Consultant in Acute Medicine

1 month ago

Torquay, United Kingdom Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

Consultant in Acute Medicine: Up to 10 PA's

Patient safety, dignity and care are the highest priority and at the centre of all that we do.

We are looking for a colleague:To provide high quality consultant-delivered care to patients requiring our service,ensuring the highest standards of clinical care are met;

To provide teaching and training at undergraduate and postgraduate level, and to supervise and train the junior clinical team and our specialty doctors;To be proactive in the Department's clinical governance agenda and take on leadership roles to support continuous learning and improvement, thereby abiding by the clinical and corporate governance policies of the TrustTo liaise with clinicians and managers within and outside the Department to address any issues arising that may affect the service;To participate in relevant audit and quality assurance processes.

Main duties of the job

The Acute Medicine department at Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust is a dynamic department known for taking a hands-on role in service development, quality improvement, education and training. Acute Medicine benefits from strong departmental and senior leadership and has easy working relationships with the hospital executive team through its work in development of our acute services.

Acute Medicine is well known as a nurturing and supportive department both for senior medical staff and for doctors in training. We work collaboratively with the well-established multidisciplinary teams of nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and discharge co-ordinators on our Emergency Assessment Unit and Acute Medical Unit, all of which maintain a strong culture of safety and professionalism.

About us

The Acute Medicine department at Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation trust is a dynamic department known for taking a proactive role in service development, quality improvement, and education and training. Acute Medicine benefits from a strong leadershipteam and has easy working relationships with the hospital executive team through its work indevelopment of our acute Acute Medicine team provides care on the Acute Medical Unit and the short-stay Acute Medicine ward, EAU4, focussing on the first 48 hours of the patient journey. We also provide an Acute Medicine in-reach service in the Emergency Department during daytime hours. The general medical on-call work is shared with general medical colleagues from a range of specialties. We have excellent working relationships with the specialty physicians, with specialty advice easily available via a hot phone is a well-established multi-disciplinary team structure in our clinical areas, with daily business MDT board rounds. The emergency assessment ward receives excellent Friends and Family feedback, and the nursing staff maintain a strong, caring team approach in a busy, high turnover environment. Feedback has particularly highlighted the excellent teamcommunication. The therapy and discharge team take a proactive role in discharge planning and can access a range of intermediate care services to support discharge to the community.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification .

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

Full GMC Registration (with licence to practice). CCT Specialist Registration or will obtain within 6 months of interview date. CESR. Minimum of English Level 2 (GCSE grade C or equivalent), IELTS or graduate of a UK Medical School. ATLS / APLS / ALS

Management & Admin Experience

Essential

Effective specialist clinical service Experience of Audit and Management Evidence of involving patients in practice. Evidence of innovative development and implementation of guidance.

Teaching Experience

Essential

Proven ability to teach clinical skills within multi-disciplinary teams applying evidence based knowledge. Evidence of relevant research, publications or presentations.

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