Consultant Physician in Acute Medicine
Job Description
Job summary
Applications are invited for a Consultant in the Acute Medicine Department at Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. This is an exciting opportunity for the successful motivated and enthusiastic candidate to join the team based at Leighton Hospital in Crewe.
This role comes with the opportunity for the successful applicant (should they wish) to spend two sessions to further develop interests in other areas which may include another specialty service or alternatively medical education, clinical governance and quality improvement, clinical leadership or research.
The successful candidate will be highly motivated with a passion to improve the quality of patient care. They will have strong communication skills and be an excellent 'Team Player'. They will value training and education.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be based at Leighton Hospital, Crewe in theAcute Medical Unit, Division of Medicine and Emergency Care.
The post is offered on a fixed term, full time, or job share basis; the job plan being intended for a full-time appointment with an opportunity to modify this if the post is offered on any other basis.
The successful applicant must have full registration with the GMC and continue to hold a License to Practice. Applicants must hold or be within 6 months of Specialist Registration or a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in Acute Medicine or General Internal Medicine with a specialist interest.
The vision of the Acute Medical Unit is to consistently provide a caring, professional, high quality, efficient clinical service for patients who present with an acute medical condition to secondary care from the community, Emergency Department or following a clinic attendance.
Our values, alongside professional codes of conduct, will empower staff to deliver a high quality service.
About us
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) provides good quality, safe and effective healthcare to the people of Cheshire and beyond. The Trust, which manages Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford, was established as an NHS Trust in April 1991 and became a Foundation Trust in April 2008.
We employ almost 5,000 members of staff, provide around 540 hospital beds, with a range of services including accident and emergency, maternity, outpatients, therapies, and children's health.
The Trust is also part of Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP), a unique local health partnership that provides a range of community services for people across South Cheshire and Vale Royal.
The Trust is one of a small number of hospitals nationally confirmed to be in an early phase of the national New Hospital Build Programme. This will result in the acute hospital on the Leighton site being completely rebuilt and operational by 2031, providing fantastic opportunities for development and transformation of elective and acute surgical services at MCHFT.
Job responsibilities
8 PAs (DCC): which includes 1.5 PAs to cover scheduled on-call work (identified as on-call on job plan timetable). 6-8 DCC dependent if specialty interest work of the successful applicant is considered to be DCC or SPA.
1 core SPA PA per week to support appraisal and revalidation. A second SPA is routinely offered to support service development, quality improvement and/or delivery of educational activity. The post also provides an opportunity for the successful candidate to undertake up to 2 sessions in an additional clinical or non clinical role of special interest to the candidate.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC Registration
- Entry on the GMC Specialist Register via: CCT (proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview) CESR or European Community Rights
- MBBS or equivalent
Desirable
- Additional higher degrees relevant to this post
- Other postgraduate qualification e.g. MD, PhD
- Qualified educational supervisor
Experince
Essential
- Extensive experience in Acute / General Internal Medicine
Desirable
- Other specialties will be considered but especially desirable would be Respiratory Medicine, Care of the Elderly/Frailty, Diabetes or Rheumatology
Ability
Essential
- Recognised ability to work within, and provide leadership to, the multidisciplinary team
- Effective communicator
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Flexibility of approach
- Commitment to clinical risk management and implementation of clinical governance
- Effective team leader
Audit and Research
Desirable
- Research leading to MD or PhD
Teachhing and Education
Essential
- Evidence to allow accreditation as a Consultant Clinical Supervisor for trainee doctors with the GMC
- Experience and interest in teaching both junior medical and non-medical staff
- Evidence of commitment to continuing professional development and lifelong learning
- Commitment to teaching
- Membership of Society of Acute Medicine
Desirable
- Evidence to allow accreditation as a Consultant Educational Supervisor for trainee doctors with the GMC
- Recognised teaching skills course
- Special interest in role development and staff training
- Membership of relevant medical associations/learned societies
Other
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively with patients and staff at all levels of the organisation
- Meets professional health requirements (in line with GMC standards in Good Medical Practice)
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
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Leighton Hospital
Middlewich Road
Crewe
CW1 4QJ
