Consultant in Medicine of the Elderly
The department of Medicine of the Elderly, Western General Hospital Edinburgh, wish to appoint a consultant geriatrician with potential for a special interest session.
This is an exciting opportunity for applicants with an interest in acute frailty to work alongside an enthusiastic, supportive and motivated team of geriatricians to continue to develop and provide an innovative acute frailty service. The service will continue its commitment to improve the quality of care for older frail people and provide CGA within a well established and dynamic MDT.
There may be the opportunity for job planned time to support the acute frailty services in emergency areas of the hospital and help to develop a more seamless and equitable service.
Medicine for the Elderly activity will include in-patient care for frail older people, contribution to the assessment and management of older people in the acute assessment frailty unit, and contribution to the weekday (Monday – Thursday) and weekend consultant on call rota for Medicine for the Elderly at the Western General Hospital. There is opportunity to have a dedicated outpatient clinic. There is some flexibility within job plan which can be tailored to the interest of applicants.
There is the opportunity for a successful applicant to negotiate a speciality session within Medicine of the Elderly based on interests and service needs.
The department has an excellent reputation for education and training, quality improvement and clinical research, and non-clinical interests will be encouraged.
The successful candidate will contribute to service planning; delivery of undergraduate teaching; supervision of junior doctors; clinical governance and quality improvement.
For newly appointment consultants there is the opportunity of mentorship offered by existing experienced and supportive consultant geriatricians.
The post is for a substantive Consultant in Medicine for the Elderly & Stroke Medicine and will be for up to 10 PA, of which 1 PA will be to support the out of hours rota.
We welcome all applications from interested candidates.
