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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.
Job Responsibility:
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
Requirements:
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
Nice to have:
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