Specialist in General Medicine

Applications are invited for the new post of Specialist in General Medicine in the General Medicine Unit on either a full-time basis at the West Suffolk Hospital.
This is a new 10 PA Specialist post, to complement 5 WTE Consultants within the General Medicine.
Responsibilities include ward rounds on the short stay ward, and review of patients within the General Medicine Assessment Unit, Ambulatory Emergency Care (SDEC) and DVT services.
The General Medicine has a team of junior doctors including a Specialist Registrar, Clinical Fellow, one FY1 a CMT/FY2 trainee and 3 Advanced Clinical Practitioners and 2 Physician Associates.
The General Medicine Specialists will be responsible for the supervision, training and assessment of assigned General Medicine junior medical staff, and for ensuring that patients move through the unit effectively.
Interviews to be held on Friday the 30th January 2025
Please See Full Job Description attached for details
**Key tasks**:

- Provide advice and day to day management of medical inpatients.
- Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in the management of all in-patients and out-patient under the care of your team.
- Teaching and training of intermediate, junior staff, nursing staff and medical students.
- To actively participate in both departmental and Trust matters concerning Clinical Governance and audit.
- To fulfil obligations relating to continuing medical education and professional development, appraisal, and revalidation

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The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
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Specialist in General (Internal) Medicine
This is a full-time post based at West Suffolk Hospital. The post is funded for 10 PA’s.
Duties & responsibilities of the post
At West Suffolk Hospital the appointee will be expected to provide a clinical and administrative service in and General (Internal) and Acute Medicine. A specialist interest is not required although it would be welcomed and supported.
General Medicine
The in-patient beds will be shared with other consultant colleagues on ward G10. This is the General Medicine ward. The successful post holder will manage the General Medical patients on the ward.
The weekday working pattern starts at 08:30hrs until 17.00hrs Monday to Fridays. There are protected shifts for administration and SPA time (1.5PAs). The appointee will conduct regular ward rounds including board rounds as agreed on the Job Plan. There are several doctors in training based on the ward, including juniors at all grades and levels.
The Trust delivers services to patients seven days a week and aims to provide equality of treatment and outcome regardless of the day of the week. To meet these aims and changing service requirements, the Trust may need you either to work temporarily outside of your core hours or to permanently change your core working days and hours. The Trust will give you reasonable notice, where possible, of temporary changes to your days or hours of work and will consult with you and/or your staff representatives about substantial permanent changes, but ultimately, these are changes which may be required of you.
Administrative
To produce, maintain and update departmental clinical management guidelines in line with evidence based best practice on a continuing basis.
The appointee will be encouraged to take an active role in any relevant Trust committees or sub-committees.
Educational Arrangements
The University of Cambridge Medical School Graduate Course is based at the West Suffolk, which led to the development of a new teaching complex. The appointee is expected to participate in teaching and training of medical students on the Graduate Cour