Job summary
ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY
DIRECTORATE OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
CONSULTANT IN ACUTE MEDICINE
REF. 317-CON-22-116
We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team.
The role will be a full time 7 PA post on the Assessment Suite and the Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) unit at the Royal Victoria Infirmary as an Acute Medicine Consultant. The successful applicant will join a team providing care to medical patients during the first 24 hours of their admission and managing others as out-patients through SDEC. Applicants should have (or be expected to get within the next 6 months) a CCT in Acute Medicine, or for pre-Acute Medicine specialty commencement, General Internal Medicine with relevant experience. The applicant will need to be to work in a fast-paced environment as part of a multi-disciplinary team. They will be part of an on-call team in order to provide care for our patients across a 7-day service. There will also be an opportunity to practice sub-specialty interest within the job plan.
For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact: Dr Steve Parry on 01912336161, or via email at: steve.parry1@nhs.net.
You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please complete the application form in full, ensuring that you provide references to cover the last 3 years.
Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification Document.
Main duties of the job
This successful candidate will join the current Acute Medicine consultant team in the day to day running of the Assessment Suite and Same Day Emergency Care. This will involve providing senior clinical decision-making early in patient pathways, supporting junior clinicians and providing consistent 7 day cover across the Acute Medicine department. The role also involves supporting educational activities for the undergraduate and postgraduate trainees within the acute medicine department.
In addition to the challenges of the role, we can offer you a commitment to teaching, education, research and audit.
Candidates for the post must be registered medical practitioners and on, or eligible to join, the Specialist Register within six months of the date of the Appointments Committee.
About us
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the most successful teaching NHS Trusts in the country. We have one of the highest number of specialist services of hospitals in the UK. With around 15,000 staff, the Newcastle Hospitals is one of the region's major employers. We have a long-standing reputation for high quality clinical care with our staff's commitment to excellence reflected in our consistent performance at the highest level. We are committed to being an "employer of choice" offering our staff superb benefits, looking after their wellbeing, and providing access to high-quality education, training, career progression and support which enables them to provide "healthcare at its best - with people at our heart".
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under-represented groups.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities:
Clinical:
- Clinical shifts will be split between Assessment Suite (a 50 bed acute medical admissions area) and Same Day Emergency Care (dedicated area proving same day care to around 60 patients a day).
- Morning shifts entail a ward round of set clinical area (12-21 patients) and afternoon and on-call shifts involve constant review of new patients as they arrive on AS/SDEC as a senior clinical decision maker.
- Sub-specialty interest work will be supported if practicable by mutual agreement.
Administrative:
- Clinical administrative work will ensure follow up of scans and results for patients under the care of the acute medical team.
- Provide senior medical leadership within acute medicine including complaint management, clinical governance and support strategic design of services
- Engage with Directorate Management team and other Directorates to design new clinical pathways
- Contribute to departmental morbidity and mortality meetings and regular departmental Consultant meetings
Research:
- Newcastle hospital is a large tertiary teaching hospital with a vast array of clinical trials. These will at times involve acute medical patients.
Teaching:
- Time is given within the job plan to support specialty interest relevant to acute medicine unit (eg POCUS, frailty, clinical specialty interest), educational activities for Internal Medicine Trainees, Foundation doctors, and higher speciality trainees or research with defined outputs.
- The candidate will be expected to supervise a variety of trainees and have the relevant qualifications to support this.
Flexibility:
In line with the Trusts core value of placing patients at the heart of everything we do, we are developing our service provision to be responsive to the needs of our patients. To meet those needs some staff groups will be increasingly asked to work a more flexible work pattern so that they can offer services in the evening or weekend. As a result any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern or working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities:
Clinical:
- Clinical shifts will be split between Assessment Suite (a 50 bed acute medical admissions area) and Same Day Emergency Care (dedicated area proving same day care to around 60 patients a day).
- Morning shifts entail a ward round of set clinical area (12-21 patients) and afternoon and on-call shifts involve constant review of new patients as they arrive on AS/SDEC as a senior clinical decision maker.
- Sub-specialty interest work will be supported if practicable by mutual agreement.
