Specialty Doctor - Older People's Services (10 PA's)

Specialty Doctor - Older People's Services (10 PA's) NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor

Main area: Geriatric Medicine
Grade: NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
Contract: Fixed term: 6 months (To cover maternity leave)
Hours: 10 sessions per week (1 post)
Job ref: 153-M3635

Department name: 4. UHD - Medical Recruitment Site Bournemouth Hospital
Town: Bournemouth
Salary: £59,175 - £95,400 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 10/04/:59

As University Hospitals Dorset, we are a three-site acute trust with 'university hospital' status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.

We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.

In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches, you'll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we're also less than three hours from London by road or train.

We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work. We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.

At UHD, our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.

As a Trust, we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.

Job overview

UHD requires two Geriatric Medicine Specialty Doctors to fulfil the roles within our Older People's Services and Acute Care directorate. The post holder will be predominantly ward-based and gain a wide range of experience and undertake on-call duties.

The role will require working with other grades of staff, helping out with ward rounds, admitting patients, and attending clinics.

Main duties of the job

1. Working alongside our existing specialty doctors and trainee Geriatric registrars to provide care to inpatients including new admissions.
2. Supervision and support of junior medical colleagues, Physicians Associates, and Advanced Nurse Practitioners/Advanced Clinical Practitioners.
3. Attending ward multidisciplinary meetings.
4. Attending and contributing to educational sessions and Clinical Governance meetings.
5. Teaching Medical and Physician's Associates students.
6. Participating in the hospital appraisal process as part of ongoing professional development.
7. Potential weekend working within the ortho-geriatric service.

Working for our organisation

Our values define who we are as . 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.

UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.

This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.

There is a planned move for this service anticipated during December 2025, when this role and base of work will relocate to the Bournemouth Hospital site. Upon relocation of the role/service, excess mileage allowance/reimbursement will not apply, and any travel between the postholder's home and work base will be classified as a commute. Any other changes unrelated to this will be handled in line with Trust/National terms and conditions.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Older People's Services Department is staffed with 35 Consultant Geriatricians as well as other junior medical colleagues and a team of Advanced Clinical Practitioners.

Person Specification

Essential skills:

• Excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills.
• Ability to prioritise workload & use initiative.
• Ability to know own limitations and when to seek help.
• Meet the requirements of the GMC's Good Medical Practice.
• Full registration with GMC.
• Can evidence successful completion of foundation competencies.
• Completed training to IMT2 level.
• Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team.
• Able to work positively and engage with all staff groups.
• Eligibility or valid/relevant GMC Registration.
• Basic Medical Qualification.
• Completion of foundation training.
• Completion to IMT2 level and evidence of MRCP part 1.
• Full GMC Registration with Licence to Practice.
• ALS.
• Able to speak English as necessary for the role.

Experience

• Can evidence successful completion of foundation competencies.
• Completed training to IMT2 Level.
• Can evidence experience of working within Geriatric Medicine.

Interpersonal Skills

• Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team.
• Able to work positively and engage with all staff groups.
• Evidence of team leadership.

Qualifications and Training

• Eligibility or valid/relevant GMC registration.
• Completion of foundation training.
• Completion of IMT2 level and evidence of MRCP part 1.
• Passed MRCP parts 1 and 2.
• Compliant with mandatory training.

Other requirements

• Full GMC registration with licence to practice.
• ALS.
• Able to speak English as necessary for the role.

Please note:

Staff recruited are expected to be available to work flexibly across all our Trust locations to meet service demands.

This advert may be closed early if sufficient applications are received.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself and our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst this vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.

Internal Candidates: staff employed prior to merger who voluntarily change jobs will be appointed to UHD terms and conditions.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.