At Macclesfield District General Hospital, we are excited to welcome a Consultant Acute Physician to join a dynamic, expanding and forward-thinking Acute Medical team. The successful applicant will join a team of 4 Consultant Acute Physicians during an exciting stage of growth and expansion for the service. With the guidance of our inspiring clinical team, this role will allow you the opportunity to enhance your skills, leadership, and confidence while holding management and clinical responsibility for patients on the Medical Admissions Unit (MAU).
The new Consultant Acute Physician will play a key role in leading and coordinating the junior medical staff to ensure that patients are assessed and admitted or discharged in line with Emergency Department targets. You will be involved in the delivery of acute medical care across the Medical Admissions Unit (MAU) and Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC), and will support the Emergency Department staff with assessments of patients with acute medical problems.
Hours per week: 10 PA's
MAU ward cover - Managing admissions and flow of between 30 - 35 patients per day, Monday to Friday until 8pm, working as the Physician of the Day (POD) 1x weekly.
Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) cover - on-call cover on Friday.
Emergency department in-reach and weekend post-take ward rounds.
Medical Sub-specialty interest OPD clinics and general virtual ward rounds.
Play a vital role in the training, mentoring, and leading of junior medical staff with the assessment and management of acutely unwell medical patients, and contribute to MRCP PACES teaching. This includes the postgraduate medical training of foundation year doctors and specialty trainees while working towards GIRFT recommendations as well as Royal College frameworks for Acute Medicine patients.
To be able to work flexibly and provide high-quality care with particular emphasis on:
1. Developing appropriate services to meet clinical needs utilizing available resources.
2. Collaborative working specifically with colleagues in primary care and the community to ensure effective management of acutely unwell patients.
3. Education and training of medical students, doctors, and professionals allied to medicine including Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACP’s).
4. Engagement with the principles of clinical governance.
5. Maintaining robust systems for effective clinical audit in the specialty and general medicine, as appropriate.
6. Developing services as indicated by recommendations of the Royal College of Physicians, NICE, and specialist societies.
Please be aware that this post requires an Enhanced with Barred list Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, the cost of which is payable by the successful candidate.
If you have lived or worked abroad for 6 months or more in the last 5 years, you will need to obtain an overseas police clearance.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues, and our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. While COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment, we encourage our staff to get vaccinated.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race, or religion. The Trust is a Disability Confident Leader, and as such, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview providing they meet the minimum criteria for the post (outlined in the Person Specification).
Applicants are advised to apply early as we reserve the right to close the advert prior to the advertised closing date should we receive a large number of applications.
We look forward to receiving your application.
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