ConsultantAcute Medicine

Consultant in Acute Medicine

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Winchester

Salary

£113,565 – £150,569

Posted

2 weeks ago

About the role

We are looking to appointConsultant Physicians for our Acute Medicine department. The Trust sees these appointment as a key part of an exciting opportunity to develop an innovative approach to acute medical care that places unscheduled care as the central function of the Trust in collaboration with local community partners. The posts will support the existing Consultants in Acute Medicine at Hampshire Hospitals. Theywill be pivotal in delivering a consultant lead service for our Emergency Medical Assessment Units and SDEC services. It will bolster the current model of care provided by Acute Medicine specialists and increase the scope and the quality of our front-line service.

The successful applicants will be expected to:

Join the Acute General Medicine team and deliver the Trusts urgent care strategy. This will mean working in close co-operation with Emergency and Specialist Physicians, Older persons services and Primary care, to build an efficient and seamless system of care.

Provide Consultant service on the Acute Medical Assessment Unit and in reach to the Emergency Department. Rapid Same Day Emergency services and direct GP admission services are active. The post holder would be supported in further developing pathways of care for ambulatory patients.

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On-going Consultant support to short stay patients, general medical patients remaining on the assessment units.

To participate in teaching and training of junior staff.

Participate in audit and responsibility for clinical governance

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

Person specification

Essential

MBBS or equivalent
Full GMC Registration with a licence to practise
Entry on the Specialist Register in General Internal Medicine or Acute Medicine (or CCT expected within 6 months of date of interview)
MRCP (UK) or equivalent
Recent Clinical training & experience equivalent to that required for gaining (UK) CCST in General medicine or Acute medicine
3 years experience
Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively
Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
Proven ability to work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team and display leadership
Ability to understand local and national political agendas and respond accordingly
Ability to perform effectively and maturely in management roles for the benefit of the service.
Ability to plan strategically and to demonstrate sound judgement
Ability to lead, motivate and develop the multidisciplinary team
Ability to organise work of self and team in an efficient and effective way
Evidence of experience and active engagement in clinical audit
Ability to work flexibly with colleagues, sometimes at short notice
Ability to manage staff and resources
Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
Awareness of current acute medical initiatives and developments
Recent relevant clinical teaching experience within medical and allied disciplines

Desirable

Higher degree
NHS Experience
Expertise in initiatives for reducing admissions
Guideline and pathway development
Experience managing and leading specialist working parties
Formal training in management and administration
Experience in managing staff rotas
Participation in research

Publications in relevant peer reviewed journals

Formal training in clinical supervision of junior doctors

Other educational formal qualifications