Consultant In Geriatric Medicine
Job Description
The Geriatric Department We are a team of geriatricians looking to expand our services further across the hospital and into the community to enable more older people to benefit from specialist geriatric assessment. We provide acute in-patient services on an elderly care ward, ortho-geriatric services, medical and surgical liaison services, front door assessment and out-patient clinics at the West Suffolk Hospital site. In addition, we provide a falls clinic at a community hospital in Sudbury and oversee care of intermediate care beds in the community hospital at Newmarket and in a nursing home in Bury St Edmunds. Our priorities for the next 2 years include the establishment of an acute frailty assessment unit to take direct admissions from the community, establishing falls and frailty clinics in peripheral sites, developing models of closer working with community matrons and advanced clinical practitioners in frailty to enable patients to receive comprehensive geriatric assessment closer to home, establishment of a virtual ward and using new technology to provide remote assessment of patients in care homes.
This role offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of frailty care beyond traditional inpatient settings. Our Geriatricians work across hospital and community settingsor a combination of both playing a vital role in admission avoidance strategies for frail and elderly patients. Please See Full attached for details
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Job IdJD3158723
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IndustryNot mentioned
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Total Positions1
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Job Type:Full Time
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Salary:Not mentioned
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Employment StatusPermanent
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Job LocationBury St. Edmunds, ENG, GB, United Kingdom
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EducationNot mentioned