NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40,000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when our regional and national services are included.
This is a fixed term replacement post for 4 months.
This is an unrivalled opportunity to work in a fully redesigned Geriatric Medicine Service, including duties in a new hospital with a full range of support services, working with a large group of NHS colleagues in a very impressive modern facility.
This post will be based in the QEUH, with some rehabilitation ward cover at Gartnavel General Hospital. This posts will include acute receiving duties for older people on a 1:8 rotational basis at the QEUH with onsite post receiving ward from 8am to 8pm and out of hours on call from home.
This posts will cover acute assessment, surgical liaison and rehabilitation wards plus weekly geriatric clinics.
Applicants must have full GMC Registration, a license to practise and be eligible for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register for geriatric medicine or general medicine. Those trained in the UK should have CCT or CESR (Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration). Non-UK applicants must demonstrate equivalent training.
Applicants must be capable of working independently with strong team working skills to lead multi-disciplinary team meetings. Experience in complex discharge planning is desirable. Applicants will provide clinical supervision for resident doctors.
For more information, please contact: Dr Liz Burleigh, Clinical Director, 07939 248875, [email protected]
Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service can be found within the Candidate Information Packs.
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