Consultant in General Medicine with Subspecialty Interest
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Here at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust,
Our mission is:
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities
Our vision to 2030 is:
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service
Job Overview
Our Trust is committed to career development which allows us to look out for individuals who are proactive, motivated, forward-thinking, and dynamic to join our clinical team. These posts are an important part of our ongoing development of services at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust. We are seeking consultants with enthusiasm, commitment, and drive to work closely with colleagues throughout the organisation and within the community to help lead the organisation.
These are 3 substantive posts based at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage. This is an excellent opportunity to join the team at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust. The successful candidates will jointly manage patients in a newly created 24-bedded general medical ward.
This is the designated clinical area for managing patients with acute medical complex presentations, often in association with known oncological/haematological malignancies.
Main Duties of the Job
The post-holder will provide named Consultant care to medical outliers on surgical wards during periods of increased in-patient activity. During non-ward weeks, the post holders will deliver specialty outpatient clinics – this is flexible according to the post holders' specialty training.
The core role will be delivering in-patient care on a 24-bedded ward jointly shared between 2 consultants with some medical outlier patient care commitments. The patients will be a mix of GIM and those with ongoing oncology or haematology conditions presenting with inter-current illnesses. Being able to lead in complex MDT discussions on ongoing care and making advanced care planning decisions will be essential. The intention will be to have a 3 Consultant Team covering this clinical area with sessions available to deliver specialty OP work or sessions within acute medicine or as feasible working at Addenbrookes with the Infectious Disease Team. There will be an expectation to contribute to the Physician of the Day rota for unselected medical take on weekdays and weekends.
Working for Our Organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide, and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
* The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
* New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
* Hertford County, Hertford
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation, and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work-life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns, and we are committed to listening and considering all requests. Such requests will be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities
In the paragraphs above, you have read an overview about the role we would like to offer and general information about the main duties of the post holder. Please see the attached job description which describes in full detail the duties, responsibilities, and reporting relationships of the advertising role.
Person Specification
Previous Experience
* Broad range of experience in acute and general medicine
* Fully competent in the management of the acute medical take
* Fully competent in the management of inpatients and MDT working
* Experience of supervising undergraduates, doctors in training, and other colleagues
* Ability to offer and be accountable for a full and independent expert diagnostic opinion
* Can evidence leading on patient safety issues and achieving a change in practice
* Demonstrable experience in a Locum Consultant role
Skills
* Able to evidence engagement with clinical governance and the identification of errors and the learning from errors.
* Evidence engagement with appraisal and revalidation
Qualifications/Training
* Entry on GMC Specialist Register or be within 6 months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) at the time of interview or provide GMC confirmed eligibility for entry on the Specialist Register
* MRCP or qualification of an equivalent level
* Advanced Life Support or demonstration of ability to achieve ALS immediately upon appointment
* Evidence of being up to date and fit to practice, and aware of own training needs
* College Fellowship
Our Values
We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate, and live our values in everything we do.
Include
We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate, and grow together.
Respect
We create a safe environment where we are curious about the lived experience of others, seek out best practices, and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.
Improve
We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.
Committed to Our Community
East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients, and the wider community. We want to create a workforce that represents the communities we serve. We are on a journey to become a more inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone regardless of their background. In particular, we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities, and candidates from Black, Asian, and Minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are currently under-represented in various parts of our workforce.
We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to supporting flexible working for our staff wherever possible, and all our employees are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and achieved our status in 2019.
We will remove barriers that prospective candidates might face at any stage of our recruitment process. If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact us by emailing [emailprotected]
We are also proud to support our UK armed forces by supporting Reservists, Cadet Instructors, Veterans, and military spouses/partners into employment and offering supportive policies that value their contribution to the community and to our Trust.
We are committed to being a carer-friendly environment, addressing the complex needs of families with caring responsibilities. In partnership with Carers in Hertfordshire, all our working carers have access to support from recruitment. We are also a member of Carers UK, providing resources to make balancing work and caring easier. Our approach is inclusive, recognizing diverse challenges and creating a supportive environment where carers feel valued.
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