Consultant in Acute Internal Medicine

2 months ago

Keighley, United Kingdom Airedale NHS Foundation Trust Full time

This is a new post, and the successful applicants will join a
department of 6 consultants and 1 specialist.

The postholder will provide senior support to the front-line work on
the Acute Assessment Unit (AAU) and the Ambulatory Care Unit
(SDEC). This will also occasionally require in-reach to the
Emergency Department when required.

There is also the opportunity to have DCC activity in other specialties including for example palliative care. We expect the provision of excellent care, comprehensive assessment, and appropriate timely discharges and/or onward referrals.

Airedale General Hospital work jointly with other local NHS providers in the region, including Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Bradford District Care Trust, to help ensure we can deliver a patient led collaborative service and thereby promoting a culture of safety and improvement.

The principal duties of this post are to deliver a high-quality service toAcute Internal Medicine patients. The appointee would be expected to;
- Provide clinical expertise and responsibility to the service in

terms of knowledge, clinical activity and guidance as needed.
- Clinical and administrative responsibility for the proper

functioning of the Acute Internal Medicine Department.
- Develop standards, procedures and robust systems in the

department to ensure safe, high quality and efficient patient care
from the point of entry into the department to admission or
discharge from the department.
- Supervision of the junior medical staff in the Unit who will have

opportunity to learn on a one-to-one basis on both formal and
informal rounds and also on ad hoc basis throughout the day.
- Play an active part in educational programmes for junior medical

staff, including formal teaching sessions and clinical audits
relevant to the needs of the Unit.
- To teach and train staff in other medical disciplines, nursing and

support staff as appropriate.
- Maintain an up-to-date job plan and personal development plan
- Register and participate in the appropriate CPD scheme with the

Royal College of Physicians.
- Work with colleagues to provide a consultant-led service with the

highest standard of care.
- Work with the multi-professional team to develop care pathways

and clinical guidelines.

Further details provided in attached Job information pack.

These posts provide an opportunity to pursue a consultant career in
Acute Internal Medicine (+/- Specialty interest) at Airedale Hospital
which is situated between the spectacular Yorkshire Dales and the
cosmopolitan centres of Bradford and Leeds.

This is a dynamic department, and the successful applicant will be
required to contribute to ongoing service development. We expect
involvement in our existing quality improvement projects and welcome
ideas for new work streams. We strongly encourage leadership
development.
There is a trust leadership programme in place and study leave is
encouraged for this. We also believe in maintaining work life balance
and mentoring is offered to new and current consultant employees of
the Trust.

We are always looking for enterprising and innovative approaches to the way we provide our services. We are a national centre for telemedicine and introduced telehealth to the UK offender healthcare sector and also provide a similar service to patients in their care homes. Community matters to us and we are supported by 400 dedicated volunteers and have strong links with Leeds Medical School, Bradford University, Craven College and Leeds City College to ensure we inspire the workforce of the future.

We want to attract staff who embrace our ‘Right Care’ behaviours of compassion, a commitment to quality of care and working together for patients - we want to make this part of our DNA.

For further details of this post please see attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

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