Trust Doctor in Geriatric Medicine (ST1/2 equivalent) Redhill, South West England, England
Job description
At SaSH, we are looking for enthusiastic and dedicated doctors to join our medicine for the elderly team. We are a large team covering all aspects of geriatric medicine and can give a great training experience within the speciality. This post would suit doctors who are looking to progress their career (at registrar level) as a route into training or someone looking for a career within our department - and we would love to assist you with either of these! We have a track record for the creation of specialist posts along the non-training route and assisting people getting into training and will be flexible for the right people.
We are a friendly team with 5 core wards, 2 virtual wards, a frailty unit, a hip fracture unit and soon two intermediate care wards. These posts may rotate around the department to enable the post holder to gain the required skills according to their personal development plans. We are also the team behind the MDTea podcast (with over half a million downloads) and have an drive to deliver excellent patient care, multi-professional team based education and drive changes forward through the SaSH+ improvement process.
We think this is an exciting time to be part of our department as we make a number of changes to our patient pathway and we would love you to join us!
Please note, that if we receive a high number of applications, the vacancy will close.
As the role develops the successful post holder will be expected to provide evening out of hours and daytime weekend cover in Elderly Medicine on a potential 1 in 5 basis.
For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate, and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as ‘Outstanding’, and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:
- Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021
- National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do
- We are in the top 20% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment
- Our staff rate us the best in the country among comparable acute trusts when asked if they would recommend the Trust as a place to work and when asked whether care of patients is the organisation’s top priority
- Our workforce is amongst the most motivated in the country; we achieved the top acute hospital score in the country for staff engagement in the last national staff survey
