Consultant in Acute Medicine

The Royal Surrey Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has opportunities within our Acute Medicine service.
Join an innovative and dynamic team at Royal Surrey, providing nationally celebrated, collaborative care. We are clinically led and provide joined-up care through our hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. With our main acute hospital site in Guildford and community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere, and Cranleigh, we are committed to transforming Acute Medicine across our hospitals and raising our profile nationally.
Main duties of the job
As an Acute Physician, you will be responsible for providing Consultant cover for medical patients on our Acute Medical Unit (AMU), Emergency Department (ED) in-reach, and Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) unit, while also participating in the General Internal Medicine (GIM) on-call rota.
Clinical and administrative responsibility for patients in AMU & SDEC
Consultant level input to deliver early and appropriate clinical decision making for emergency admissions
Care for patients requiring Non-Invasive Ventilation (NIV) and high dependency care
Supervision of medical admissions through the emergency assessment unit, including flow-through from the Emergency Department
Rapid assessment of suspected infectious disease patients and appropriate transfer to designated wards
Assessing and assigning patients for ongoing inpatient care, short stay inpatient care in the unit, ambulatory care, or discharge
Supervision and training of junior medical staff and allied health professionals working in the units
Supervision and assessment of junior staff performing ward-based invasive procedures for patients in the units
Ensuring that resuscitation and end-of-life care issues are addressed
Review and revision of joint protocols for the management of emergency admissions with clinical colleagues and the nursing team
Development of Ambulatory Emergency Medicine Pathways
Delivery of ambulatory medicine clinics
Delivery of clinical audits relevant to the needs of the Units
About us
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.
We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.
Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.
Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
The provisional timetable can be found in the attached Job Description. The successful candidate will have a job planning session after 3-6 months of being in post to review their timetable and SPA commitments. It is expected that there will be some flexibility around the timing of any duties and activities, reflecting role development.
See attached Job Description for further information.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Full registration and a license to practice with the GMC
Entry on the GMC Specialist Register for via: Acute Medicine, or General Internal Medicine (GIM) or a related medical specialty oCCT (CCT date must be within 6 months of the interview date) oPortfolio Pathway (previously CESR)
MBBS or equivalent
Out of programme management experience
Experience
Essential
Extensive experience of acute general medicine
Wide experience of General Internal Medicine including multidisciplinary
Significant evidence of experience in clinical leadership
Undergraduate and postgraduate teaching experience
Understand the principals of Clinical Governance
Evidence of experience of / commitment to audit and improving clinical practice/service development
Experience and interest in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
CPD - Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development clinical knowledge and skills
Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy/national guidance/CQC/ and appreciate the implications of this on engagement
Research/QI
Essential
Active interest in research and commitment to clinical innovation
Familiar with quality improvement methodologies and/or research
Skills and Capabilities
Essential
Management, Leadership and Initiative skills
Effective communication skills with internal and external stakeholders
Effective interpersonal, communication and presentation skills with internal and external stakeholders
Computer literate - Email, MS Office and Internet
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