We are recruiting aTrust ST3 in General Medicine who wishes to join #TeamIOWNHS. You should share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients receive quality and compassionate care and work with us to ensure the Trust continues its journey towards “great people, great place”.
The post holder will be based at St Mary’s Hospital, Newport, Isle of Wight. The post holder will be expected to work at ST3 level in both medical speciality and General (Internal) Medicine. The post would suitable for those with GIM experience at this grade or those building experience relevant to a future career in a medical speciality or GIM.
Experience could be offered in:
• Cardiology
• Respiratory medicine
• Diabetes and endocrine
• Gastroenterology
• Geriatrics
• Acute internal medicine
The successful candidate will support consultant led patient care on the inpatient wards and to supervise doctors in training assigned to the firm.
They will also provide support the medical admissions unit in the assessment of patients referred to it and to outpatients as required.
They wil lead the out of hours hospital at night team providing general medicine review to patients referred from the ED or their general practitioner to the on take service; to provide medical out of hours review to inpatients across the trust.
This is a full shift rota.
The Isle of Wight NHS Trust is the only integrated acute and ambulance health care provider in England. We serve a population of approximately 150,000 residents, making the services we offer variable and personalised with a flexible approach to our service users.
Working for our Trust brings a variety of benefits, including an onsite day nursery, cycle-to-work scheme, discounts at local businesses and gyms, and the opportunity to hire Trust’s beach hut in Ryde. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The Isle of Wight is a unique and stunning gem located off the South Coast of England, a short ferry journey from Portsmouth and Southampton, with journey times taking from as little as 10 minutes. London can be reached in 90 minutes by rail from Southampton or Portsmouth. The island offers an amazing coastline with beautiful countryside, year-round events, festivals and award-winning attractions.
Our 2020-2025 strategy sets out to ensure that we continue to be a provider of excellent and compassionate care. As part of this strategy, we are proactively taking steps to ensure that we recruit and retain the highest quality of talent to provide CARE and we would welcome applications from under-represented groups to ensure our Trust is an inclusive and diverse employer.
Job Role
• To engage in the regular educational programme held by the Consultants and other medical staff
• To attend operational departmental meetings
• To support local trust Clinical Audit and service development programmes.
The posts are tailored to individual’s career aspirations and aimed at supporting trainees with gain experience relevant to applications for substantive posts in the UK.
Trainees will be offered educational supervision, mentorship and annual appraisal.
The Isle of Wight NHS Trust operates a partnership model with Portsmouth NHS trusts and University hospitals Southampton. Successful applicants will attend clinical MDTs organised with partners. The trusts will support successful applicants with requests to partners to assist with any specific personal development needs or requests that cannot be fulfilled by clinical experience on the IOW. This could include practical skills training, subspecialty training or research opportunities.
Department Information:
The department of medicine is based within the Medicine Clinical Business Unit of the Trust.
There are currently 4 medical ward areas
• Colwell Ward (28 beds)
Appley Ward (up to 28 beds of which 18 are Respiratory)
Stroke Unit (24 beds including 4 HASU beds)
Coronary Care Unit (CCU) (6 beds) and Cardiac Step/Acute (12 beds).
The Coronary Care Unit provides the cardiac monitoring facilities including the insertion of temporary and permanent pacemakers.
In addition to this there is a 24 bedded Medical Assessment and Admissions Unit (MAAU). Most emergency admissions will be admitted to the MAAU first and then triaged to the other ward areas. Consultant ward rounds, led by the Acute Medicine Physicians, take place in the MAAU in the morning and in the early evening.
The Coronary Care Unit is adjacent to the Cardiology Department. The unit includes six acute beds, one fully equipped side room and GE Medical central monitoring facilities. There is a dedicated pacing theatre/procedures room, with a Siemens C-arm image intensifier, and an adjacent 12 bed step-down ward.
In addition to the above, the Trust has a 6 bed Intensive Care Unit caring for both level 2 and level 3 patients.
This advert closes on Tuesday 28 Jan 2025
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