Administrative:
- Clinical administrative work will ensure follow up of scans and results for patients under the care of the acute medical team.
- Provide senior medical leadership within acute medicine including complaint management, clinical governance and support strategic design of services
- Engage with Directorate Management team and other Directorates to design new clinical pathways
- Contribute to departmental morbidity and mortality meetings and regular departmental Consultant meetings
Research:
- Newcastle hospital is a large tertiary teaching hospital with a vast array of clinical trials. These will at times involve acute medical patients.
Teaching:
- Time is given within the job plan to support specialty interest relevant to acute medicine unit (eg POCUS, frailty, clinical specialty interest), educational activities for Internal Medicine Trainees, Foundation doctors, and higher speciality trainees or research with defined outputs.
- The candidate will be expected to supervise a variety of trainees and have the relevant qualifications to support this.
Flexibility:
In line with the Trusts core value of placing patients at the heart of everything we do, we are developing our service provision to be responsive to the needs of our patients. To meet those needs some staff groups will be increasingly asked to work a more flexible work pattern so that they can offer services in the evening or weekend. As a result any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern or working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work.
Person Specification
Education, Qualifications and Specialist Skills
Essential
- Primary Medical Qualification.
- Full GMC Registration.
- Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from the date of the AAC).
- CCT in Acute or General Internal Medicine
Desirable
- Higher Degree.
- Special skills training in the specialty.
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Evidence of experience in the specialty.
- Evidence of a substantial commitment to the specialty.
- Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion within the speciality.
- Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary centre.
Desirable
- Experience in point of care ultrasound
Management and Administration Experience
Essential
- Involvement with management and project leadership within the specialty.
- Evidence of involvement in authoring or reviewing clinical guidelines.
- An understanding of Clinical Governance.
Desirable
- Proven management and administrative experience and understanding of management goals.
- Evidence of leadership / project management.
- Evidence of having implemented change.
- Experience in developing and implementing new technologies.
Teaching
Essential
- Experience of supervising junior medical staff.
- Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
- Ability to teach clinical / technical / practical skills.
Desirable
- Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills.
- Attendance on course to become an Educational Supervisor
Research
Essential
- Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology and publication of findings.
- Research/critical review of literature.
Desirable
- Higher degree.
- Publications in the last five years.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Alignment with the Trust's Core & Professional Behaviours.
- Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development.
- Committed to share in professional, managerial and teaching responsibilities necessary to fulfil the obligations of the Directorate to the Trust and its workforce.
- A commitment to personal / unit CPD.
- Ability and willingness to work the on-call rota.
- Ability and willingness to work a more flexible pattern of working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work.
Person Specification
Education, Qualifications and Specialist Skills
Essential
- Primary Medical Qualification.
- Full GMC Registration.
- Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from the date of the AAC).
- CCT in Acute or General Internal Medicine
Desirable
- Higher Degree.
- Special skills training in the specialty.
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Evidence of experience in the specialty.
- Evidence of a substantial commitment to the specialty.
- Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion within the speciality.
- Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary centre.
Desirable
- Experience in point of care ultrasound
Management and Administration Experience
Essential
- Involvement with management and project leadership within the specialty.
- Evidence of involvement in authoring or reviewing clinical guidelines.
- An understanding of Clinical Governance.
Desirable
- Proven management and administrative experience and understanding of management goals.
- Evidence of leadership / project management.
- Evidence of having implemented change.
- Experience in developing and implementing new technologies.
Teaching
Essential
- Experience of supervising junior medical staff.
- Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
- Ability to teach clinical / technical / practical skills.
Desirable
- Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills.
- Attendance on course to become an Educational Supervisor
Research
Essential
- Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology and publication of findings.
- Research/critical review of literature.
Desirable
- Higher degree.
- Publications in the last five years.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Alignment with the Trust's Core & Professional Behaviours.
- Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development.
- Committed to share in professional, managerial and teaching responsibilities necessary to fulfil the obligations of the Directorate to the Trust and its workforce.
- A commitment to personal / unit CPD.
- Ability and willingness to work the on-call rota.
- Ability and willingness to work a more flexible pattern of working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work.
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
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).
