Hybrid Consultant in Acute and Community Medicine

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work as a Hybrid Consultant between Acute Medicine and The Community Trust Virtual ward at a time when we are redesigning, aligning and optimising our clinical services and pathways . These posts will join our Acute Medicine Consultant team and be fully integrated and supported. We are very keen to support individual areas of interest and posts are open to external and internal applicants. For further information please contact : Dr Saskia Jones-Perrott

o Supervise medical admissions, ensuring timely junior team assessment and consultant post-take review of all new patients referred to Acute Medicine across the acute medical floor.o Lead and support the daily medical handover, with a focus on patient safety, continuity of care and learning opportunities.o Support the work of the medical and nursing teams in this clinical area.o To develop enhanced clinical skills, especially in the assessment and management of acutely ill patients.o To have excellent team-working skills with the abilities and professional attitude to work well in a multi-professional team.o To deliver clinical and quality targets agreed both nationally and locally with clinical teams and commissioners.o To follow patients throughout their clinical pathways.