Employer: The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Royal Shrewsbury Hospital
Town: Shrewsbury
Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 Per Annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 25/11/2024 23:59
Consultant Acute Physicians
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Job overview
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust has an exciting opportunity to welcome Consultant Acute Physicians to join our expanding team of motivated Consultants working across both sites. Candidates with Acute Internal Medicine training and/or GIM training wishing to do hybrid posts are encouraged to apply.
We are also keen to support colleagues' professional clinical areas of interest (e.g., Rheumatology or Respiratory to name a few) and are open to negotiations on your individual job plan.
This job description is subject to Royal College Approval.
Main duties of the job
Managing Acute take:
* Supervising the medical admissions ensuring timely junior team assessment and Consultant post take review of all new patients referred to acute medicine throughout the acute medical floor.
* Leading and supporting the medical handover every morning including focusing on learning opportunities.
* Driving the acute medical take and making sure patients are seen and dealt with efficiently and in a timely manner.
* Ensuring national and hospital target of care and assessment of patients are complied with in a timely manner.
* Providing advice and when appropriate review of patients when requested by the medical and nursing staff on the acute medical floor.
* Engaging in timely discussions with subspecialties such as ITU/Cardiology/Renal (to name a few) in the care management of unwell acute medical admissions.
* Prompt assessment of patients seen in this area including early senior reviews to initiate investigations required for rapid turnaround of these patients.
* Facilitating ‘PULL’ and ‘PUSH’ of patients from the emergency department based on SDEC criteria.
* Supporting the work of the medical team and nurses in this clinical space.
* Referral to the appropriate discharge support services where needed e.g. OPAT and Virtual ward.
* Liaising with other specialties as required.
* Good communication with Primary Care Colleagues to ensure smooth transition of care of patients once discharged.
Working for our organisation
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is the main provider of acute hospital services for around half a million people in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales.
Encompassing some of the most picturesque parts of England and Wales, the Trust’s catchment stretches from the Cambrian Mountains in the west, to Newport and the fringes of the Black Country in the east. The main towns include: Bridgnorth, Ludlow, Market Drayton, Oswestry, Shrewsbury and Whitchurch (in Shropshire); Newport, Telford and Wellington (in Telford & Wrekin); and Newtown and Welshpool (in Powys) – all beautiful and unique.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
A formal job plan will be agreed between the successful candidate and their Clinical Director and consultant colleagues, on behalf of the Medical Director within 3 months of starting in post. A full-time job plan is based on a 10 PA working week. The job plan will be reviewed annually and is a prospective agreement that sets out the consultant's duties, responsibilities, and objectives for the coming year. It covers all aspects of a consultant’s professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education and managerial responsibilities. It will provide a clear schedule of commitments, both internal and external and will include personal objectives, detailing links to wider service improvements and trust strategic priorities.
Person specification
Qualifications
* MBBS, MBChB or equivalent medical qualification
* MRCP or equivalent
* Evidence of a PhD or higher-level education
Entry Criteria
* Full Registration and a licence to practise with the General Medical Council (GMC)
* Entry on the General Medical Council (GMC) Specialist Register via one of the following:
* Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) (the proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of the interview)
* Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR)
* European Community Rights
* Broad exposure to medical diseases and their comprehensive management (acute and long-term conditions)
* Management of patients with multi-morbidity
* Experience in cross-speciality collaboration and/or liaison working
By submitting your application to Trac, you are giving your consent for parts of your application data to be transferred to the NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) and other secure, internal NHS Workforce systems. This is to support and manage your recruitment and employment within your employing organisation.
If successful, by completing your application form you authorise the Trust to obtain any previous NHS service details including all electronically held sickness information, via the Inter Authority Transfer process on the national ESR.
If the role requires a qualification/professional registration, you will need to provide proof during the recruitment process. By submitting your application you are giving the Trust permission to check the qualification certificates provided back to the source provider.
If you require the application form in an alternative format, please contact the Recruitment Team on 01743 492402.
In the event of a high response to this advertisement, this post will be closed. Early applications are advised.
Unfortunately, we do not accept CVs or keep them on file. If you are unable to apply online please contact the person named in the advertisement for the post you are interested in.
We are committed to offering an interview to all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the above position and will support reasonable adjustments wherever possible. In addition, whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from candidates who are male, from black and minority ethnic backgrounds or who have a disability, as these are currently under-represented in our workforce.
We are committed to offering an interview to applicants from the Armed Forces community who meet the minimum criteria for the position. In addition, for those who are successfully appointed from the Armed Forces community, the Trust is committed to recognising previous service and rank in terms of pay, annual leave and other terms and conditions.
We are committed to equal opportunities in employment. The policies and practices of the Trust aim to promote an environment that is free from all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the diversity of all people. At the heart of our policy, we seek to treat people fairly, flexibly and with dignity and respect.
We are committed to making the Trust a great place to work, where all staff can reach their full potential and bring their whole self to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and welcome and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people from an ethnic minority background are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
We aim to create a trusting, flexible workplace, that attracts talent and enables everyone to be their best working self. Many of our colleagues work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise a fair and equitable process that balances your needs, the needs of our patients and service delivery.
Thank you for your interest in The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, we look forward to receiving your application for employment.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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