Job summary
This role will be split 50/50 between Acute Medicine and Palliative Medicine, to provide a unique opportunity for those wishing to pursue a career in either specialty. Training needs will be discussed with an educational supervisor during an initial meeting, to take full advantage of the opportunities highlighted below.
Main duties of the job
Trust Doctor in Acute Medicine
Acute medicine at NSECH encompasses x2 Acute Medicine admission wards that work in parallel to the other specialty admission wards (e.g. respiratory, cardiology etc), plus a large Medical Ambulatory Care / SDEC unit.
The type of work to expect and learning opportunities:
Working on a busy acute medicine unit and medical ambulatory care (MAC) unit
Trust Doctor in Palliative Medicine
Northumbria Healthcare manages three district general hospitals, plus a specialist emergency care hospital (NSECH or The Northumbria), which all have liaison specialist palliative care teams, including Consultants and clinical nurse specialists who help manage patients with palliative care needs who are admitted to hospital.
The type of work to expect and learning opportunities:
You will primarily be working in the hospital liaison team or Palliative Care Unit alongside the multi-disciplinary team (clinical nurse specialists, physiotherapist, occupational therapist, chaplain and social worker) and under supervision of a palliative medicine consultant.
Your role will be to support the liaison team in the assessment and ongoing management of patients referred by other medical providers (wards or primary care teams). This includes a holistic assessment and frequently will entail joint visits with other members of the MDT (eg clinical nurse specialists).
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Acute Medicine: the type of work and learning opportunities to expect:
- Working on busy acute medicine units and our medical ambulatory care (MAC) unit.
- You will support our new telemedicine clinic on MAC.
Educational opportunities in Acute Medicine:
- Enhance your skills in taking a targeted medical history
- Understand how ambulatory care can contribute to safe admission-avoidance
- Gain confidence in communication skills with both patients and their families
- Understand team-working and leadership, and the roles of all members of the team
- Understand the role of investigations, and how urgently these investigations are needed.
- Learn to work and lead a multidisciplinary team
- Gain confidence with paracentesis, lumbar punctures and other procedures, and training resident doctors in these where appropriate.
- Development of diagnostic, management and communication skills
Palliative Medicine: the type of work and learning opportunities to expect:
- You will primarily be working in the hospital liaison team or Palliative Care Unit alongside the multi-disciplinary team (clinical nurse specialists, physiotherapist, occupational therapist, chaplain and social worker) and under supervision of a palliative medicine consultant.
- Your role will be to support the liaison team in the assessment and ongoing management of patients referred by other medical providers (wards or primary care teams). This includes a holistic assessment and frequently will entail joint visits with other members of the MDT (eg clinical nurse specialists).
- Communication with other professionals is critical in this role, and you will develop skills and knowledge regarding all aspects of a patients care pathway from diagnosis to the provision of end of life care.
- In addition, teaching skills (both informal and formal) to all healthcare providers will be an integral part of the role.
- There will be a range of diagnoses (both cancer and non-cancer) and patients of a range of ages
Educational opportunities in Palliative Medicine:
- Develop skills in taking a palliative medicine history and understand how this may be slightly different to other histories, and may differ according to setting (community vs hospital).
- Gain in confidence with communication skills with both patients and their families
- Understand team-working, and the roles of all members of the team
- Learn to work within a multidisciplinary team to provide palliative care for patients
- Develop an understanding of ethical and legal issues as they apply to Palliative Medicine
- Development of diagnostic, management and communication skills in palliative care
- There will be regular teaching from the consultants as well as opportunities to attend regional palliative care physician education meetings.
- The post holder will also have the opportunity to attend general medical education within the hospital
Working pattern
To be confirmed once appointed, but may include some evening working, and some weekend working. You will not be on the medical registrar rota or expected to do night-shifts.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Acute Medicine: the type of work and learning opportunities to expect:
- Working on busy acute medicine units and our medical ambulatory care (MAC) unit.
- You will support our new telemedicine clinic on MAC.
Educational opportunities in Acute Medicine:
- Enhance your skills in taking a targeted medical history
- Understand how ambulatory care can contribute to safe admission-avoidance
- Gain confidence in communication skills with both patients and their families
- Understand team-working and leadership, and the roles of all members of the team
- Understand the role of investigations, and how urgently these investigations are needed.
- Learn to work and lead a multidisciplinary team
- Gain confidence with paracentesis, lumbar punctures and other procedures, and training resident doctors in these where appropriate.
- Development of diagnostic, management and communication skills
Palliative Medicine: the type of work and learning opportunities to expect:
- You will primarily be working in the hospital liaison team or Palliative Care Unit alongside the multi-disciplinary team (clinical nurse specialists, physiotherapist, occupational therapist, chaplain and social worker) and under supervision of a palliative medicine consultant.
- Your role will be to support the liaison team in the assessment and ongoing management of patients referred by other medical providers (wards or primary care teams). This includes a holistic assessment and frequently will entail joint visits with other members of the MDT (eg clinical nurse specialists).
- Communication with other professionals is critical in this role, and you will develop skills and knowledge regarding all aspects of a patients care pathway from diagnosis to the provision of end of life care.
- In addition, teaching skills (both informal and formal) to all healthcare providers will be an integral part of the role.
- There will be a range of diagnoses (both cancer and non-cancer) and patients of a range of ages
Educational opportunities in Palliative Medicine:
- Develop skills in taking a palliative medicine history and understand how this may be slightly different to other histories, and may differ according to setting (community vs hospital).
- Gain in confidence with communication skills with both patients and their families
- Understand team-working, and the roles of all members of the team
- Learn to work within a multidisciplinary team to provide palliative care for patients
- Develop an understanding of ethical and legal issues as they apply to Palliative Medicine
- Development of diagnostic, management and communication skills in palliative care
- There will be regular teaching from the consultants as well as opportunities to attend regional palliative care physician education meetings.
- The post holder will also have the opportunity to attend general medical education within the hospital
Working pattern
To be confirmed once appointed, but may include some evening working, and some weekend working. You will not be on the medical registrar rota or expected to do night-shifts.
Person Specification
Experience / Qualifications
Essential
- MBBS or equivalent medical degree
- passed MRCP part 1 examination at time of application
- full GMC registration at time of application
- Completion of two-year Core Medical (CMT) or Acute Care Common Stem (ACCS) training programme or equivalence Foundation Programme or equivalent
- paid experience of working as a doctor in UK NHS
Desirable
- valid Advanced Life Support certificate (or ACLS equivalent)
- evidence of continued professional development related to Acute Medicine
- evidence of continued professional development related to Palliative Medicine
- previous paid experience working in Palliative Medicine as a doctor
- previous paid experience working in Acute Medicine as a doctor
Person Specification
Experience / Qualifications
Essential
- MBBS or equivalent medical degree
- passed MRCP part 1 examination at time of application
- full GMC registration at time of application
- Completion of two-year Core Medical (CMT) or Acute Care Common Stem (ACCS) training programme or equivalence Foundation Programme or equivalent
- paid experience of working as a doctor in UK NHS
Desirable
- valid Advanced Life Support certificate (or ACLS equivalent)
- evidence of continued professional development related to Acute Medicine
- evidence of continued professional development related to Palliative Medicine
- previous paid experience working in Palliative Medicine as a doctor
- previous paid experience working in Acute Medicine as a doctor
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).
