Specialty Doctor Acute Medicine/SDEC

Job summary

Is General Medicine your 'thing'?

Want a role that excites you and involves you in decision making as part of a multi-disciplinary team? Then come and work at Rochdale Care Organisation where we have just the job for you.

We have exciting opportunities for a number of roles for Speciality Doctor within the medical specialities at Rochdale Infirmary and you will be an integral part of our multi-disciplinary team.

You will complement existing services through the provision of specialist knowledge and expertise in Acute Medicine. The main remit of the post is to play an active part in all aspects of the patient's medical care within the Acute Medical Wards and Same Day Emergency Care Unit.

Our forward thinking and community focused team in Rochdale uses a variety of new and interesting service models to deliver on The Alliance promise by providing award winning, patient-centred care and we are looking for like-minded professionals to join the ever growing team at Rochdale Infirmary.

Consultant training posts will also be considered depending upon the applicant's level of experience.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the role will be but not limited to:-

• Assessment of medical patients and agreeing a management plan for admission, onward referral or self management where applicable.
• Senior support to the junior medical team.
• Close daily working with the acute medicine team which consists of clinicians and allied health professionals.
• Undertaking medical procedures to include but not limited to Lumbar puncture, ascitic tap/drain
• Daily ward rounds review of patients

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our localpopulation by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closelywith local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential tomake a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our threecore values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scaleof the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so yourcareer can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can alsoaccess a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leaveallowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health andwellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a betterwork-life balance.We are currently in process of updating our values. For the latest informationaround our values and behaviours, please visit our careers websitewww.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk