Consultant Physician in Acute Medicine

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for the post of Acute Consultant in the newly developed Same Day Emergency Care Unit at Royal Preston Hospital. The new unit has been developed after £1.9 million of investment which has been utilised to design and build a full new clinical area which the service will operate within. There has also been a further £2.5 million of workforce investment made which will create a fully established Same Day Emergency Care team.

This is an exciting new venture for at Royal Preston and we are now looking to build a substantial team that share the vision we have. The individuals must be enthusiastic and motivated, who has excellent leadership skills and the ability to problem solve, effectively communicate with patients and all members of the multi-disciplinary team. The team will be extremely fast paced and proactive.

Main duties of the job

Expansion of Acute Medicine is very high on the Trust's agenda to ensure delivery of effective and timely, seamless care to our patients.

The post holders will: -

• Provide direct input into the care of patients referred to Acute Medicine from GPs and the Emergency Department.
• Contribute to multidisciplinary teams and lead the co-ordination of patient care.
• Assume a continuous commitment for the care of patients, even if employed less than full-time and ensure that adequate arrangements are made for leave and off-duty periods.
• Promote high professional standards of clinical care for patients, both through direct patient care and by the maintenance of continuing professional development.
• Develop close links with General Practitioners operating in the area.
• Exercise the freedom to develop the services to reflect perceived priorities within available resources.

The post holder would be expected to work on acute medical units and ambulatory care unit across both sites of the trust.

About us

Our team is our work family. At Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, you will be working as part of a collaborative, friendly and caring team of incredible people who are committed to providing excellent care with compassion. We celebrate diversity, encourage everyone to contribute, and you are valued for who you are.

Our mission is to provide excellent care with compassion.

As a department, our desire to provide an excellent standard of care at RPH and CDH has fostered a great working relationship between our nursing and medical staff.

The job entails working in predominantly our medical assessment units and ambulatory areas with significant in reaching to our accident and emergency department.

Our acute medicine unit is an area for education and learning with medical students, advanced care practitioners, nursing staff, physician associates and other allied health care advisors working, learning and collaborating on a daily basis.

The Government have announced their intention to introduce the need for mandatory COVID vaccinations for all frontline patient facing roles (and those staff working in patient areas). This will come into effect from 1st April 2022. If you are appointed it is likely that your COVID vaccination status will form part of your Occupational Health assessment. If you would like further information on the vaccine and for ways to book this please visit www.nhs.uk.

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Preston & Chorley Hospitals

Sharoe Green Lane

Preston and Chorley

PR2 9HT

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Preston & Chorley Hospitals

Sharoe Green Lane

Preston and Chorley

PR2 9HT

Employer's website

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

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