Locum Consultant in Acute Medicine

This is a full-time post for a Consultant in Acute Medicine. Sub-specialist skills and interests and areas for development such as Clinical Leadership, Medical Education and Research will be encouraged. You will work together with other members of the acute medicine team and colleagues at Alexandra General Hospital as part of an establishment of 7 WTE Consultant Acute Physicians to provide high quality, compassionate and holistic treatment for patients referred or self-presented to our Trust in the following areas: The Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC), the Acute Medical Assessment (AMA) the Acute Medical Unit (AMU), the Emergency department and the Medical Short Stay Unit. Optional participation in the GIM rota is available for which additional remuneration is available.

This job description, together with the job plan, will be reviewed annually and agreed with the Clinical Director and Divisional Director, on behalf of the Chief Medical Officer, to ensure that it continually reflects the areas of work, clinical responsibility of the post and purchaser requirements. A suitably experienced post-holder will be expected to provide a clinical service in the relevant specialty to patients of the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust and to General Practitioners. The post-holder will be expected to provide a service to patients of the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, General Practitioners and to attend multi-disciplinary meetings. The successful candidate will be expected to work within multi-disciplinary teams in providing high quality clinical care. It is anticipated work will be undertaken on three sites and closer to the patients home. The Trust is seeking to extend services to GP surgeries and health centres etc and job plans may be revised in due course. The post-holder will provide support to the A&E department and acute medicine to ensure timely appropriate care and patient flow through the hospital.