Specialty Doctor in Geriatrics
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
Specialty Doctor in Geriatrics
Salary Not Specified
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust, Hare Street, Harlow
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted 1 week ago, 18 May | Get your application in now before you miss out!
Closing date: Closing date not specified
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Full Job Description
This is an exciting opportunity for a Specialty Doctor in Geriatric medicine to join our active and growing team here at the Princess Alexandra Hospital. The successful candidate will be part of an enthusiastic and forward-thinking team, driving forward service improvements.
The purpose of the role is to co-ordinate high quality person-centred care for the patients on the ward, ensuring that all patients admitted have a diagnosis and treatment plan, and receive a daily medical review. The post holder will work closely with the medical team and wider multidisciplinary clinical team to deliver excellent patient care and developments and improvements to service provision., The purpose of the role is to co-ordinate high quality person-centred care for the patients on the ward, ensuring that all patients admitted have a diagnosis and treatment plan, and receive a daily medical review. The post holder will work closely with the medical team and wider multidisciplinary clinical team to deliver excellent patient care and developments and improvements to service provision.
The successful candidate should have an interest in Geriatric Medicine with relevant experience, and be registered and licensed with the General Medical Council. This post provides an ideal opportunity to build on that experience. Although this is not a training post the post holder will be able to access education sessions and supervision within the hospital to support their professional development.
Our Organisation
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop's Stortford, and St Margaret's Hospital in Epping.
We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop's Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.
Our Values
The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:
Patient at heart - Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts
Everyday excellence - Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both
Creative collaboration - Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care
The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.