Job summary
There's never been a better time to join the Acute care medical team.
The successful candidate will be Working closely with the Care Group Triumvirate - Matron, Clinical Director, and Care Group Manager, to be operational responsible for Ambulatory Emergency Care Department. To ensure there is effective day-to-day clinical and managerial leadership at all times within Acute Medicine. Specifically:
To work closely with colleagues in ED/Community Division, UTC etc identifying areas for improvement and opportunities for closer working and streamlined pathways, ensuring patients are seen in the right place first time
This post comes with many benefits and includes an attraction package please see attachment for further information.
Main duties of the job
- To plan, organise, direct and co-ordinate consultant, middle grade and junior doctor activities within the assigned Care Group
- To be responsible for the operational delivery of the acute medical services working closely with the Matron and Care Group Manager to continuously identify areas for improvement and the streamlining of processes.
- To ensure the department is safely staffed and delivering safe, high quality care at all times.
- To actively manage the Care Group Risk Register, Governance agendaensuring complaints, SI's, RCA's are addressed and actions and learning are disseminated across the Care Group
- To ensure the clinical leads for Mortality, Governance, Rota Co-ordinator Quality and Audit , teaching and sims lead and sepsis and deteriorating patient lead are working effectively
- To be actively involved in the recruitment of medical and ACP staff
- To work closely with the Clinical Director regarding strategic planning for the department
About us
We are an integrated organisation providing both community and hospital services within the local health economy with a combined total income of just over £220 million. The Trust directly employs more than 4,000 staff making it one of the largest employers in Walsall.
Walsall Manor Hospital same day emergency care (SDEC) has been Ranked 2nd in the country since June 2020.
The Hospital is currently in the process of designing a new £36m Emergency care department that will include a 37 bedded Acute Care medical unit with state of the art equipment and an enhanced Ambulatory care department .We expect this work to be completed by summer 2022.
The Acute care Consultant is pivotal in the department offering both clinical and team leadership. Working as part of team of Higher Specialty trainees, Middle Grades, ACPs, Junior Doctors: GPVTS, FY2's, FY1's and a skilled nursing team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main duties of the job
- To effectively deploy medical staff to ensure cost effective use of resources to deliver safe, high-quality services delivering the best achievable patient experience in line with Trust objectives with the Care Group.
- Ensure there are clear line management arrangements in place for all consultants, non-consultant career grade doctors and junior medical staff within the discipline in accordance with current HR policy.
- To ensure all medical staff undergo appropriate CPD and mandatory training in line with Trust policy and GMC/Royal College requirements.
- Ensure all doctors maintain their validation with the GMC and report any potential issues to the Medical Director in line with GMC standards.
- Ensure annual appraisals are undertaken in line with Trust policy. To ensure that there are appropriate appraisers trained within the Department.
- Ensure job-planning is undertaken annually or when there is a change in service need.
- Ensure Allocate is updated and all leave requests are approved/declined within the allotted timescales.
- Support the medical staff in early planning of leave requirements ensuring continuity of Safe, High Quality Patient Services.
- To ensure appropriate high-quality training for doctors, in collaboration with Clinical Tutor and College Tutor and safeguard the working environment of doctors in training.
- Ensure consultants are appropriately trained to supervise the trainees.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main duties of the job
- To effectively deploy medical staff to ensure cost effective use of resources to deliver safe, high-quality services delivering the best achievable patient experience in line with Trust objectives with the Care Group.
- Ensure there are clear line management arrangements in place for all consultants, non-consultant career grade doctors and junior medical staff within the discipline in accordance with current HR policy.
- To ensure all medical staff undergo appropriate CPD and mandatory training in line with Trust policy and GMC/Royal College requirements.
- Ensure all doctors maintain their validation with the GMC and report any potential issues to the Medical Director in line with GMC standards.
- Ensure annual appraisals are undertaken in line with Trust policy. To ensure that there are appropriate appraisers trained within the Department.
- Ensure job-planning is undertaken annually or when there is a change in service need.
- Ensure Allocate is updated and all leave requests are approved/declined within the allotted timescales.
- Support the medical staff in early planning of leave requirements ensuring continuity of Safe, High Quality Patient Services.
- To ensure appropriate high-quality training for doctors, in collaboration with Clinical Tutor and College Tutor and safeguard the working environment of doctors in training.
- Ensure consultants are appropriately trained to supervise the trainees.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oBasic Medical degree
- oFull MRCP or equivalent
- oEntry on the GMC Specialist Register via:-
- oCCT (Proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview)
- oEuropean Community Rights or oCESR
- oCurrent ALS qualification, i.e. within the last 3 years or requirement to obtain within 3 months of appointment
Clinical Experience
Essential
- oEvidence of Higher Specialist Training in Medicine
- oWide experience in Acute Medicine
Professional and Multi-disciplinary team working
Essential
- oAbility to work collaboratively with colleagues and within a multi-disciplinary team
- oAbility to develop effective working relationships on an individual and multi-professional team basis with all levels of staff
Clinical Effectiveness
Essential
- oExperience of conducting clinical audit/ QI project
- oAbility to use the evidence base and clinical audit to support decision-making, prompt decision making and handling of complaints.
Research, Innovation and Service Improvement Experience
Essential
- oAbility to teach clinical skills to medical staff/students and other disciplines
- oAn understanding of the current NHS environment, particularly in relation to reforms, initiatives and issues
- oPrevious teaching experience
- oEvidence of research experience & published work
Personal Circumstances
Essential
- oFull GMC Registration with Licence to Practice
- oAppropriate Immigration Status
- oGood communication skills
- oMust be able to communicate in written and spoken English
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oBasic Medical degree
- oFull MRCP or equivalent
- oEntry on the GMC Specialist Register via:-
- oCCT (Proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview)
- oEuropean Community Rights or oCESR
- oCurrent ALS qualification, i.e. within the last 3 years or requirement to obtain within 3 months of appointment
Clinical Experience
Essential
- oEvidence of Higher Specialist Training in Medicine
- oWide experience in Acute Medicine
Professional and Multi-disciplinary team working
Essential
- oAbility to work collaboratively with colleagues and within a multi-disciplinary team
- oAbility to develop effective working relationships on an individual and multi-professional team basis with all levels of staff
Clinical Effectiveness
Essential
- oExperience of conducting clinical audit/ QI project
- oAbility to use the evidence base and clinical audit to support decision-making, prompt decision making and handling of complaints.
Research, Innovation and Service Improvement Experience
Essential
- oAbility to teach clinical skills to medical staff/students and other disciplines
- oAn understanding of the current NHS environment, particularly in relation to reforms, initiatives and issues
- oPrevious teaching experience
- oEvidence of research experience & published work
Personal Circumstances
Essential
- oFull GMC Registration with Licence to Practice
- oAppropriate Immigration Status
- oGood communication skills
- oMust be able to communicate in written and spoken English
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).
