Consultant in Acute Medicine

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust; Burton upon Trent; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Burton upon Trent is seeking an enthusiastic Consultant for the Acute Medicine Department. The role involves senior clinical decision-making, engaging in multidisciplinary collaboration, and contributing to training and development. The organization offers professional development opportunities, support through recruitment, and various employee benefits including discounted gym memberships. Interested candidates may contact Dr Lovemore Mjanja for informal visits.

Benefits

Employee assistance programme

Discounted gym membership

Onsite fitness classes

Car schemes

Responsibilities

• Undertake senior clinical decision making on patient care from arrival to discharge within AMU shifts.
• Engage with standard operating procedures for AMU handover and unit operational standards.
• Participate in flexible working arrangements and multidisciplinary collaboration.

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit an enthusiastic Consultant to join the Acute Medicine Department at University Hospitals of Derby & Burton NHS Foundation Trust. The post will be based at Queens Hospital, Burton.

The Acute Medicine Business Unit is proud to offer high quality clinical care within flexible and sustainable job plan structures. We positively encourage part time working or job plans split with other specialties. A number of our team operate in this way, delivering DCC in other medical specialties, including stroke medicine and Cardiology.

Our vision is ‘to be a pinnacle for best practice and patient care across our emergency and urgent care pathways. We will integrate our services with the wider urgent care network to ensure patients receive the best care possible at the right time and in the right place'.

Our aim is to provide senior clinical decisions on patient care from the moment of arrival to discharge, with the minimum of unavoidable delay. We take pride in excellent patient care and that is why we are consistently scoring in high percentile for SAMs audit.

Further details of roles and responsibilities whilst fulfilling AMU shifts, standard operating procedures for AMU handover and unit operational standards will be reviewed during induction with the team for the successful candidate.

Responsibilities

• Undertake senior clinical decision making on patient care from arrival to discharge within AMU shifts.
• Engage with standard operating procedures for AMU handover and unit operational standards as reviewed during induction.
• Participate in flexible working arrangements and multidisciplinary collaboration across specialties where applicable.
• Contribute to training, development and education, including simulation-based training and a supportive educational faculty.

There is full 24-hour middle grade cover within the department and a proactive approach to further training and education is available.

Our educational supervisors have been rated highly in GMC surveys.

In Return We Will Offer

• Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
• Ongoing support through every step of the way—from recruitment to joining the team and beyond
• A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts About Our Trust

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Lovemore Mjanja; Job title: Assistant Clinical Lead; Email: [e-mail]; Telephone: [phone]