Job summary
PERMANENT CONSULTANT ACUTE MEDICINE
We are looking to recruit to a whole-time permanent Consultant, offering exciting opportunities for a highly motivated Medic to join a dynamic , rapidly expanding team delivering multidisciplinary acute care.
We believe this is an opportunity to join an established consultant team who lead from the frontline, supported by doctors in training from the Mersey deanery and a skilled nursing team, providing outstanding 24 hour care.
The successful candidate will help us to continue to develop medical services within the Trust which includes responsibility for not only the acute medical units but also same day emergency care unit.
There is the opportunity for a successful candidate to undertake 1-2 PAs of clinical work within an allied medical specialty. This will be negotiated during job planning with the Clinical Director.
The Acute & Emergency Medicine Care Group encompasses the specialities of Acute Medicine and Emergency medicine within the Division of Medicine at the Royal Liverpool Hospital.
All major clinical subspecialties are represented within the Division of Medicine (cardiology, respiratory medicine, gastroenterology, nephrology, diabetes & endocrinology, clinical gerontology, dermatology & allergy, rheumatology and infectious diseases & clinical pharmacology). Neurology is provided by the regional neurological centre (Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust) based at the University Hospital Aintree campus.
Main duties of the job
Acute emergency medical admissions are preferentially handled within the Acute Medical Unit (AMU), which is situated adjacent to the Emergency Department (ED) at the Royal Liverpool Hospital. This unit deals with the majority (over 90%) of the Division's total acute admissions, whether admitted via ED or through GP referral. The AMU currently has 66 beds, as well as a newly established acute assessment assessment area with 26 fully examination spaces. Approximately 40% of all admissions to the AMU are discharged to home directly from the unit. The median stay on AMU for all patients is in the region of 18 hours
Since opening in 2018 there has been a significant investment in the ambulatory emergency care service (AEC). There is a dedicated space to assess and manage patients requiring same day interventions as well as the facilities to bring patients back for assessment, allowing for safe and early discharge from hospital. There is also a virtual component to the work carried out on AEC allowing a more efficient way of managing our patients and reducing the number of trips to hospital.
About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
To hear more about our achievements click here https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/media/13089/1606-annual-report-booklet_final.pdf
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Job description
Job responsibilities
The AMU Consultants work very closely with the AED team, the on-call Medical Specialist Registrars and IMT and Consultant Physicians across the Medical directorate to help support the management of the Acute take.
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of main responsibilities etc.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The AMU Consultants work very closely with the AED team, the on-call Medical Specialist Registrars and IMT and Consultant Physicians across the Medical directorate to help support the management of the Acute take.
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of main responsibilities etc.
Person Specification
ACADEMIC & RESEARCH SKILLS
Essential
- Research Skills: Demonstrates ability to undertake robust audit / research within team structure.
- Teaching Skills: Demonstrates range of teaching techniques relevant to variety of curricula,
Desirable
- Degrees, awards, presentations, publications. Evidence of teaching and assessment skills.
Clinical Skills
Essential
- Clinical Knowledge & Expertise: Appropriate knowledge base and ability to apply sound clinical judgement to problems. Demonstrates the necessary range, depth and breadth of competencies specified in the acute and general medicine curriculum and applying to this post.
Application Completion
Essential
- ALL sections of application form FULLY completed according to written guidelines
Language Skills
Essential
- All applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English that are adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues
Fitness to Practice
Essential
- Is up to date and fit to practise safely
Eligibility
Essential
- oEligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment
- oMembership of Society of Acute Medicine
- oEvidence of achievement of competencies by time of appointment in line with GMC standards/Good Medical Practice including: oGood clinical care oMaintaining good medical practice oGood relationships and communication with patients oGood working relationships with colleagues oGood teaching and training oProfessional behaviour and probity oDelivery of good acute clinical care
- oEligibility to work in the UK
Qualifications
Essential
- oMB ChB or equivalent medical qualification
- oMRCP (UK) or equivalent
- CCT in acute medicine or GIM (General Internal Medicine) (or within 6 months)
Desirable
- Additional post-graduate qualifications. CCT in acute Medicine
Person Specification
ACADEMIC & RESEARCH SKILLS
Essential
- Research Skills: Demonstrates ability to undertake robust audit / research within team structure.
- Teaching Skills: Demonstrates range of teaching techniques relevant to variety of curricula,
Desirable
- Degrees, awards, presentations, publications. Evidence of teaching and assessment skills.
Clinical Skills
Essential
- Clinical Knowledge & Expertise: Appropriate knowledge base and ability to apply sound clinical judgement to problems. Demonstrates the necessary range, depth and breadth of competencies specified in the acute and general medicine curriculum and applying to this post.
Application Completion
Essential
- ALL sections of application form FULLY completed according to written guidelines
Language Skills
Essential
- All applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English that are adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues
Fitness to Practice
Essential
- Is up to date and fit to practise safely
Eligibility
Essential
- oEligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment
- oMembership of Society of Acute Medicine
- oEvidence of achievement of competencies by time of appointment in line with GMC standards/Good Medical Practice including: oGood clinical care oMaintaining good medical practice oGood relationships and communication with patients oGood working relationships with colleagues oGood teaching and training oProfessional behaviour and probity oDelivery of good acute clinical care
- oEligibility to work in the UK
Qualifications
Essential
- oMB ChB or equivalent medical qualification
- oMRCP (UK) or equivalent
- CCT in acute medicine or GIM (General Internal Medicine) (or within 6 months)
Desirable
- Additional post-graduate qualifications. CCT in acute Medicine
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.
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).
Additional information
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).
