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CONSULTANT IN
STROKE/MEDICINE FOR
ELDERLY
ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL
INFORMATION PACK
REF: 33432D
CLOSING DATE: NOON ON 25TH JULY 2014
www.nhsggc.org.uk/medicaljobs
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SUMMARY INFORMATION
POST: CONSULTANT IN STROKE / MEDICINE FOR THE ELDERLY
BASE: ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL
This is an exciting opportunity to join a team of Consultants providing stroke and Medicine
for the Elderly services across the Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire catchment areas..
Based at the Royal Alexandra Hospital you will work with 6 other Consultants (1 of whom
is a stroke physician) to provide a comprehensive stroke service and support the
development of a new needs-led service for Older Acute Medical Admissions. There is
flexibility to accommodate the interests of applicants with opportunities for candidates to
support participate in provision of the hyper acute stroke thrombolysis service at the new
South Glasgow Hospital
For further information contact Dr Helen Slavin, Stroke Lead Clinician on 0141 314 6678 or
Dr Lindsay Erwin, Lead Clinician Medicine for the Elderly on 0141 314 6983.
Applicants must have full GMC registration and a licence to Practice. Those trained in the
UK should have evidence of higher specialist training leading to CCT or eligibility for
specialist registration (CESR) or be within 6 months of confirmed entry from date of
Interview. Non UK applicants must demonstrate equivalent training.
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ACUTE SERVICES DIVISION
Rehabilitation & Assessment Directorate
ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL
PAISLEY
INFORMATION PACK
FOR THE POST OF
CONSULTANT IN STROKE / MEDICINE FOR THE ELDERLY
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1.
GLASGOW –
A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE AND WORK
Greater Glasgow and the Clyde Valley is one of the world’s most thrilling and
beautiful destinations. There is a wealth of attractions to discover, with the UK’s
finest Victorian architecture, internationally acclaimed museums and galleries, and
Glasgow’s own unique atmosphere.
Glasgow is one of Europe’s top cultural capitals with a year-long calendar of
festivals and special events - all located within a stone’s throw of some of the
country’s finest parks and gardens. The area also stands at the gateway to some of
Scotland’s most spectacular scenery, with Loch Lomond and the Trossachs only 40
minutes away.
What’s more, we are easily accessible by air; rail and road, with excellent local
transport links.
2.
THE HOSPITAL
TOMORROW
MODERNISATION
PROGRAMME
THE
SERVICES
OF
Health services in Glasgow are on the verge of dramatic and exciting change,
brought about by the recently approved Hospital Modernisation Programme. This
ten-year £700 million strategy will see the transformation of acute services across
the city including the replacement of out-dated Victorian buildings and the creation
of one-stop/rapid diagnosis and treatment models for the vast majority of patients.
Core adult acute care is currently delivered from six sites within Glasgow. The
Western Infirmary and Gartnavel General Hospital operate in tandem delivering
acute care in the west-end of the city. In the north-east of the city acute care is
delivered from Glasgow Royal Infirmary. The Victoria Infirmary serves the southeast and the Southern General Hospital the south-west of the city. Services for
children are provided centrally from the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill.
Full adult Accident and Emergency services are provided at the Western Infirmary,
Glasgow Royal Infirmary, the Victoria Infirmary and the Southern General Hospital.
The Hospital Modernisation Programme will ensure that walk-in/walk-out hospital
services are provided for the majority of patients. The pattern of service provision
will shift to reflect moves towards ambulatory care. Currently 85% to 90% of patient
encounters with acute hospital services are on a walk-in/walk-out same day basis.
These include out-patient attendances, diagnostic tests, imaging procedures, and a
range of day surgery procedures. In future, these services will be provided from
ambulatory care centres designed to deliver the streamlined process of care, which
patients want - to be seen quickly by the appropriate specialist, to undergo clinical
investigation, and to receive treatment without delay.
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The ambulatory care centres for the south side of the city will be in a new £103
million purpose- built hospital next to the current Victoria Infirmary. This state-ofthe-art facility is planned to open in 2008. It will house the main out-patient centre
and day surgery service for the south side of the city. In-patient services will be
concentrated in a new £235 million south-side hospital to be built on the site of the
current Southern General Hospital. This new facility, housing some 850 beds, will
replace ageing acute wards in both the Southern General Hospital and the Victoria
Infirmary.
The new facility will work alongside some of the relatively modern
buildings housing specialist services, which will be retained on the Southern
General Hospital site as part of the Strategy. The new south-side hospital will be
home to one of two Accident and Emergency and Major Trauma Units covering the
whole of the city. The new south side hospital is planned to open in 2015.
The children’s hospital will also relocate from Yorkhill to a new £100 million building
on the Southern General Hospitals site over the next five years to sit alongside and
be fully integrated with maternity and adult services.
The redesign and redevelopment of Glasgow’s acute services will address many of
the pressures currently facing the hospital service.
The new services will be
provided in modern facilities rather than in 19th century buildings not designed for
modern healthcare. The purpose-designed facilities will enable the one-stop/rapid
diagnosis and treatment models required for the future. Continuity of service will
improve with the elimination of the need for patients’ notes and results to be moved
from building to building. Concentration of services will allow the requirements of
junior doctors hours and issues arising from increasing sub-specialisation of
medicine to be addressed through the creation of larger staff teams and sustainable
rotas for both junior and senior staff.
The formation of larger clinical teams will make sure that programmes of work,
including the need to cover emergencies without interfering with waiting list and
ambulatory care sessions, can be planned effectively. The concentration of inpatient services on fewer sites will help strengthen specialist services and maximise
the capacity of the service.
3.
GREATER GLASGOW & CLYDE ACUTE
SERVICES DIVISION
8 Hospitals
5,800 beds
26,500 wte staff
The Acute Division brings together all acute services across the city and Clyde
under a single management structure led by the Chief Operating Officer. The
Division is made up of six Directorates of clinical services each managed by a
Director and clinical management team along with a Facilities Directorate.
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These are:
Emergency Care and Medical Services
Surgery and Anaesthetics
Rehabilitation and Assessment
Diagnostics
Regional Services
Women’s and Children’s Services
Facilities
In the Emergency Care and Medical Services, Surgery and Anaesthetics and
Facilities directorates the General Managers will combine a city wide role with a
local sectoral role for one of three sectors in the city – north and east, west and
south.
Emergency Care and Medical Services
The specialties included in this Directorate are:
Accident and Emergency services
Acute Medicine
Cardiology
Respiratory Medicine
Renal Medicine
Gastroenterology
Diabetes
Infectious Diseases
Rheumatology
Dermatology
This Directorate also includes management of the out-of-hours
GP service.
Acute medicine is managed by general managers on a sector basis with a lead
strategic role for a citywide specialty.
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Surgery and Anaesthetics
This Directorate includes:
General Surgery – including vascular and breast surgery
Orthopaedics / trauma
Anaesthetics – including critical care [with the exception of Coronary care]
Ophthalmology
Optometry
ENT Surgery
Audiology
Endoscopy
Urology
The smaller surgical specialties of ophthalmology, urology and ENT surgery have a
single citywide general management structure. In each of the larger surgical
specialties, in addition to a pan Glasgow structure, there will be sector-based
general management
Rehabilitation and Assessment Directorate
The Rehabilitation and Assessment Directorate brings together the management of
services that have strong inter-relationships to related CHCPs.
The Directorate manages the following services:
Stroke
Frail elderly
Palliative Care
Inpatient Physically Disabled
West of Scotland Mobility and Rehabilitation Centre (Westmarc)
Physiotherapy
Dietetics
Speech and Language Therapy
Rehabilitation
In addition, the Directorate will manage a range of community services including
palliative care, a number of specialist community disability services, pain services,
continence, services to care homes and falls prevention.
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Regional Services
This Directorate includes:
Neuro-sciences [including all sub-specialties except neuroRadiology and neuropathology]
Specialist Oncology services [including haemato-oncology]
Plastic Surgery and Burns
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Renal Transplantation
Oral and Maxilofacial surgery
Homeopathy
Diagnostics Directorate
This Directorate includes:
All Laboratory Medicine including Paediatrics
Diagnostic imaging [including Beatson radiological services and Paediatric
Radiology]
Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Breast Screening services
Women and Children’s Services
This Directorate brings together maternity, gynaecology and children’s services.
The Directorate includes:
Obstetrics
Gynaecology
Neonatology
Paediatric Medicine
Paediatric Surgery
Paediatric Accident and Emergency
Paediatric Anaesthetics
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Facilities Directorate
This Directorate includes:
Site maintenance for both acute and CHCP facilities
Hotel services
Laundry
TSSU
Supplies
Transport
Catering
Telecommunications
Waste management
1. WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE FOR THE ELDERLY
The Department of Medicine for the Elderly (DME) Service in the Royal Alexandra Hospital
(RAH) delivers all its in-patient services on the hospital site. There are however close links
with the Vale of Leven Service (VoL), particularly with an integrated stroke care pathway
Interface with General Medicine
A daily visit to the Medical Admissions unit is undertaken to review patients identified at
the post-receiving round by General Physicians using agreed criteria. Direct transfers
from there to Medicine for the Elderly beds takes place dependent upon bed availability.
Regular liaison visits to medical wards are undertaken to ensure appropriate patients are
transferred to Medicine for the Elderly beds later in the course of admission.
Patients are admitted to RAH from the VoL service according to agreed criteria - generally
the more medically unstable patients and all stroke patients (except those needing
thrombolysis who go to the Western Infirmary, Glasgow)
The group of medical patients who remain in the VoL are cared for under the supervision
of a ‘Physician of the week’ rotating from RAH. Medicine for the Elderly Consultants triage
patients on a daily basis for transfer to their wards.
Trauma admissions are admitted to RAH and when appropriate older patients transferred
directly back to Ward 15 in VoL for further geriatric-orthopaedic rehabilitation under the
care of the Geriatrician.
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Currently some Medicine for the Elderly patients admitted to RAH are not fit to return to
VoL and are transferred to the Medicine for the Elderly service at RAH. Appropriate
patients may be transferred directly from medical wards to VoL Medicine for the Elderly
beds.
Stroke Service (patients of all ages)
Beds for stroke patients (approx 25) are part of a 30 bedded Medicine for the Elderly ward.
Work is ongoing to ensure direct admissions from A&E and early transfer to the Stroke
Unit. There are approximately 399 admissions to the stoke unit per year.
Currently stroke care is provided by two physicians (Dr Slavin and Dr Erwin) supported by
a Stroke Nurse Specialist and Community Rehabilitation team. This post is a replacement
for Dr Erwin. Acute stroke patients (except thrombolysis cases) from Vale of Leven are
admitted to Royal Alexandra Ward 4 and when appropriate transferred back to Vale of
Leven for ongoing rehabilitation.
Thrombolysis for patients from the RAH catchment area is delivered by the South Glasgow
Stroke Service and patients repatriated thereafter.
Rapid access TIA clinics are undertaken, with the number of clinics required to achieve
national performance targets recently being agreed following review.
There is a neurology liaison service in Royal Alexandra Hospital and Inverclyde Royal
Hospital and a new member of that team has a special interest in Stroke Medicine.
The Stroke service is represented on the Greater Glasgow & Clyde Stroke Managed
Clinical Network.
Geriatric Orthopaedic Service
Geriatric Orthopaedic services are supported by one geriatrician and one staff grade
doctor. The current service includes a fast track service for fractured neck of femur
patients, over 300 liaison visits per year and links to care homes through the Gerontology
Nurse Specialist with a special interest in Orthopaedics. There is a weekly
multidisciplinary team meeting with orthogeriatricians, therapists and nursing staff. The
Department of Medicine for the Elderly is strongly supported by the Orthopaedic
Directorate and has 22 dedicated beds in Ward 3 which provide Orthogeriatric
rehabilitation.
Day Hospital
A 5 day services is provided, supported by a Specialty Doctor. The recent development
of Community work and the introduction of rapid access clinic slots has been part of a
review of the Day Hospital service as an alternative to admission to hospital with
comprehensive geriatric assessment being lead by a Consultant Geriatrician.
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Outpatient Clinics
Specialist clinics are available, for Stroke, Movement Disorders and Falls.
Community Geriatric Medicine
Community Geriatric Medicine was established in 2006 under the auspices of the Joint
Planning Group. One geriatrician currently supports the Joint Planning Group. There are
clinical links between geriatricians and the Gerontology Nurse Specialists, Parkinson’s
Nurse Specialist, Rehab and Enablement Team and Interface Pharmacy. Further
developments are proposed around this area.
Bed Numbers
Ward 3
30 beds
GORU (22) & Assessment/Rehabilitation (8)
Ward 4
30 beds
Stroke (25) & Assessment/Rehabilitation (5)
Ward 5
30 beds
Assessment/ Rehabilitation
Ward 6
12 beds
Interim care
Ward 7
30 beds
Assessment/ Rehabilitation
Ward 36
28 beds
NHS Continuing Care and Interim Care
Currently there at are 354 admissions to Wards 3 and 890 admissions to 5 and 7
per year with an average length of stay of 13-14 days.
2. THE POST
(a) Title:
Consultant Physician in Stroke / Medicine for the Elderly
(b) Relationships:
(I)
Rehabilitation and Assessment Directorate
Director:
Mrs M Farrell
Associate Medical Director
Prof Paul Knight
General Manager (Clyde):
Mr J Kennedy
Lead Clinician (Clyde)
Dr H Slavin (Stroke)
Dr L Erwin (RAH /VOL)
(ii)
Names of Consultant members of the Department:
Consultant:
Dr L. Erwin
Dr G. Simpson
Dr H. Slavin
Special Interest:
Stroke / Medicine for the Elderly
Movement Disorder
Stroke / Medicine for the Elderly
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Dr C. Wilkieson
Dr J Murtagh
Dr O Lucie
Dr D. Mack
Dr K. Kanthi
(iii)
Geriatric Orthopaedics
Movement Disorder / Community
Community / Medicine for the Elderly
Vale of Leven /Movement Disorder
Vale of Leven/GORU/Falls/Syncope
Support Grades
Please complete
Specialty Doctors
2 = 17 sessions
FY2
5
GPST
3
CMT
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(c) Duties of the Post:
(i)
The postholder will be expected to work with local managers and
professional colleagues in the efficient running of the service. Subject
to the provisions of the terms and conditions of Service, the
postholder is expected to observe NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde’s
agreed policies and procedures, drawn up in consultation with the
profession on clinical matters, and to follow the standing orders and
financial instructions of the Health Board.
(ii)
The postholder will be expected to ensure that there are
adequate arrangements for hospital staff involved in the care of
patients to be able to make contact with the postholder when
necessary.
(iii)
The postholder is required to comply with GG&C Health and
Safety Policies.
(iii)
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
Clinical
The post is open to candidates who may wish to contribute to both the
development of Stroke Care and a Geriatric Service. The clinical
duties described will depend upon final agreement of the job plan.
Needs-led acute receiving for older people in the Royal Alexandra
Hospital. The medical receiving component of the post is undertaken
on a daily basis. Weekend cover to receiving is provided by the on-call
Consultant 1:8 This is on call for the service which includes input to
medical receiving and covering the Rehabilitation and Assessment
beds ( Stroke and Medicine for the Elderly)
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Liaison and advice for appropriate older patients in medical wards.
Care of assessment and rehabilitation patients in the Medicine for the
Elderly beds
Assessment and review of patients attending Day Hospital which
provides open access to general practitioners and liaison with
Community rehabilitation teams.
Acute stroke, stroke rehabilitation and specialist stroke clinic
The Consultant will be expected to share cover for absent colleagues
on annual or study leave by prior arrangement and short-term,
unplanned sick leave
.
(iv)
Supporting Professional Activities
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As part of supporting Professional activity, full involvement in the
Clinical Governance programme of the Directorate
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Participation in Clinical Meetings and an audit programme
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The appointee will be expected to participate in annual appraisal
With negotiation about total SPA time the following may be included:

The Consultant will be responsible, in conjunction with colleagues, for
the clinical and educational supervision of trainee medical staff.
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The Consultant would be expected to take part in the undergraduate
teaching for students from University of Glasgow

The Consultant may be expected to contribute, by agreement with
Clinical Director, to internal and external Health Service committees
3. Proposed Weekly Programme
3.1
Job Plan
The proposed indicative weekly programme is shown in Section 4a with a programme
described based on a stroke interest. Activities with current fixed time commitments will
be carried out as detailed in the work programme eg clinics. Other DCC and SPA
activities are shown with indicative timings within the weekly programme and will be
discussed with the appointee.
The job plan will be reviewed with the successful candidate no later than 3 months
following appointment and where possible discussion may take place in advance of
appointment. Job plan review thereafter will be no less frequent than annually.
