Overview
This is a rotational speciality doctor post (employed as per the speciality doctor contract) in all the domains of geriatric medicine. The post is based in the acute secondary care and community services across South Devon and is focused on providing consistent high-quality care to frail and older adults living within our catchment.
The specialty doctor (Healthcare of Older People) post will provide the doctor with a breadth of experience in healthcare for older people (HOP), acute and sub acute, geriatric medicine, long term care, and non-acute general internal medicine. There is a specific focus on managing frailty syndromes and common geriatric medicine presentations, with an emphasis on holistic care of the older adult.
Duties
This role will offer the opportunity and support to develop appropriate capabilities and experience to apply for a specialist doctor contract post in due course.
The post holder will join the existing Healthcare for Older People team at Torbay and South Devon Foundation Trust to provide specialised clinical expertise, expert advice and leadership to patients, carers, and trust staff.
The post holder will be working within existing interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary teams based across services in Torbay and South Devon.
The main responsibilities are to provide effective and appropriate geriatric medical care of inpatients. At times this will mean directly delivering the care, at other taking a more leadership approach of more junior team members.
Additional Information
The domains of practice include acute assessment and participation in the frailty front door services such as same day emergency care and working with frailty intervention team; providing ‘middle grade’ supervision of inpatient care across a variety of wards (including management of complex dementia, orthogeriatrics, stroke medicine, and community hospital rehab wards); and contributing to outpatient management via clinics and virtual frailty ward.
The post holder will be provided with all the training and supervision required to develop a specialist interest in a specific domain of geriatric medicine (such as stroke medicine, movement disorders or surgical liaison) as agreed with the post holder and wider team.
Why Work With Us
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust is an integrated organisation providing acute health care services from Torbay Hospital, community health services and adult social care.
When we formed our integrated care organisation in October 2015 we became the first Trust in England to join up hospital and community care with social care. As one organisation, we are working with our partners to improve the way we deliver safe, high-quality health and social care.
The Trust runs Torbay Hospital as well as four community hospitals, stretching from Dawlish to Brixham. We also provide health and social care to the local population.
We have around 500,000 face-to-face contacts with patients in their homes and communities each year and see over 78,000 people in our Emergency Department annually. We serve a resident population of approximately 286,000 people, plus about 100,000 visitors at any one time during the summer holiday season.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Jonny Hacon
Job title: Clinical Lead - Older Peoples Care
Email address: jonathan.hacon@nhs.net
Telephone number: 01803 656982
