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NHS Lanarkshire – University Hospital Wishaw
Consultant in Medicine for Older Adults with Interest in Acute Frailty and/or Hospital at Home
8 PA's (32 hours)
Salary Scale - £96,963-£128,841 (pro rata)
This post offers the opportunity for a committed and ambitious clinician to join the 24 Consultants working within Older Peoples Services, across NHS Lanarkshire. This post is based in the Department of Medicine for the Elderly, University Hospital Wishaw, where there are currently 7 Consultant staff.
The care of the elderly department at University Hospital Wishaw consists of 7 consultants and 1 stroke consultant plus stroke specialty doctor. There has also been the addition of 3 specialty doctors to support trauma service, frailty and hospital at home. There are acute care of the elderly nurses who we work closely with as well as secretarial and admin support. The department is undergoing a period of change as it looks to develop a frailty assessment unit and embrace the changes brought by centralization of the trauma service at University Hospital Wishaw. It is a good opportunity for a motivated candidate to be involved in the development of new services to improve and enhance care of frail older adults in Lanarkshire.
There is a well-established day hospital within the service that includes rapid frailty access clinics including falls clinics. It has expanded to include blood transfusions as outpatients and manage bone health in addition to one-stop multi-disciplinary assessment. Two of the consultants run the Movement disorder service with PD nurse specialist support.
There are acute rehabilitation beds as part of the onsite GORU and beds in an offsite facility for slow-stream rehab, interim care and HBCCC.
The department also has access to rehab and interim beds in the local community hospitals and is looking to strengthening partnership working.
Like the other two NHSL acute sites this department is involved in delivering hospital at home care.
The University of Glasgow enjoys close links with NHS Lanarkshire, and our medical students benefit greatly from the excellent educational opportunities provided by the board in both primary and secondary care. Those who are or who will be involved in teaching our students, or in any other activity which involves a contribution to teaching, research or scholarship within the University are eligible for honorary status at the University of Glasgow.
Honorary Status Role Holders are entitled to numerous benefits including a University of Glasgow ID card, use of the Library and other facilities, and a University IT account as required for their role. They have access to all courses run by the IT Services on the same basis as members of staff and are also permitted an educational discount when PC equipment is purchased through the IT Services.
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Informal enquiries regarding this post will be welcomed by Dr Mhairi Sinclair Clinical Director for Medicine on 01698 361100, Dr Alison Falconer, Clinical Lead for Medicine for Older Adults, Wishaw Hospital on 01698366097.
For any application queries, please contact Nicole Hetherington, Senior HR Assistant on 01698 754350 or via medical.dentalconsultant@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
‘In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.
*Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential children’s setting/secure unit.’
NHS Lanarkshire has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK. This permission is without exception granted by the UK Border Agency. We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category.
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Interviews are scheduled for: 23rd April 2024