Locum Consultant Geriatrician

Oxleas provides a range of mental health and psychical health services across South East London and Forensic services within the South West. This post will support Community Services for the London Boroughs of Bexley and Greenwich. Meadow View is our 36 bedded Intermediate Care Unit at Queen Marys Hospital Sidcup. Patients are referred as step down patients from acute hospital for rehabilitation or step up referrals from GPs for short term multidisciplinary treatment.
Our Urgent Community Response service known as Bexley Rapid Response is a specialist urgent service for people who have suffered sudden acute deterioration in their health or functional needs. This multidisciplinary team receives acute referrals from LAS, 111, A & E, and GPs. The team will visit patients at home to carry out a comprehensive geriatric assessment, discussing the diagnosis and management plan with the Consultant and treating the patient at home to prevent unnecessary admissions to hospital.The Rapid Response Team are also responsible for the Bexley Frailty Virtual Wards which allows frail elderly people to receive hospital care at home. The Virtual Wards prevent admissions by treating appropriate non-emergency medical problems at home and providing physiotherapy, occupational therapy and social services input where necessary.
The Virtual Ward team also supports A & E and Inpatient Early Supportive discharges.The other community services provided by Oxleas include District Nursing, Specialist services such as COPD, Heart Failure, Cardiac Rehabilitation, Complex Wound Care, Lymphoedema Diabetes, Podiatry, Dietetics and Community Rehabilitation and Neurorehabilitation Teams. The Bexley Musculoskeletal (MSK) Service is based in Queen Marys Hospital, Sidcup, and the team includes Physiotherapists, Podiatrists, Hand Therapists and Pain Psychologists. Our colleagues in Older Peoples Mental Health Teams and Mental Health Crisis Teams also provide support to our physical health patients where required. Clinical Duties of the Postholder: This job description is for a full-time 10 PA post holder.Should any applicant wish to undertake a part-time position, the clinical duties and job plan will be adjusted accordingly.
There is no on-call responsibility attached to this post The duties of the postholder will include: Consultant leadership for the Bexley Rapid Response and Bexley Frailty Virtual Ward Team Participation in Quality Assurance and Audit Projects Clinical supervision of Junior Medical staff Clinical review of all rapid response and virtual ward patients though direct assessment or via team board rounds and multidisciplinary meetings Clinical supervision of Advanced Nurse Practitioners in the Rapid Response and Virtual Ward teams 2 PA of supporting professional activities for audit work, service development, structured teaching and CPD No on- call commitments Annual leave cover will be provided by the Lead Consultant and the postholder is expected to cover for the Lead Consultant during their annual leave The descriptions of the post cannot be exhaustive, and the post-holder may be required to provide Consultant frailty support across the wider community service provision following discussions with the Associate Director or Service Director, normally these will be broadly in line with the listed key responsibilities. Interested applicants will be able to visit the site and speak to the Lead Consultant and the Operational Managers. The postholder will be working closely with the Service Manager, the Lead Consultant and other key nursing staff to ensure high quality clinical care for the patients and ensure that the service model undergoes continuous improvement utilising the available resources. It is expected the postholder will liaise with other professionals within Oxleas, the wider community, Primary Care, Bexley Social Services, Voluntary Sector and the South East London Group of Hospitals, with regard to continuity of patient care.
The postholder will comply with the Trusts agreed policies and procedures to practice in line with the Royal College of Physicians Best Clinical Practice Guidelines and the General Medical Counsels Good Medical Practice Guidelines. The postholder must have an appraisal and job plan review meeting yearly and fulfil the requirements for revalidation. Clinical Governance and Quality Assurance: Expected contributions to Clinical Governance and responsibility for setting and monitoring standards (in accordance with local and national guidance, eg. NICE Guidance) Participation in clinical audit Participation in Service / Team evaluation and the planning of future service developments Quality Improvement: The postholder will be supported to undertake QI Projects and clinical audits at their own initiative.
Contract Agreement: The post will be covered by the terms and conditions of service for Hospital Medical and Dental staff (England and Wales) as amended from time to time. Contracts have been agreed with the BMA local negotiators, but individuals may wish to discuss this further before acceptance of an offer of appointment.