Community Geriatrics Consultant, Aberdeen Scotland

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 support - we're here when you need us

Are you a GIM Consultant looking for an exciting new opportunity? If so, consider this General Internal Medicine Consultancy position with the esteemed Woodend Hospital/NHS Grampian .

As a consultant in General Internal Medicine (GIM), your skills, knowledge and experience are critical to the provision of patient care services throughout the hospital, especially for those with complex medical problems involving multiple symptoms and conditions.

Working flexible shifts at Woodend Hospital/NHS Grampian, you will join the acute medical workforce, providing specialist expertise in diagnostic reasoning and co-morbidities while also being a pillar of clinical and educational support for junior doctors and trainees.

The Woodend Hospital/NHS Grampian takes their contribution to medical development and advancement seriously. As a result, you will have access to some of the most advanced medical equipment in the country and unparalleled opportunities for specialism, research, and academia throughout your consultancy.

In your role as a Consultant, great reliance is placed upon your ability to demonstrate how critical specialist skills and communication combine, to ensure a patient's care experience is the very best it can be. Your calm, reassuring nature combined with your wealth of knowledge and expertise will help ensure patients feel safe in your hands

General key skills

In addition to your qualifications, as General Medicine Consultant, you will have:

• Quick thinking abilities
• Patience and the ability to teach, coach and mentor
• Excellent attention to detail
• A systematic approach to tasks and delegation
• Excellent timekeeping
• A pro-active approach to research and academia
• Empathy and understanding
• A flexible attitude
• A dedication to improving and developing knowledge and skills
• Active listening skills

Main Duties/Responsibilities

As a General Medicine Consultant with Woodend Hospital/NHS Grampian you will:

• Actively support patients and their families, communicating clinical information to explain a diagnosis and treatment options using various methods to ensure practical understanding.
• Coordinate treatment plans and prescribe various types of treatment.
• Provide constant monitoring and care for patients.
• Communicate with patients and the wider multidisciplinary team 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, and monitoring treatment plans.
• Conduct research to help develop and test surgical techniques and equipment that can improve operating procedures and outcomes
• Help teach and train other junior doctors and medical students and other members of the multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications/Licenses/Certifications

Essential

• MBChB (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) or equivalent.
• Valid GMC License to Practice
• 6 months recent NHS experience within the last 3 years.
• Valid Right to work in the UK

So, if you are dedicated to achieving the very best outcomes for patients by combining skill and expertise with your ability to teach, coach and mentor junior medical staff, we want to hear from you. Apply today.