Consultant in General and Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Medicine

NHS Jobs; Leicester; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Jobs is recruiting a Consultant in General and Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Medicine. The post focuses on delivering high-quality patient care, teaching and supervision, and active involvement in clinical governance and CPD.

The appointee will participate in service development and performance improvement in collaboration with the department, CMG, GPs and commissioners. The role requires engagement with medical education, audits and national standards, with responsibilities for junior

Qualifications

• Medical degree and GMC registration (or equivalent)
• Clinical leadership and service development
• Commitment to medical education and CPD
• Participation in governance, audits and quality improvement

Responsibilities

• Teach, supervise and support junior medical staff
• Oversee training and annual appraisal processes
• Contribute to departmental governance and service planning
• Ensure compliance with Trust policies and statutory training requirements

Job description

Consultant in General and Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Medicine

The overriding purpose is to support the provision of highest quality patient care through personal actions and continuous improvement. To participate in service development and business planning in collaboration with the other Consultants in the department, the CMG and local GPs and commissioners within the local CCGs; Professional supervision and management of junior medical staff including the observance of local employment and human resource policies and procedures; Responsibilities for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and contributing to undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing medical education activity, locally and nationally; Participating in medical audit, the Trusts Clinical Governance processes and in CPD CPD is provided in job plans and attendance at audit and other governance meetings is mandatory; Managerial, including budgetary responsibilities where appropriate and compliance with standing orders and standing financial instructions of the Trust.; In line with GMC Good Medical Practice it is the responsibility of the post-holder to ensure that all duties are carried out to the highest possible standard, and in accordance with current quality initiatives within the area of work. The post-holder is expected to respond in a timely fashion to legitimate requests from Trust officers this might include investigations of incidents or complaints. The post-holder is expected to participate in teaching and training of junior staff and other clinical staff groups. The appointee will also have supervision responsibilities for junior medical staff within the specialty. If appropriate the post-holder will be named in the contract of junior staff as the person responsible for overseeing their training and as an initial source of advice to such doctors regarding their careers. The post-holder is expected to participate in professional continuing medical education; study leave is provided for this purpose. The post-holder will be expected to undertake the Trust Corporate and Directorate specific Induction and competency Programmes appropriate to role. The post-holder will be required to maintain their continuing professional development (CPD) to be able to successfully revalidate. As per the Trust requirement the successful candidate will be required to have annual appraisal and attend / keep fully up to date with statutory and mandatory training as stipulated.