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The agreed job plan will include all the consultant’s professional duties and commitments,
including agreed Supporting Professional Activity.
Opportunities may exist for Extra Programmed Activities to be undertaken subject to
service requirements and in accordance with national terms and conditions of service.
3.2
Notes on the Programme
Patient Administration. This activity covers the management of individual patients
including Out Patient administration, results reporting, letters/phone calls to patients,
carers, GP’S and members of the wider multidisciplinary team involved in the patients
care. Office accommodation will be in the Royal Alexandra Hospital.
Ward Rounds: The time allocated is indicative and will be discussed with the appointee.
Ward work will include teaching ward rounds as required.
Travel: Any travel allocation will be included within the Total Programmed Activities and
will be determined by location at which Direct Clinical Care and Supporting Professional
activities are carried out.
On call arrangements: The postholder will be part of the current Medicine for Elderly
rota based at Royal Alexandra Hospital. This rota is a 1:8. Availability supplement is 5%.
A half programmed activity based on premium time per week has been included within the
allocation of DCC to recognise the predictable and unpredictable hours of work associated
with the provision of emergency cover.
Supporting Professional Activities: A minimum of 1 SPA is included in the indicative
job plan, which shall normally be sufficient to reflect activities such as revalidation,
appraisal, personal audit, and professional development (occurring outwith the 30 days of
study leave entitlement in any three year period). Time permitting, it may also cover
minimal teaching, training and non-clinical administration. Any additional SPA allocation
will require to be evidenced as mutually beneficial and required by the department.
Adjustment to the programme to incorporate additional SPA will require other activities to
be reviewed to accommodate any increase as necessary. It will be requested that SPAs
are delivered at the normal place of work, unless there are mutual advantages to it being
performed elsewhere. The exact timing and location of SPAs, and flexibility around these,
will be agreed during the 1:1 meeting with the Clinical Director/Associate Medical Director
and included in the prospective job plan.
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4a. Indicative Job Plan
OPTION 1
Name:-
VACANCY (With special interest in Stroke Medicine)
Speciality: Medicine for the Elderly
Principal Place of Work:- Royal Alexandra Hospital
Contract:- Full time
Total No. of Programmed Activities: 10
Extra Programmed Activities: TBA
Premium Rate Payment Received:
Availability Supplement: 5%
Nil
Managerially Accountable to: John Kennedy, General Manager
Professionally responsible to: Prof Paul Knight, Associate Medical Director
DAY
FROM / TO
HOSPITAL/LOCATION
ACTIVITY
Hrs
SPA/
DCC
Royal Alexandra
Hospital
Ward 4 (Stroke Unit)
Office
Ward round
Patient administration
4
4
DCC
DCC
Monday
0900-1300
1300-1700
Tuesday
0900-12:30
12:30:13:30
1330-17:00
DME
Unit Meeting
Ward round
Educational
3.5
1
DCC
SPA
Outpatients
TIA Clinic
3.5
DCC
0900 1000
10:00 1300
Ward 2 and medical
ward
Day Hospital
Liaison
1
DCC
New Assessments
3
DCC
Office
SPA
2
SPA
AMRU and Medical
Ward
Ward 4
Outpatients
Acute Stroke Liaison
1
DCC
Ward round and MDT
Cerebrovascular clinic
4
3
DCC
DCC
0900-12:30
1230 -1330
1330-1430
14:3017:00
DME
Hospital grand round
Consultant meeting
Office
Ward round + MDT
3.5
1
1
2.5
DCC
SPA
DCC
DCC
}
RAH 1:8
2
DCC
Wednesday
Thursday
0900-1000
10:00-1400
14:0017:00
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Cross
Cover
Patient administration
Ward 2 Liaison
Review patients
Wards 3 - 7
Cross cover by arrangement
RAH
Total
15
40
5.
DATE WHEN POST IS VACANT
This is a new post.
6.
