Specialty Doctor in OPM

This is a substantive appointment to a new Specialty Doctor position within Older People’s Medicine. This post is in Geriatric medicine working in acute geriatric medicine inpatients and outpatients covering a broad range of subspecialties within the care of the older person including ortho-geriatrics, dementia, delirium and acute illness. The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital is recruiting Doctors with a passion for caring for Older People.

You’ll need to share our passion for innovation in the way we treat Older People and our caring nature: Our recent Friends and Family Test showed 97% of patients would recommend us to a family member. Above all, you’ll be able to demonstrate the skillset and mindset that matches our ambition to set the gold standard for the care of Older People.

A bright and modern facility, set just outside the vibrant city of Norwich, our hospital is an exciting and interesting place where highly talented individuals are driving forward innovation to improve our performance and the quality of care our patients receive.

With first class teaching facilities and strong links to both the UEA and the fast-growing Norwich Research Park, the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital is a great place to take your career forward.

• Work across the OPM wards, OPM outliers and post take ward rounds of OPM Patients in AMU.
• Ensure patients are assessed and reviewed on the OPM wards, which may be part of the consultant ward round or may be an individual ward round.
• Communicate with patients’ relatives.
• Supervise more junior medical colleagues.
• Keep accurate patient records as required; these must be dated, timed and signed off appropriately and be easily identifiable.
• Produce timely discharge letters, with accurate and comprehensive diagnoses, and supervise their production by more junior colleagues.
• Participate in the management of occasional emergencies and in unforeseen circumstances at the request of an appropriate Consultant.
• Agree to read and follow medical guidelines and policies.
• Take part in Clinical Governance activity, including Clinical Audit
• Attend training and education sessions, regularly in the department.

Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!

The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.

We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity.

We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:

• Flexible working hours
• Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
• Multi Faith prayer room at NNUH Colney Lane site
• Discounted gym memberships
• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
• Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
• Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH Colney Lane site
• Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
• On-site Nursery at NNUH Colney Lane
• On-site cafes offering staff discounts at NNUH Colney Lane
• Support in career development
• Flexible staff bank
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr James Edwards Job title: Service Director for OPM Email address: james.edwards@nnuh.nhs.uk Telephone number: 01603 287411