Consultant in General Internal Medicine (GIM)

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

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Job summary

Consultant in General Internal Medicine (GIM)

Surrey & Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust are seeking to appoint a full time Consultant Physician in General Medicine to join an enthusiastic and established team of 6 consultants on the short stay units at East Surrey Hospital and to work in partnership with other Specialist Medical teams throughout the trust.

The successful applicant will form an expanded team of 8 full time equivalent Consultants in General Medicine taking it to full establishment and will be based at East Surrey Hospital. The service has been developed significantly over the last four years from 18 beds to four general medicine wards with total beds of 96 and its' onwards development is in line with RCP guidance across the trust. We are developing our outpatient service and we are now working closely with other specialty to create a new GIM clinics. Opportunities for special interests are available within the job plan including speciality clinic; Cancer, Diabetes and endocrinology, Infection Disease, Rheumatology, Ambulatory Emergency Care, Point of care ultrasound and Education

Main duties of the job

We are looking for applicants with a wide experience in Acute and General Medicine who also have excellent team-working skills with the abilities and professional skills to lead service developments in the Trust. We are keen to promote education and learning and provide a good educational experience to trainee. We would welcome those with teaching skills and help support applications for honorary teaching posts at our associated medical school.

For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

Provisional interview date: 12th December 2024 (subject to change)

About us

We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as 'Outstanding' and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:o Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021.o National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do.o We are rated the sixth highest trust in the South East and in the top 25% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment.

Date posted

09 October 2024

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£105,504 to £139,882 a year per annum (depending on experience)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

326-6549584-PN

Job locations

Surrey & Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Canada Avenue

Redhill

RH1 5RH

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information, regarding the role please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

Once you understand the requirements outlined in the advert, please ensure your application clearly reflects where you match them including any examples you would like to highlight.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information, regarding the role please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

Once you understand the requirements outlined in the advert, please ensure your application clearly reflects where you match them including any examples you would like to highlight.

Person Specification

Criteria

Essential

Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
A complete and accurate application
Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
Evidence of essential experience for role
Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration
Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the person specification

Person Specification

Criteria

Essential

Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
A complete and accurate application
Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
Evidence of essential experience for role
Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration
Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the person specification

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).