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Applications are invited for speciality doctors/GP with special interest to join Perth and Kinross HSCP to work within a Hospital at Home Service, with support from the MFE team
We are looking for an enthusiastic individual with wide ranging medical or GP experience with a keen interest in caring for Older People who would want to work to develop and support our new Hospital at Home (H@H) service in P&K. The Medicine for the Elderly team will support Hospital At Home and the post-holder could also develop roles in Frailty at the Front Door and Intermediate Care. The individual would be a team player and contribute to service development of H@H and improvement as part of their post.
.Perth and Kinross is undergoing significant change within our service models and we are developing community models of care to support strategic direction of our Medicine for the Elderly services covering Hospital at Home, Frailty at the Front Door and Intermediate Care.
The Medicine for the Elderly service works across P&K primary care localities, community hospitals and secondary care and is based at Perth Royal Infirmary. It is undergoing a period of expansion, change and innovation. At present the Medicine for the Elderly department consists of 5 consultants, three speciality doctors and several clinical fellows and 3 ANPs and provides a comprehensive service to older patients in Perth and Kinross.
At Perth Royal all frail older people are assessed by the acute frailty team on admission and then either discharged early or cared for in one of our MFE clinical areas: the acute MFE in-patient unit, the orthogeriatric and short stay rehab unit or the slow stream rehab unit. Pathways of care into the community function via the two community hospitals that are under the care of MFE and are undergoing active service development. The out-patient care of the older population is delivered through a rapid assessment and falls service, Parkinson’s service and evolving services based in the community with the ambition to achieve seamless working with the community teams.
These posts would primarily support development and clinical oversight of patients on the Hospital at Home/Urgent Care service but support the developing models of care across Frailty at the Front Door and Intermediate Care.
This post is an opportunity to develop professionally . The successful candidate can work fulltime or part time. 6-8 sessions available.
There would be opportunity to discuss working in a dual role of general practitioner for the HSCP along with an MFE or potentially other speciality component.
For informal enquiries please contact: Dr Dirk Habicht (dirk.habicht@nhs.scot), Medicine for the Elderly Clinical Lead, 01382 660111, bleep 5248 or Dr Hamish Dougall, Clinical Director for P&K HSCP (Hamish.dougall@nhs.scot)
NHS Tayside is committed to equality and diversity and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.
Short-listed applicants will be contacted by email. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder
.Closing date 18th Feb 2022