Locum Geriatric Medicine Consultant, Central Scotland

Client Name: NHS Ayrshire & Arran

Role: Locum Geriatric Medicine Consultant

Rates: £100 to £120

Shifts: 3 to 6 month contract, Flexible on start date covering 40 hours per week.

Location: Prestwick

Benefits:

• First sight of shifts across multiple NHS trusts
• Competitive pay rates
• A dedicated placement officer
• Free CPD courses and career support with Medacs Academy
• Hundreds of new shifts available every day
• Long term jobs and short shifts available
• Lucrative referral scheme
• Revalidation support
• 24/7/365 service - we're available when you need us
  

NHS Ayrshire & Arran is recruiting for a skilled and experienced Geriatric Doctor dedicated to promoting better health in old age and ensuring the highest standards of care.

Working flexible shifts at NHS Ayrshire & Arran, you will be working alongside a friendly, multidisciplinary team of dedicated healthcare professionals. You will be combining the use of some of the most advanced medical equipment in the country with a holistic approach to acute investigation and management together with subsequent rehabilitation and discharge planning.

Utilising your specialist knowledge and compassionate approach to care, you will provide comprehensive medical care to older people, who may have several medical conditions and are often taking multiple medications.

Your clinical knowledge and experience will help you support senior patients and patients who have multiple chronic conditions. Ageing presents unique physical, cognitive, emotional, and social challenges, so providing education about staying active, connected, and healthy is paramount. Your calm, reassuring nature and superior communication skills will help ensure patients feel safe in your hands as you work through their treatment options, discuss their fears, and answer their questions.

General key skills

In addition to your qualifications, as Geriatric Doctor, you will have:

• Quick thinking abilities
• Patience and compassion
• The ability to remain calm in stressful situations
• Excellent attention to detail
• A systematic approach to tasks
• Excellent timekeeping
• The ability to work well and under pressure
• Empathy and understanding
• A flexible attitude
• A desire to improve and develop knowledge and skills
• Active listening skills

Main Duties/Responsibilities

As a Geriatric Doctor with NHS Ayrshire & Arran you will:

• Actively support patients and their families, communicating clinical information to explain a diagnosis using various methods to ensure practical understanding.
• Provide constant monitoring and care for patients in seriously ill or unstable conditions.
• Create care plans and monitoring treatment plans taking all aspects of lifestyle and wider familial support systems into account.
• Review and manage all medications.
• Coordinate care with other health providers.
• Communicate with patients on shared patient decision making.
• Work in and where appropriate, lead a multidisciplinary team.
• Assess and prioritise patient/client requirements, delegating effectively to others.
• Recognise, review, and report a patient's condition and any changes to the patient and the multidisciplinary team.
• Performing basic administrative and clerical tasks, such as keeping records of test results, writing prescriptions, providing information to patients.
• Provide palliative and end-of-life care.

Qualifications/Licenses/Certifications

Essential

• Be a registered Doctor.
• At least 2 years post-graduate experience.
• 6 months recent NHS experience within the last 3 years.
• Valid Right to work in the UK

If you are ready to work in a hospital that prides itself on the opportunities provided to staff and the care provided to patients, apply today, and enjoy hundreds of shift opportunities, a dedicated Placement Officer and revalidation support.