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An excellent opportunity is available for a Locum Consultant Physician in Geriatric Medicine to join a progressive and expanding Older Persons and General Internal Medicine service in Ireland.

This Consultant Geriatric Medicine position offers the opportunity to work within a highly developed, multidisciplinary medical service that provides specialist care for older persons while contributing to General Internal Medicine services. The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering acute geriatric care, frailty management, stroke rehabilitation support, integrated care pathways, and consultant-led inpatient and outpatient services.

Main Duties & Responsibilities

The Consultant Physician in Geriatric Medicine will:

• Contribute to the General Internal Medicine on-call rota
• Provide acute inpatient General Medicine and Geriatric Medicine services
• Deliver specialist geriatric assessment and management
• Conduct specialist geriatric outpatient clinics
• Provide inpatient geriatric consultation services
• Support frailty and older persons pathways
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams across acute and community services
• Support Clinical Nurse Specialists and Advanced Nurse Practitioners within Older Persons Services
• Participate in integrated care development for older persons
• Contribute to falls prevention, frailty, rehabilitation, medication safety, and end-of-life care initiatives
• Participate in clinical governance, audit, and quality improvement programmes
• Supervise NCHDs, trainees, and junior medical staff
• Participate in multidisciplinary ward rounds and case discussions
• Maintain high standards of patient-centred care and clinical documentation
• Contribute to service development and innovation within Geriatric Medicine and General Internal Medicine

Service Overview

The service includes:

• Consultant-led Geriatric Medicine services
• General Internal Medicine services
• Acute Medical Assessment services
• Frailty Intervention pathways
• Acute Stroke services
• Stroke Rehabilitation services
• Specialist Older Persons Services
• Multidisciplinary rehabilitation teams
• Integrated Care Programmes for Older Persons
• Advanced Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Nurse Specialist support
• Community-integrated geriatric pathways

The successful candidate will work closely with:

• Consultant Physicians across medical specialities
• Acute Medicine teams
• Frailty Intervention Teams
• Stroke and Rehabilitation services
• Emergency Medicine teams
• Allied Health Professionals
• Community and integrated care services
• Nursing leadership teams
• Specialist older persons services

Facilities & Clinical Support

The service benefits from:

• Modern acute medical facilities
• Dedicated medical inpatient wards
• Acute Medical Assessment services
• Specialist stroke and rehabilitation support
• Consultant-led multidisciplinary teams
• Advanced diagnostic imaging facilities
• CT and MRI services
• Rehabilitation pathways for older persons
• Strong community integration and discharge planning services
• Expanding integrated care infrastructure for elderly patients

Leadership, Teaching & Development

The Consultant Physician will have opportunities to:

• Lead development of Geriatric Medicine services
• Participate in integrated care pathway development
• Support frailty and rehabilitation initiatives
• Supervise trainees and junior doctors
• Participate in audit, governance, and quality improvement
• Contribute to teaching and education programmes
• Support multidisciplinary team development
• Participate in service redesign and innovation
• Engage in continuous professional development and research initiatives

Person Specification

Requirements

Essential

• Registration as a Specialist in the Specialist Division of the Medical Council in Ireland for both General Internal Medicine and Geriatric Medicine
• Active Specialist Registrar registration with the Irish Medical Council in both GIM and Geriatric Medicine
• Minimum 1 year NHS experience
• Experience in acute General Internal Medicine and Geriatric Medicine
• Strong multidisciplinary working skills
• Excellent communication and leadership abilities
• Ability to contribute to acute and community integrated care pathways
• Experience managing frailty, complex elderly patients, and rehabilitation care
• Access to transport

Desirable

• Irish or UK clinical experience
• Experience in integrated care for older persons
• Experience in stroke and rehabilitation medicine
• Leadership or service development experience
• Audit and quality improvement involvement
• Teaching and supervision experience
• Experience working within multidisciplinary frailty services
• Interest in healthcare innovation and older persons' services development
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