ConsultantAcute MedicineLocum

Locum Consultant in Acute Medicine

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

CQC: Requires improvement

Whitehaven

Salary

£109,725 – £145,478

Training post

No

Trust type

Foundation

Posted

4 weeks ago

About the role

All successful candidates will be expected to submit documentation for the GMC Portfolio Pathway within 18 months of their start date. Please Note: Interested Applicants are asked to contact the Clinical Director ahead of submitting an application. North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust (NCIC) are looking to recruit a forward-thinking and motivated individual to join our team of Acute Medicine Consultants. This is a post for a Locum Consultant with specialist registration. The role will be to provide care across both our hospitals; the West Cumberland Hospital (WCH) in Whitehaven and the Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle, though will primarily be job planned to work and be based in Whitehaven.

Locum Consultant in Acute Medicine

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

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This post offers the opportunity to be at the forefront of developing new and innovative approaches and services for the residents of North Cumbria, a uniquely beautiful and challenging area.

Full details including an example job plan can be found in the attached Job Description.

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':

Being a clinically led organisation

Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust

A positive patient experience every time

A great place to work

Managing our money well

Acute Medicine run 2 Acute Medical Units with an unselected medical take at both sites. Our team deliver Same Day Emergency Care services for Acute Medicine on both sites, too, and are involved in a wide range of transformational improvement work in this particular area.

There has been no better time than now to join us in Acute Medicine as we embark on new and innovative ways of delivering our services and offer a consistently high level of quality in all we do.

The Trust has won national awards for our composite workforce model at West Cumberland Hospital and there will be opportunities to be involved in the training and educational supervision of Deanery trainees at all levels should you be successful, helping to contribute to the next generation of medical professionals.

Person specification

Essential

Full Registration with the General Medical Council.
Member of the Royal College of Physicians or equivalent
Proof of competency in emergency and elective index cases
High level of clinical experience and competence in Acute Medicine
Excellent communication skills with patients, colleagues, managers and other staff
Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
Experience of and commitment to teaching undergraduate and postgraduate medical staff.
Experience of, and commitment to, medical audit.
Experience of research and Clinical Governance

Desirable

Special interest or certification in any medical specialty.
Entry on the GMC specialist register via relevant CCT (proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview), relevant CESR or European Community Rights
A commitment to, and experience of teaching
An interest in developing links with Primary Care
Completed Higher Specialist Training (CCT) in General (Internal) Medicine, Acute Internal Medicine or evidence of equivalent competency.
Experience of teaching clinical skills to undergraduates
Teaching of non-medical health professionals.
Educational Qualification

Publications in referred journals

Ability to supervise postgraduate research