Locum Consultant in Acute Medicine +/- complimentary specialty

The Methodist Church in Britain; Tooting; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a locum consultant in acute medicine for 12 months based in the Acute Medicine Unit. The role centres on managing emergency admissions and building the link with primary care and the Emergency Department.

You will cover on-call and weekend rotas, work within a 51-bed AMU including the Amyand short-stay ward, and participate in education and governance.

Qualifications

• MRCP or equivalent required.
• Advanced Life Support certification required.
• Full GMC registration.
• Entry on the Specialist Register for general or acute medicine, with or without a complementary specialty.

Responsibilities

• Manage emergency ambulatory and inpatient medical admissions.
• Triage referrals from primary care, SDEC and the Emergency Department to ambulatory care or admission avoidance clinics.
• Take responsibility for ongoing care of patients admitted in the previous 24 hours on day two of their stay.
• Cover the acute medicine on-call rota, physician of the week and Amyand ward rotas.
• Work weekends and cover the medical SDEC service.
• Take part in the ongoing development of the Acute Medicine Unit and its clinical interface with primary care and the Emergency Department.
• Contribute to clinical governance.
• Take part in undergraduate, postgraduate and multidisciplinary education.

Skills

Taking independent clinical

Staff and resources management

Communication with GPs and hospital/社区

Teaching medical students and juniors

Detailed knowledge of acute medicine

Curricula and assessment tools

Education

MRCP or equivalent

Advanced Life Support certificate

Job description

Locum consultant post in acute medicine at St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, based in the Acute Medicine Unit, for 12 months. The work centres on managing emergency ambulatory and inpatient medical admissions and building the link with primary care and the Emergency Department. The unit spans a 51-bed AMU with an acute dependency unit, a same-day emergency care area and the Amyand short-stay ward, with on-call and weekend working expected. Entry requires a place on the Specialist Register for general or acute medicine, which may be paired with a second specialty.

What the job involves

• Manage emergency ambulatory and inpatient medical admissions
• Triage referrals from primary care, SDEC and the Emergency Department to ambulatory care or admission avoidance clinics
• Take responsibility for ongoing care of patients admitted in the previous 24 hours on day two of their stay
• Cover the acute medicine on-call rota, physician of the week and Amyand ward rotas
• Work weekends and cover the medical SDEC service
• Take part in the ongoing development of the Acute Medicine Unit and its clinical interface with primary care and the Emergency Department
• Contribute to clinical governance
• Take part in undergraduate, postgraduate and multidisciplinary education

Qualifications

• MRCP or equivalent
• Advanced Life Support certificate

Registration & licences

• Full GMC registration
• Entry on the Specialist Register for general or acute medicine, with or without a complementary specialty

Experience

• Higher specialist training with CCT in general or acute medicine, with or without another medical specialty
• Demonstrable experience in clinical governance activities

Skills & knowledge

• Taking independent clinical responsibility within a multidisciplinary team
• Organising and managing staff and resources effectively
• Communicating effectively with GPs and other professionals in hospital and community
• Teaching medical students and junior medical and nursing staff
• Detailed knowledge of acute medicine
• Understanding of modern medical curricula and learning assessment tools

Other

• Caring attitude to patients
• Flexible and co-operative approach to colleagues and team members
• Ability to cope under pressure
• Commitment to continuing medical education

Nice to have

• Higher research degree
• Demonstrable experience in teaching
• Demonstrable experience in research with an appropriate publication record
• Ability to engage busy clinicians in developing the acute medical service
• Ability to develop research projects and supervise trainees in research
• Detailed knowledge of specialist skills in the relevant area