Consultant - Acute Medicine
Job Description
Job summary
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is pleased to offer an exciting opportunity for a Consultant in Acute Medicine to join our enthusiastic, supportive, and forward-thinking team. This is an excellent time to join our service as we continue to expand, offering the successful candidate the opportunity to contribute meaningfully to the development of Acute Medicine within the Trust. You will be joining a well-established team of 12 WTE Acute Medicine Consultants delivering high-quality, patient-centred care across a 42-bedded Acute Medical Unit (AMU), a Consultant-led Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) service, and in-reach to the Emergency Department, with a rotational model across these areas.
Main duties of the job
Our service is underpinned by strong multidisciplinary working and close collaboration with specialty teams, including a 7-day cardiology chest pain in-reach service and an acute frailty service supporting referrals directly from ED and AMU. We also benefit from well-established 24/7 hyperacute stroke and primary PCI pathways with direct access, ensuring timely specialist care for our patients.
The post offers a 10 PA job plan (8 Direct Clinical Care and 2 Supporting Professional Activities) with flexibility by mutual agreement and participation in the general medicine on-call rota, incorporating a 1:8 weekend commitment with resident AMU ward rounds and non-resident on-call duties. The successful candidate will be expected to deliver high-quality, evidence-based care within a robust clinical governance framework, contribute actively to multidisciplinary team working to improve patient flow and outcomes, and support teaching, training, audit, and service development initiatives. There will also be opportunities to contribute to postgraduate education, appraisal of junior staff, and the ongoing strategic development of the service alongside clinical leadership.
We offer a supportive working environment with excellent administrative and secretarial support, dedicated office space, and a strong commitment to professional development and continuous improvement. A competitive relocation package is available for eligible candidates. Prospective applicants are warmly encouraged to visit the department to experience first-hand the collaborative culture and opportunities available within our Acute Medicine team.
About us
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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Job responsibilities
- To provide a high quality service in Acute Care with appropriate evidence based guidelines and clinical governance structure
- To contribute to the multi-disciplinary team working especially on the Acute Medical Unit to drive flow and enhance efficient acute medical care.
- To carry out medical teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required;
- To participate in the formal appraisal of junior medical staff in accordance with guidelines from the Royal College of Physicians and the Regional Postgraduate Dean;
- To contribute to postgraduate and continuing medical education activity including Continuing Professional Development
- To participate in medical audit on a regular basis and to help develop it;
- To provide information as required from time to time for legitimate management purposes, for example to support job planning, service development etc.
- To support the Chief of Service and the Associate Director for Acute and Emergency Medicine appropriate advice with regard to the development of services.
- To work within the framework of policies and procedures relevant to Medical and Dental staff.
- To participate fully in mandatory training as required and modified by the Trust from time to time and also in annual appraisal, job planning and revalidation procedures.
- The duties will be reflected in the job plan, which will be subject to review at least once a year.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MRCP (UK)
- CCT (or equivalent) in Acute internal medicine (or within 6 months of achieving at the time of application)
- Full GMC registration
Desirable
- SCE in Acute Medicine
- Other post-graduate degree MD/PhD
- FAMUS accreditation
Experience
Essential
- Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on a range of acute presentations in adult medicine
- Experience in managing acute medical patients on an AMU, ambulatory settings eg SDEC and MDT working
- Involvement in the unselected medical take
- Ability to advise on efficient and smooth running of acute medicine services
- Experience in leading a multidisciplinary team
Desirable
- Training in HDU/ICU medicine
- Experience of business planning
- Management experience/training
- Involvement in the design or delivery of ambulatory medicine, an AMU or augmented discharge pathways
Skills/mental ability
Essential
- Able to evaluate own clinical practice
- Able to demonstrate innotive thinking
- Good written and oral communication skills
- Ability to organise and develop service provision
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Frimley Park Hospital
Portsmouth Road
Frimley
GU16 7UJ
United Kingdom
