Job responsibilities
JOB TITLE: Consultant in Acute Medicine
EMPLOYMENT STATUS: Substantive
PROFESSIONALLY ACCOUNTABLE TO: Group Medical Director
MANAGERIALLY ACCOUNTABLE TO:Chief of Service for Medical Services
SALARY SCALE: Consultant £102,090.28 - £152,196.88
(Dependent on experience)
BASIC PROGRAMMED ACTIVITIES: 10
LIEU PAs: 0
TOTAL PROGRAMMED ACTIVITIES: 10
ON-CALL COMMITMENT: 1:8
Health & Community Services is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and dynamic substantive Consultant in Acute Medicine.
The successful candidate will have broad experience of acute inpatient care and Ambulatory Emergency Care.
The applicant will predominantly work within the Acute Assessment Unit at Jersey General Hospital which consists of a 25 bedded inpatient area inclusive of a 5 bedded enhanced care area. There is also an adjacent 6 space Ambulatory Emergency Care Unit.
The successful candidate joins at a pivotal point of transformation of acute care within Jersey General Hospital with the formation of the Acute Assessment Unit within a new location at the hospital.
Medical/Secretaries/Offices
There is allocated medical secretary for Acute Medicine
The consultant has shared office space with IT facilities.
Clinical Duties
Build & develop a service of excellence for acute medicine which includes, Acute Assessment Unit, Enhanced Care Area & Ambulatory Emergency Care
To work in close partnership and liaison with Primary Care and other specialist services.
To undertake inpatient management of acute medicine patients
Participation on the general medicine on-call rota
Where a specialist interest applies, undertake outpatient clinics within this speciality
Undertake ward rounds & board rounds within the Acute Assessment Unit
Undertake ward rounds & develop the Enhanced Care Area
Undertake ongoing senior medical reviews of patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit in liaison with the Intensive Medicine Physicians & Anaesthetists
To provide clinical advice & support to primary care colleagues to promote the management of patients within primary care setting
To provide clinical advice & support to other consultants within Health & Community Services medical model
To deliver personalised, evidence informed medical care plans to all patients that are appropriately documented and regularly evaluated.
To provide advice and timely medical reviews and interventions as part of the interdisciplinary model of care.
To participate and attend relevant services MDTs
To liaise with tertiary referral centres as appropriate to provide patient centred care & service improvements
Maintain good quality up to date medical records including timely discharge letters and summaries.
To ensure appropriate documentation and coding is used to provide consistent audit and monitoring of the service.
To adhere to local prescribing guidelines.
The post holder should be adaptable, flexible and innovative in order to meet the ongoing challenges within the service. The responsibilities of the role may change from time to time
To comply with infection prevention & control requirements including the latest COVID-19 guidance and policies.
Leadership & Management
Take part in management and audit activities to support the Care Group Leadership team & Public Health in planning for services and ensuring the service meets key performance indications including excellent patient care.
The post holder will be expected to take part in management and audit activities and represent the service at Hospital meetings, as agreed with colleagues.
The post holder will be expected to be fully involved in a Risk Management programme [MR1] and support the Governance agenda.
Represent the service at Hospital meetings, as agreed with colleagues.
Teaching and Research
The department is recognized for junior doctors from the Wessex deanery and medical students from Southampton and active teaching is encouraged in this role. It is expected that the post holder is participating in the training of Medical staff and that the candidate will ensure that the training and learning needs are identified and facilitated. This includes educational support for the clinical fellows recruited directly to Health & Community Services.
The post holder should deliver training to a range of professionals across the multi disciplinary team in stroke medicine to create a service of excellence for Jersey.
Opportunities for participating in research are supported when appropriate. The Health & Community Services has a policy for professional leave and is supportive of external duties for the good of the wider profession.
The appointee will take part in the General Medicine on-call rota of one in eight however this will be in line with the development of the service provision according to the Jersey Care Model & Medical Services Medical Model.
During the on-call the consultant will cover all medical inpatients in the event deterioration or medical emergencies. For weekday on-call a post take ward round is undertaken at 5pm, the following morning the on-call consultant is only required to post-take patients who are not on the Emergency Assessment Unit. During weekends and bank holidays the consultant will undertake post take ward rounds and discharge ward rounds in line the medical model at 8am & 5pm.
Weekday on-calls operate 8am-8am the following day. Weekend on-calls operate from 8am on Friday to 8am Monday.
The speciality of Acute Medicine is
based at Jersey General Hospital within the Emergency Assessment Unit.
The consultant establishment for Acute
Medicine is:
Vacant Post, Consultant Acute Medicine
+/- specialist interest (this post)
Dr Kashmyree Dabeedin, Consultant Acute
Medicine and Clinical Lead
Dr Petra Schinle, Consultant Acute
Medicine with Respiratory Medicine interest
Dr Jessica Vaz, Consultant Acute
Medicine with Rheumatology interest
In addition Acute Medicine has the
following junior doctor allocation
2x Full Time Staff Grade in Acute
Medicine
2x Full Time Clinical Fellows
1x Foundation Year 2
2x Foundation Year 1