Consultant in Acute Medicine

Job summary

Have you got a passion for delivering high-standard patient care? Are you able to set strategy and direction to ensure that the acute medical services that we provide to our people (staff and patients) is exceptional? The Trust has recently put significant investment into Acute Medicine and so we are looking for at least five Consultants to join our team and help to transform our acute medicine services.

Our Acute Medicine service is based in some new outstanding facilities in the on-site SDEC and Clinical Assessment Unit, adjacent to our Emergency Department, Older Person's Assessment Unit and on-site Urgent Treatment Centre.

You will benefit from a 7 DCC / 3 SPA job plan and will self-roster in consultation with colleagues to fill the agreed rota template. If you have a particular area of specialist interest that you are keen to develop which supports our strategy then we will be happy to work with you to facilitate this.

Applications will be considered from colleagues interested in either full time or part time job plans and Consultant or Specialist roles.

To arrange a visit or for an informal chat about the post. Please contact Dr Charles Johnson (Divisional Director) Charles.johnson4@nhs.net , Dr Visa Subbian (Acute Medical Consultant) visalakshi.subbian@nhs.net or Nada Willieme (General Manager) nada.willieme@nhs.net

INTERVIEW DATE: 07/10/2024

Main duties of the job

Deliver Clinical, Educational, Managerial Services of the highest professional standard at Consultant Level to the Department

Work with existing consultants and the multi-disciplinary team to provide a high quality well-led service for patients of Ashford & St Peter's, including the diagnosis, investigations, treatment, and management of patients, in accordance with Trust policies and practices.

Deliver Direct Clinical Care to patients, through all parts of the Department assisting clinical decision-making and sharing equally in the workload.

The Consultant team will provide comprehensive senior clinical cover to the Department.

Assessment of patients

Provide consultant cover in ward rounds, oversight of assessment areas, and multi-disciplinary team meetings.

Consultants will be expected to review all potential admissions and develop rapid assessment triage strategies to ensure early investigations and disposition of patients is achieved.

Have a continuing responsibility for the care of patients in his/her charge, ensuring safe handover as appropriate.

Engage fully with the care of patients outside the department and provide a prompt opinion on request from consultant colleagues in other specialties.

Engage with medical, nursing, management, and all relevant co-workers in the delivery of department objectives: to provide clinical leadership, improve the patient experience; ensure the highest quality clinical care.

About us

Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.

Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.

We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.

Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at ASPH. We are committed to providing continuous professional development and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.

We are expanding our theatres at Ashford Hospital and moving towards this becoming our dedicated elective centre. We want to create a state-of-the-art centre for excellence for planned surgical procedures.

We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:

• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
• On-site Nurseries
• On-site staff cafes
• On-site parking
• Support in career development
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including wage stream, lease cars, Cycle to Work schemes and home electronics

Adverts may close early, so applicants are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

For more information about a career at ASPH please visit:www.asph-careers.org

Employer details

Employer name

Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Peter's Hospital

Guildford Road

Chertsey

KT16 0PZ

Employer's website

https://www.ashfordstpeters.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Peter's Hospital

Guildford Road

Chertsey

KT16 0PZ

Employer's website

https://www.ashfordstpeters.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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