Job Description

The post will be based at both SJUH & LGI. The Elderly Medicine admission wards are based in Gledhow Wing, St James Hospital, have between 26 -29 beds each. At least two consultants conduct a post take ward round on each admission ward during the week. Each ward is supported by a registrar, two core medical trainees or FY2 trainees and one FY1 trainee.

On call duties:

Monday to Thursday the Elderly Medicine consultants are on call on a 1:20 rota. During the winter months, three Elderly Medicine consultants take part in ward rounds on the acute admissions wards. Only one of these consultants is on call overnight. In the summer months, two Elderly Medicine consultants conduct the weekend ward rounds.



From 2018 an evening ward round between 17:00 and 20:00 would be expected of the first on call consultant. The postholder would work six weekends in a 12-month period. The post holder will work with the Orthogeriatic and orthopaedic teams to provide evidence based high quality care for older people presenting with a fracture, with particular focus on Fractured neck of femur, perioperative medicine and bone health. They will link with consultant colleagues in other specialist teams within the Trust in particular the emergency department, other medical and acute surgical specialties and with colleagues in primary care and those at the interface to provide excellent care for older people living with frailty.



The postholder would spend time in the SDEC Unit in the Emergency Department alongside the Leeds Integrated Discharge Service (LIDS) to help identify and assess patients who can be discharged appropriately direct from the ED. Each of the Elderly Wards in Gledhow Wing, St James Hospital, have between 27 and 30 beds and the postholder would share their Gledhow Wing with other consultants. The consultants on each ward would be expected to cover each others patients when their colleague is on leave. Patients under the care of the Elderly Medicine department in beds outside of the CSU are divided up between the consultants depending upon which outlying ward the patients are on.

Community Care Bed (CCB) unit:

There are several rehabilitation units around Leeds which takes admissions from the hospital and community. There is a GP VTS trainee based there to support the post holder. Neighbourhood work: Leeds is divided up into 13 neighbourhoods bring both health and social care services together to improve services in the community. The neighbourhood teams are made up of district nurses, community matrons, intermediate care professionals and social workers along with the existing GP practice staff.



The Elderly Medicine consultant supports these teams by giving advice at the team meetings and doing domiciliary visits if required.