DETAILS OF ARRANGEMENTS FOR APPLICANTS TO VISIT HOSPITAL
In the first instance please contact:
Lead Clinician:
Lead Clinician :
General Manager:
Dr Helen Slavin
Dr Lindsay Erwin
Mr John Kennedy
0141 314 6678
0141 314 6983
0141 314 6183
Short-listed candidates are invited automatically by the Director of Human
Resources to visit the hospitals concerned. If candidates on their own initiative
have visited the hospital prior to short-listing, they will only be allowed expenses for
that prior visit if they are subsequently short-listed. When it is thought that there will
be difficulty in filling the post, the Director of Human Resources has the authority to
approve a second visit.
7.
POSITION OF CONSULTANTS UNABLE FOR PERSONAL REASONS TO
WORK FULL-TIME
Any consultant who is unable for personal reasons to work full-time will be eligible
to be considered for the post; if such a person is appointed, modification of the job
content will be discussed on a personal basis in consultation with consultant
colleagues.
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PERSONAL SPECIFICATION NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE
ACUTE SERVICES DIVISION
REHABILITATION AND ASSESSMENT DIRECTORATE
PERSON SPECIFICATION
JOB TITLE:
Consultant Physician
FACTOR
QUALIFICATIONS
SPECIALITY: Stroke / Medicine for the Elderly
Royal Alexandra Hospital
ESSENTIAL
Full GMC Registration and a licence to
Practice.
Those trained in the UK should have evidence
of higher Specialist Training leading to a CCT
in Geriatric Medicine or eligibility for specialist
registration (CESR) or be within six months of
confirmed entry at the date of interview. Non
UK applicants must demonstrate equivalent
training.
EXPERIENCE
Competent to manage and run an all ages
acute stroke unit.
Competent to manage patients undergoing
stoke rehabilitation in a mixed acute/rehab unit.
Competent to undertake a fast track TIA/
neurovascular clinic.
Experience of selected ‘needs related’
emergency admissions in older people.
DESIRABLE
Those trained in the UK should have
evidence of higher Specialist Training
leading to a CCT in General Medicine
or eligibility for specialist registration
(CESR) or be within six months of
confirmed entry at the date of
interview. Non UK applicants must
demonstrate equivalent training.
“Training the Trainers” Diploma
Competent in hyperacute stroke care.
Assessment and management of
Acute Stroke (e.g. thrombolysis)
Experience of Specialty Community
Services for Older People.
Experience of teaching medical and
non-medical postgraduates
Involvement in research
Experience of multidisciplinary assessment and
rehabilitation in older people.
Leadership of an audit project
Experience in Day Hospital.
Experience of teaching undergraduates.
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
DISPOSITION
e.g. Personal
(transferable) skills
Involvement in clinical audit.
Ability to assess and treat elderly patients
within multidisciplinary settings
Ability to perform appraisal on
medical trainees
Ability to undertake comprehensive medical
assessment and evaluate rehabilitation
potential in older people.
Knowledge of key policy issues
relevant to Medicine for Elderly in
Scotland
Knowledge of clinical governance issues
Record of contribution to service
change and redesign
Excellent communication skills and empathy.
Evidence of time management
Ability to work in multidisciplinary team
Flexibility to respond to changing patterns of
work in line with service change
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OTHER
Familiarity with future service patterns
in Glasgow
Familiarity with service integration
with Community Health Care
Partnerships (CHPs)
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TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE
The conditions of service are those laid down and amended from time to time by the Hospital
and Medical & Dental Whitley Council.
TYPE OF CONTRACT
Permanent
GRADE AND SALARY
Consultant
£ 76,001 £ 102,465 per annum (pro rata)
New Entrants to the NHS will normally commence on the minimum point of the
salary scale, (dependent on qualifications and experience). Salary is paid
monthly by Bank Credit Transfer.
HOURS OF DUTY
Full Time 40.00
SUPERANNUATION
New entrants to NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde who are aged sixteen but
under seventy five will be enrolled automatically into membership of the NHS
Pension Scheme. Should you choose to "opt out" arrangements can be made
to do this via: www.sppa.gov.uk
REMOVAL EXPENSES
Assistance with removal and associated expenses may be given and would be
discussed and agreed prior to appointment.
EXPENSES OF
CANDIDATES FOR
APPOINTMENT
Candidates who are requested to attend an interview will be given assistance
with appropriate travelling expenses. Re-imbursement shall not normally be
made to employees who withdraw their application or refuse an offer of
appointment.
TOBACCO POLICY
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde operate a No Smoking Policy in all premises
and grounds.
