Useful information about working in Older People's Health
Older people with multidimensional needs may have these needs best met by Older People’s Health
Multiple, unstable medical problems which may be slow to stabilise
Unstable psychological/psychiatric problems
Impaired ability to manage personal or instrumental activities of daily living
A social support system that is stressed or absent
Who to call
Monday to Friday 0800-1600 – team OPH Registrar or Consultant
Monday to Friday 1600-2200 AND Saturday-Sunday 0800-2200: On-call OPH Registrar or OPH Consultant
Night shift: contact Night Gen Med Registrar Medical Subspecialty
Weekends: as a HO you will be expected to cover the OPH wards OR to join a Gen Med team ward round.
Handover is by email before each weekend and Public Holiday and is coordinated by one of the Geriatricians
OPH Weekend
Monday to Friday 1600-2200 AND Saturday-Sunday 0800-2200 – you will be carrying phone. At 2200 you are expected to attend Handover at Robin Mitchell Training room next to ED Radiology on Level 2 and give the phone to the Night House Officer. You will be covering ward calls for OPH patients and Ward 51 Rehab patients and from 1600-2200 every day General Medicine outliers.
Ward 51
OPH no longer covers any inpatients on ward 51 as part of the on-call duties
General Medicine weekend – attend Gen Med Handover at 0800 at Davis Room in CEC (Clinical Education Centre) on Level 5. You will be doing a post-acute ward round with the Consultant +/- the Registrar.
If at any time you feel you need additional support or cannot contact a registrar, please call the on-call Geriatrician through the switchboard.
In-patient OPH referrals
These are made by internal e-referral on RCP. Referrals are seen by a Geriatrician or a senior therapist. If a patient is accepted for inpatient rehabilitation/OPH stay they will go onto a waitlist and the ward will be notified when a bed is available.