Consultant in Acute Medicine
Job summary
The post holder will join a successful and dynamic team that have helped transform Acute Medical Care at Royal Derby Hospital. Our vision is 'to be a pinnacle for best practice and patient care across our emergency and urgent care pathways.
We will integrate our services with the wider urgent care network to ensure patients receive the best care possible at the right time and in the right place'. The Royal Derby Hospital has secured significant funding to reconfigure and redesign our Emergency, Urgent and Acute Care Services to ensure we have the facilities and pathways to meet the changing needs of our patients.
We are expanding and redesigning our emergency department, collocating same day emergency care service, urgent care and primary care services. Our assessment units will be expanded and we will provide focus to frailty and mental health pathways. In this context we continue to aim to add further Consultants to our team.
Main duties of the job
Your clinical role will be working across the Medical Assessment Unit (MAU) Medical Same Day Emergency Care (mSDEC) and provide in reach to our Emergency Department (ED) at the Royal Derby Hospital . You will work 1:6 weekends. MAU is a 57 bedded unit.
When working in MAU for the day you will be one of a team of 3 Acute Medicine Consultants contributing direct clinical care to patients alongside the Junior doctor/ assistant clinical practitioner (ACP) workforce and ward MDT. We also work closely with all our medical specialities who provide Speciality Consultant In reach/Ward rounds 1-2 times per day, 7 days per week.
Our improved Same Day Emergency Care Centre was relaunched at a new on-site location during 2018 and has a dedicated nursing team and a junior doctor workforce. As part of rota commitments you will contribute to Consultant shifts in SDEC.
About us
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer: o Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership developmento On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.o A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes Key Facts about our Trust: o We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.o We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.o An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.o Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.o Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.o We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.o We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
Job responsibilities
We are looking for ambitious physicians, who want to transform clinical services, provide stimulating teaching, develop shop-floor research and deliver high quality care within the field of urgent care. You will be given support by working with dedicated ward-based multidisciplinary support teams, all based in our modern hospital facilities.
Our Trust is committed to "Getting it Right, First Time" as shown with the expansion of our medical teams, which have helped the Trust to gain national recognition for urgent care services. The post will be based at The Royal Derby Hospital, Derby but as a merged organisation, we expect flexibility to be able to work across all sites of University Hospitals of Derby and Burton Foundation Trust should the need arise.
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust will consider relocation expenses and enhanced Terms and Conditions on appointment, depending on previous experience.
Person Specification
Qualifications · Essential
MBBS or equivalent Full GMC registration with a licence to practice Evidence of entry on GMC Specialist Register or Be within 6 months of attaining CCT at time of interview and entry on GMC Specialist Register by date of commencement or evidence that the GMC is processing the Specialist Registration application (MUST be provided prior to interview) MRCP
Desirable
Postgraduate thesis - in any aspect of cliical medicine or education CCT in General (Internal) Medicine CCT in Acute Internal Medicine Clinical
Experience · Essential
Clinical training & experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT in General Internal Medicine Evidence of independent clinical practice Experienced in making clinical decisions & managing risk.
Desirable
Experience in Ambulatory Care Clinical training & experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT in Acute (Internal) Medicine. Experience of Same Day Emergency Care. Minimum 6 months NHS experience Teaching/Research
Experience · Essential
Evidence & experience of supervising and teaching resident doctors and medical students Experience of audit and management
Desirable
Specific Teaching qualification Publications in peer-reviewed journals Experience of teaching basic clinical skills to undergraduate Attended a recognised teaching training course Management and Administration
Essential
Experience of & commitment to clinical audit and/or Quality Improvement Projects (QIP) Evidence of relevant academic and research achievements relevant to the specialty
Desirable
Completed a management course for consultants Leadership experience Other attributes
Desirable
Transformation experience
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) . From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
