Consultant or Specialist in Geriatric Medicine - #146031
Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Date: 18 hours ago
City: Daventry
Contract type: Full time
This is a great opportunity to apply for a Consultant or Specialist post in Geriatric medicine, working as part of the consultant team, with specialist interests in community geriatrics and ICT. This post is in a dynamic, expanding department concerned with community medicine for older people and ICT. It is a new post based at Daventry community hospital which has 35 beds including 6 general palliative care beds
In addition to providing services at community hospital with elderly care beds the post holder is also expected to provide 4 sessions to ICT.
The post is in the community hospital is supported by three speciality doctors. There are close working relationships with other community hospitals run by the trust which are located at Corby, Isebrook and Brackley.Post holder is expected to be a part of the wider team which consists of two consultants and 5 middle grade doctors.
The role in the ICT is supported by one middle grade doctor and a wider team including nursing and therapy colleagues, and prescribers. The ICT team also has got 2 other consultants to provide cover for remaining 6 sessions.
In addition, there are opportunities for working with Older Adult Mental Health team.
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be ‘outstanding’ by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Rajesh Sardana Job title: Clinical Director Email address: [email protected]
In addition to providing services at community hospital with elderly care beds the post holder is also expected to provide 4 sessions to ICT.
The post is in the community hospital is supported by three speciality doctors. There are close working relationships with other community hospitals run by the trust which are located at Corby, Isebrook and Brackley.Post holder is expected to be a part of the wider team which consists of two consultants and 5 middle grade doctors.
The role in the ICT is supported by one middle grade doctor and a wider team including nursing and therapy colleagues, and prescribers. The ICT team also has got 2 other consultants to provide cover for remaining 6 sessions.
In addition, there are opportunities for working with Older Adult Mental Health team.
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be ‘outstanding’ by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Rajesh Sardana Job title: Clinical Director Email address: [email protected]
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