DISCLOSURE SCOTLAND
CONFIRMATION OF
ELIGIBILITY TO WORK IN
THE UK
This post is considered to be in the category of “Regulated Work” and
therefore requires a Disclosure Scotland Protection of Vulnerable Groups
Scheme (PVG) Membership.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) has a legal obligation to
ensure that it’s employees, both EEA and non EEA nationals, are legally
entitled to work in the United Kingdom. Before any person can commence
employment within NHS GGC they will need to provide documentation to
prove that they are eligible to work in the UK. Non EEA nationals will be
required to show evidence that either Entry Clearance or Leave to Remain in
the UK has been granted for the work which they are applying to do. Where
an individual is subject to immigration control under no circumstances will they
be allowed to commence until the right to work in the UK has been verified.
ALL applicants regardless of nationality must complete and return the
Confirmation of Eligibility to Work in the UK Statement with their completed
application form. You will be required provide appropriate documentation prior
to any appointment being made.
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REHABILITATION OF
OFFENDERS ACT 1974
The rehabilitation of Offenders act 1974 allows people who have been
convicted of certain criminal offences to regard their convictions as “spent”
after the lapse of a period of years. However, due to the nature of work for
which you are applying this post is exempt from the provisions of Section 4 of
the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 by virtue of the Rehabilitation of
Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions Orders 1975 and 1986). Therefore, applicants
are required to disclose information about convictions which for other purposes
are “spent” under the provision of the act in the event of employment, failure to
disclose such convictions could result in dismissal or disciplinary action by
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. Any information given will be completely
confidential.
DISABLED APPLICANTS
A disability or health problems does not preclude full consideration for the job
and applications from people with disabilities are welcome. All information will
be treated as confidential. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde guarantees to
interview all applicants with disabilities who meet the minimum criteria for the
post. You will note on our application form that we ask for relevant information
with regard to your disability. This is simply to ensure that we can assist you,
if you are called for interview, to have every opportunity to present your
application in full. We may call you to discuss your needs in more detail if you
are selected for interview.
GENERAL
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde operates flexible staffing arrangements
whereby all appointments are to a grade within a department. The duties of an
officer may be varied from an initial set of duties to any other set, which are
commensurate with the grade of the officer. The enhanced experience
resulting from this is considered to be in the best interest of both NHS Greater
Glasgow and Clyde and the individual.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
The postholder will undertake their duties in strict accordance with NHS
Greater Glasgow and Clyde’s Equal Opportunities Policy.
NOTICE
The employment is subject to three months’ notice on either side, subject to
appeal against dismissal.
MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE
In terms of NHS Circular 1989 (PCS) 32 dealing with Medical Negligence the
Health Board does not require you to subscribe to a Medical Defence
Organisation.
Health Board indemnity will cover only Health Board
responsibilities. It may, however, be in your interest to subscribe to a defence
organisation in order to ensure you are covered for any work, which does not
fall within the scope of the indemnity scheme.
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FURTHER INFORMATION
For further information on NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, please visit our website
on www.show.scot.nhs.uk
View all our vacancies at: www.nhsggc.org.uk/medicaljobs
Register for Job Alerts at: www.medicaljobs.scot.nhs.uk
Applicants wishing further information about the post are invited to contact
For further information contact Dr Helen Slavin, Stroke Lead Clinician on 0141 314
6678 or Dr Lindsay Erwin, Lead Clinician Medicine for the Elderly on 0141 314 6983
with whom visiting arrangements can also be made.
HOW TO APPLY
To apply for these posts please include your CV and names and addresses of 3
Referees, along with the following documents; (click on the hyperlinks to open)
Medical and Dental Application and Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form
Declaration Form Regarding Fitness to Practice
Immigration Questionnaire
Alternatively please visit www.nhsggc.org.uk/medicaljobs and click on the “How to
Apply” tab to access application for and CV submission information.
RETURN OF APPLICATIONS
Please return your application by email to [email protected] or to the
recruitment address below;
Medical and Dental Recruitment Team
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Recruitment Services, 1st Floor
Modular Building, Gartnavel Royal Hospital
1055 Great Western Road
GLASGOW
G12 0XH
CLOSING DATE
The closing Date will be Noon 25th July 2014
INTERVIEW DATE
Interview date will be 23rd September 2014
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