Consultant in Acute Medicine | University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust is seeking passionate physicians to join their team at Royal Derby Hospital. You will play a vital role in Acute Medical Care, collaborating closely with interdisciplinary teams and providing exceptional patient care in both the Medical Assessment Unit and Emergency Department. This role includes weekend duties and offers development opportunities across various urgent care pathways.

Benefits

Development opportunities

Employee assistance programme

Discounted gym membership

Onsite fitness classes

Car schemes

Qualifications

• Ambitious physicians ready to transform clinical services.
• Ability to provide stimulating teaching and develop shop-floor research.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical role across Medical Assessment Unit and Emergency Department.
• Contribute to Consultant shifts in Same Day Emergency Care.
• Work 1:6 weekends.

Job description

Overview

The post holder will join a successful and dynamic team that have helped transform Acute Medical Care at Royal Derby Hospital. 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’.

Role and responsibilities

Your clinical role will be working across the Medical Assessment Unit (MAU) Medical Same Day Emergency Care (mSDEC) and provide in reach to our Emergency Department (ED) at the Royal Derby Hospital. You will work 1:6 weekends.

• MAU is a 57 bedded unit. When working in MAU for the day you will be one of a team of 3 Acute Medicine Consultants contributing direct clinical care to patients alongside the Junior doctor/ assistant clinical practitioner (ACP) workforce and ward MDT.
• We also work closely with all our medical specialties who provide Specialty Consultant In reach/Ward rounds 1-2 times per day, 7 days per week.
• Our improved Same Day Emergency Care Centre was relaunched at a new on-site location during 2018 and has a dedicated nursing team and a junior doctor workforce. As part of rota commitments you will contribute to Consultant shifts in SDEC.

Working expectations

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together. Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

What we offer

• Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
• On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our 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.

Role fit and team

We are looking for ambitious physicians, who want to transform clinical services, provide stimulating teaching, develop shop-floor research and deliver high quality care within the field of urgent care. You will be given support by working with dedicated ward-based multidisciplinary support teams, all based in our modern hospital facilities. Our Trust is committed to "Getting it Right, First Time" as shown with the expansion of our medical teams, which have helped the Trust to gain national recognition for urgent care services.

Location and relocation

The post will be based at The Royal Derby Hospital, Derby but as a merged organisation, we expect flexibility to be able to work across all sites of University Hospitals of Derby and Burton Foundation Trust should the need arise.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust will consider relocation expenses and enhanced Terms and Conditions on appointment, depending on previous experience.

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