Specialist in Acute and General (Internal) Medicine

NHS Jobs; Grimsby, Scunthorpe; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Specialist in Acute and General (Internal) Medicine. The post supports a non-hierarchical, consultant-led service with rounds, reviews, and on-call duties across AAU, HDU/ITU, and SDEC.

The role entails leadership of the acute/general medicine team, development of community links, and ensuring timely documentation and patient handover, with flexible working patterns discussed to support work-life balance.

Responsibilities

• Undertake board rounds and patient reviews of the allocated acute/general medicine area/bed base.
• Review new medical admissions when rostered for Acute Care Physician (ACP) on-call duty within the AAU timeframe; manage care until discharge or transfer.
• Manage short stay acute medical admissions.
• Assess admissions to HDU/ITU and refer to appropriate specialty with required transfers of care.
• Direct and manage the team to deliver safe, timely care aligning with AAU operating standards.
• Ensure robust handover of care at end of shift to next clinician.
• Provide leadership in specialty and liaise with clinicians for early involvement.
• Develop links with the community to facilitate patient transfer between hospital and community.
• Ensure timely completion of documentation for admission, transfer, discharge or death in line with hospital standards.
• Fulfil Acute Frailty assessment and Same Day Emergency Care as per shift; supervise hospital handover at 09:00 (or 7 days when service extends).
• Provide acute physician cover for out-of-hours via SDEC, OO H, and ambulance/community access.

Job description

Specialist in Acute and General (Internal) Medicine

As a senior employee of the Trust the post-holder will work in close co-operation with, and support, other clinical, medical, professional, and managerial colleagues in providing high quality healthcare to the Trusts patients. The post would suit an enthusiastic team player dedicated to high quality patient care. The opportunity exists to work in a non-hierarchical setting and offer a wide range of Acute Medicine procedures in these busy Hospitals The post holder is expected to contribute to a service which is both Consultant-led and delivered. Undertake board rounds and patient reviews of the allocated acute/ general medicine area/bed base Review all new medical admissions when rostered for Acute Care Physician (ACP) on- call duty within the timeframe of the operational standard for the AAU and remain responsible for the care of these patients until they are either discharged from AAU or transferred to the specialty ward whereby the care is transferred. Manage short stay acute medical admissions Assess all new admissions to HDU/ ITU and refer them to appropriate speciality, with transfer of care as required. Direct and manage the team to deliver effective, safe, and timely care in line with the operating standards of the AAU Ensure appropriate handover of care at the end of a shift to the next responsible clinician. Leadership role in specialty Liaise with specialty clinicians to facilitate their early involvement and management. Further develop functional links with the community to facilitate seamless transfer of patients between the community and the hospital. Ensure timely completion of all documentation pertinent to an admission, transfer, discharge, or death, in line with hospital standards. Acute Frailty assessment and Same Day Emergency Care work as per allocated shift Supervise and ensure robust and effective hospital clinical handover at 09:00 am each morning Monday Friday moving to 7 days when service extends. Acute physician cover for out of hours i.e. weekend short stay/OOH SDEC and Acute Frailty assessment and secondary care Acute medical A&G response for ambulance and community services when on shift in SDEC carrying the shift phone/device for EMAS/YAS and Primary Care access. For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below. As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide. Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees. We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen. Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues. We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients. We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of peoples age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at https://join.humberhealthpartnership.nhs.uk/ In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Recruitment & Workforce team will use and hold your personal data for the intended purpose and in line with the Recruitment & Workforce Privacy Statement. We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers. Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.