Consultant in Acute Medicine and General Medicine

Integrated Care System; Woolwich; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS trust is seeking Consultants in Acute Medicine at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich. Applicants should possess specialist registration, and will play a key role in patient management, education, and clinical governance within the Acute Medical Unit. The position offers a permanent contract with opportunities for professional development and special interests.

Qualifications

• Must be on the GMC Specialist Register for Acute or General Medicine or within six months of obtaining CCT.
• Broad based training and experience in acute and general medicine.
• Experience working in an Acute Medical Unit.

Responsibilities

• Lead the multi-professional team in managing acute medical patients.
• Involved in medical education and teaching for trainees.
• Participate in clinical audit and governance to enhance patient care.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical Governance

Team Management

Patient Care

Teaching

Education

MBBS or equivalent

Full registration with the GMC

MRCP (UK) or equivalent

Job description

Consultant in Acute Medicine and General Medicine

To view full details of the Job Description and information about Acute Medicine at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, please click the link below:Working in Acute Medicine QEH

The Trust is seeking to appoint Consultants to work in Acute and General Medicine at Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH), Woolwich which is a part of the Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust .

We would encourage applications from Acute Physicians and General Physicians. If not already on the Specialist Register, we aim to support candidates planning to achieve specialist accreditation for a Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) in Acute or General Internal Medicine during this time. We would also be willing to adapt the job plan to accommodate some special interest work such as critical care, respiratory or diabetes & endocrinology. We would encourage applicants to contact the consultant listed below to discuss this pre-application.

This is a permanent consultant post and will require an AAC panel interview. As such, you must be on the specialist register or have a pending a CCT date. You can view your registration status via gmc-uk.org/doctors/ before applying. Applications with no specialist registration will be rejected. Do however speak to the recruitment contact for potential locum or non-consultant variations of this post.

Main duties of the job

The appointees will join a team of 10 acute physicians currently covering a 72 bed acute medical unit a 39 bed general medical ward and a Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) Unit. There is also a medical Consultant on call daily until 5pm.

The acute physicians will spend the majority of their direct clinical care, and supporting professional activity time, working on the Acute Medical Unit, where they will lead the multi-professional team in the management of the acute medical patients. It is expected that they will lead ward rounds, direct the management of patients, assess patients, perform practical procedures, teach both junior medical and other staff, attend multidisciplinary meetings, take part in the governance activity of the department, participate in the management and administration of the service and liaise with other professionals both within and outside the trust as required.

It is expected that when on duty for the Acute Medical Unit and short stay medical unit, the working day will commence at 9am with a ward round. All acute admissions will be assessed by a senior clinical decision maker within 1 hour of referral by the Emergency Department or arrival if referred in by a GP. All patients on the Acute Medical Unit will be reviewed by a consultant as soon as possible to expedite appropriate further management during the first day of admission, and twice daily thereafter until discharge.

This is a 10PA job including a 1 in 10 weekend OnCall.

About us

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

• Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
• Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
• Improving the experience of staff with disability
• Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
• Making equalities mainstream

Job responsibilities

Clinical Responsibilities:

The acute physicians will spend the majority of their direct clinical care, and supporting professional activity time, working on the Acute Medical Unit, where they will lead the multi-professional team in the management of the acute medical patients.

It is expected that they will lead ward rounds, direct the management of patients, assess patients, perform practical procedures, teach both junior medical and other staff, attend multidisciplinary meetings, take part in the governance activity of the department, participate in the management and administration of the service and liaise with other professionals both within and outside the trust as required. It is expected that when on duty for the Acute Medical Unit and short stay medical unit, the working day will commence at 9am with a ward round. All acute admissions will be assessed by a senior clinical decision maker within 1 hour of referral by the Emergency Department or arrival if referred in by a GP. All patients on the Acute Medical Unit will be reviewed by a consultant as soon as possible to expedite appropriate further management during the first day of admission, and twice daily thereafter until discharge.

As highlighted previously there is an expectation that the successful applicant will be involved in the delivery of the Ambulatory Care Service via the Ambulatory Care Consultant of the Week model.

If the successful candidate has a particular specialty interest there may be scope to accommodate this within the job plan, subject to the needs of the Acute Medicine service and negotiation with the Clinical Director and Divisional Director.

Medical Education & Teaching:

1. Contribute to the weekly programme of educational activities, including dedicated AMU teaching on Friday lunchtimes as well as foundation year and core medical training teaching programmes.

2. Provide daily clinical supervision to trainees on the AMU as required.

3.Volunteer as an educational supervisor for doctors in training.

4.Provide teaching and training to undergraduates and medical students both on the ward and in the outpatient department.

Clinical Audit and Clinical Governance:

1.Take an active role in audit and governance projects to further the development of the AMU.

2. Participate in the AMUs own weekly governance meetings which provide the opportunity to share audits, journals, latest evidence, serious incident reviews, morbidity and mortality reviews and other similar activities.

Continuing Professional Development:

1. Participate in continuing professional development at local and national level.

2. Implement audit and research findings as appropriate in clinical practice.

3. Prepare and participate in Revalidation, including an annual appraisal, in accordance with Trust policy.

4.A willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national levels.

Policy, Planning and Management:

1. Support the Trust to deliver quality patient care.

2. Contribute to the development of clinical and organisational protocols and guidelines.

3. Assist in the development of the Annual Service Plan for the Directorate and Division and participate in the strategic planning of the service.

4. Comply with all Trust policies.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent.
• Full registration with the GMC and hold a license to practice MRCP (UK) or equivalent.
• To be on the GMC Specialist Register for Acute or General (Internal) Medicine or within six months of obtaining CCT on a UK training program or CESR at the time of interview
• Distinctions, scholarships, prizes
• Other degrees, e.g. BSc MSc, MD.

Clinical Experience

• Broad based training and wide experience of acute and general medicine.
• Experience of working in an Acute Medical Unit
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for the management of acute medical emergencies
• Experience of working in a multi- cultural environment
• Previous consultantlevel experience of working on an AMU / in ambulatory care, and / or in General Internal Medicine.
• Subspecialty interest

Clinical Audit

• Evidence of participation in clinical audit.
• Understanding of the principles of Clinical Governance and Clinical Risk.
• Evidence of involvement in audits that have been used to significantly improve patient care.

Teaching Experience

• Wide experience of, and strong commitment to, undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
• Ability to teach clinical skills to medical and nursing staff and other disciplines
• Evidence of educational leadership roles.

Management and Administrative Experience

• Evidence of organisational ability and experience of NHS management tasks
• Will have attended a National Health Service Management Course appropriate to consultant duties

Other Attributes

• Evidence of leadership.
• Organisational ability.
• Able to take responsibility and cope with stressful situations.
• Able to get on with other members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Credibility and integrity.
• A sympathetic approach to patients and relatives
• Ability to establish good professional relationships with others.
• Ability to engage in and lead change management.
• Ability to plan strategically, execute tasks and to exercise sound judgment when faced with conflicting pressures.
• Critical and enquiring approach to knowledge acquisition.
• An understanding of corporacy in the NHS.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.