Job Description:

Job information Specialty Doctor in Care of the Elderly from the Company East Cheshire NHS Trust, this latest Specialty Doctor in Care of the Elderly job vacancy is located in the city Macclesfield SK located in the country United Kingdom . This latest job opening is open to job seekers who have the latest education / graduate GCSE . Job Vacancies in this Specialty field have been opened and published up to the specified time.

Job Responsibility:

The Trust is seeking to appoint a dynamic Specialty Doctor to support our Care of the Elderly service at East Cheshire NHS Trust. Innovation in the delivery of elderly care is a key requirement of this role. The appointee will work with other colleagues to provide Care of the Elderly input at a senior level. They will support in providing timely patient review and clinical decision making to support their care, and work on reducing their length of stay as appropriate. The appointee will play a key role in providing a high quality, efficient, patient focused Care of the Elderly service. The post holder will be required to participate in the middle grade general medical rota. The post will be based at Macclesfield District General Hospital. Hours per week: 10 PA's The role of Specialty Doctor in care of the elderly will include the following: Supporting the medical care on the elderly care wards or in the orthogeriatric service as required. Supporting the frailty team MDT in both the ED and MAU settings. Delivering holistic geriatric assessments to improve patient care. Attending and leading regular ward MDT meetings. Participate in quality improvement, audit and service developments. Assist with outpatient clinics as required. Attend unit management and governance meetings. Support implementation and achievement of targets set by the NHS long term plan and NHS England with regards to older people's care and frailty care. Work with colleagues to ensure effective management of inpatients, internal referrals, outpatient clinics and investigational sessions. Work together with primary care colleagues to ensure effective management of community patients. Participate in the education and training of medical students, doctors, and professions allied to medicine including those in primary care. The post holder will be required to participate in the middle grade general medical rota. NHS Medical and Dental salaries are set at a national level. For new starters not already working to UK Medical and Dental terms and conditions of service will be appointed to the minimum paypoint. The starting salary paypoint can only be increased when there is evidence of relevant, completed year's experience in terms of nature, type and level of role. The evidence required to increase a starting salary would be Payslips and details noted in the application form i.e. complete employment history Please be aware that this post requires an Enhanced with Barred list Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, the cost of which is payable by the successful candidate. If you have lived or worked abroad for 6 months or more in the last 5 years you will need to obtain an overseas police clearance. Further information can be found on the additional information links at the bottom of the advert. COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters as part of ongoing monitoring. Please download a copy of the Job Description and Person Specification located under the Supporting documents heading to read more about the advertised role. Please read the attached Applicant Pack prior to completing your application form to find out more information. As part of making your application we encourage you to review the Trusts Careers webpage www.careersateastcheshire.nhs.uk for more information about working for East Cheshire NHS Trust. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race or religion. The Trust is a Disability Confident Leader and as such, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview providing they meet the minimum criteria for the post (outlined in the Person Specification). Applicants are advised to apply early as we reserve the right to close the advert prior to the advertised closing date should we receive a large number of applications. We look forward to receiving your application.

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Closed Date : 2025-03-16