Job summary
An excellent opportunity has arisen for a dynamic Specialty Doctor with an interest in Acute Medicine, to join our team of decision makers supporting the Acute Medicine department at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLaG), Diana Princess of Wales Hospital.
The aim is to provide a high quality, safe and compassionate service.
If you have the necessary qualifications and attributes, come and shape the future of front line medical care at our hospital.
Main duties of the job
NLaG is developing and investing in its acute care model. Integrated Acute Assessment Units (IAAU), including Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC), have been in place since 2020. Two purpose built Emergency Departments have recently opened, with a full refurbishment of IAAU facilities. Information systems have been recently modernised to improve patient care and further initiatives are progressing to deliver a full Electronic Patient Record. State of the art diagnostics are available 24/7, with new MRI and CT facilities recently opened. This really is an exciting time to join us.
Job responsibilities
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 this busy General Hospital.
The post holder is expected to contribute to a service which is both Consultant-led and delivered.
* Undertake a daily ward round of the allocated bed base
* Review all new medical admissions when rostered on-call duty within the timeframe of the operational standard for the IAAU and remain responsible for the care of these patients until they are either discharged from IAAU or transferred to the specialty ward.
* Manage short stay acute medical admissions
* Assess all new admissions and refer them to appropriate specialty, with transfer of care.
* Direct and manage the team to deliver effective, safe, and timely care in line with the operating standards of the IAAU
* Ensure appropriate handover of care at the end of a shift to the next responsible clinician.
* Liaise with specialty clinicians to facilitate their early involvement
* 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.
* Supervise and ensure robust and effective hospital clinical handover each morning
An in-house pharmacist oversees medicine reconciliation, VTE risk assessment and antibiotic prescribing.
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 people's age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
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.
Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated. To view a full job description and person specification please see attachments on this advert.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
* MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
* Full registration with the GMC at time of appointment.
* Evidence of achievement of ST1/CT1 competences in a relevant specialty at time of application and likelihood of achieving ST2/CT2 competences in a relevant specialty by the start date of the post.
* Evidence of 4 years (FTE) postgraduate training in the UK (or equivalent training) of which at least 2 years' training must be in relevant specialty or a recognised equivalent training.
* Eligibility to work in the UK.
* Applicants have undertaken undergraduate medical training in English or have the following scores in the academic International English Language Testing System (IELTS) - Overall 7.5, Speaking 7, Listening 7, Reading 7, Writing 7 or have achieved at least grade B in the medicine version of the Occupational English Test, in each area, speaking, listening, reading & writing.
Desirable
* Specialty exams
Clinical Essential
* Acute care safe
* Up-to-date ALS.
* Hospital at night team working / experience.
* Out of hours experience relevant to the job
* Experience in making clinical decisions and managing risk
Desirable
* ALS instructors certificate
* Evidence of participation in Clinical Audit related to Acute care
* Teaching: evidence of interest and experience in teaching where required in the job.
Employer details
Employer name: Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Grimsby, DN33 2BA
Employer's website: https://www.nlg.nhs.uk/
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