advanced Nurse Practitioners/Advanced Clinical Practitioners
• Maintaining continued professional development
• Attending ward multidisciplinary meetings
• Attending and contributing to educational sessions and Clinical Governance meetings
• Partaking in departmental Quality Improvement work
• Teaching Medical and Physicians Associates students
• Participating in the hospital appraisal process as part of on-going professional development
• Potential weekend working within the ortho-geriatric service

Qualifications and Training

• Full GMC Registration with Licence to Practice
• ALS
• Able to speak English as necessary for the role
• Computer literate
• Passed MRCP part 1 and 2

Benefits

Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.

Some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Excess mileage will not be reimbursed. Travel from home to the new work base will be classed as a normal commute.