About this role
Job summary
The Vague Symptoms/Weight Loss service is vital for the smooth running of our clinical pathways at West Suffolk Hospital. Patients referred to this service may be seeing unexplained symptoms such as weight loss - requiring rapid specialist treatment due to indications of cancer. There are distinct criteria for patients to be referred, where they wouldn't necessarily fit into other specialty pathways.
The service will be managed collaboratively with an existing consultant and will bring exceptional leadership qualities.
Specialty Doctor pay scale: £63,696 - £102,689 pro rate per annum.
Consultants pay scale: £113,565 - £150,569 pro rata per annum.
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Main duties of the job
o Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in the management of all patients under your care
o To work with the Multi Symptom Diagnostic clinicians, (Dr Sharpstone) to achieve and maintain access and waiting time targets for the service.
o To share with colleagues the responsibility for the management and development of the Vague Symptoms service.
o Teaching and training of intermediate, junior staff, nursing staff and medical students
o To actively participate in both departmental and Trust matters concerning Clinical Governance and audit.
o To have responsibility for ensuring active participation in continuing professional development (CPD).
o Post will be 1.5 PAs. This includes one session for clinic per week, alongside one session for admin/SPA relevant to the service.
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About us
#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.
With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?
Job description Job responsibilities
As outlined in the description of the service this clinic is part of a wider ICS (Integrated care System) project which involves, working in collaboration with the ESNEFT Multidisciplinary Diagnostics Service (MDS). Within the West Suffolk Foundation Trust this service currently sits within Gastroenterology. There are plan for this to move to sit under the remit of The Trusts Cancer Team, once all the management personnel have been employed here and within the ICS.
This opportunity has been created to help in the development of the WSH Multi Symptom Diagnostic Service, working in collaboration with the ESNEFT Multidisciplinary Diagnostics Service (MDS).
This service is for patients who have vague symptoms that may indicate a cancer diagnosis or other serious pathology. There are clinical pathways and criteria for patients to be referred into this clinic who dont fit other pathways but may have features indicating underlying malignancy. These include unexplained weight loss, gut feel for malignancy, raised inflammatory markers. This service will provide a model of prompt patient triage; coordinated access to diagnostic tests; second follow up appointment or telephone consultation resulting in rapid specialist referral or patient discharge. The post holder will work collaboratively with Dr Sharpstone in the running and management of this service. You will undertake new and follow up consultations of patients referred to the service in accordance with agreed guidance. This will be based at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust.
It is envisaged that you would provide leadership in developing the service as well as the day-to-day clinical input supported by both expert nursing and administrative staff. You will be supported further by a team that reports to the ICS Cancer Board that provides the strategic oversight and steer according to the emerging national picture of rapid diagnostic services going forward.
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Person Specification
Qualifications and Special Training Essential
Full GMC registration and hold a license to practice. MRCP or equivalent
Desirable
Eligible for entry (within 1 year) to the specialist register at the time of interview via CCT or CESR
Experience Essential
An accredited consultant or primary care physician with significant experience of cancer care
Desirable
An accredited consultant or primary care physician with extensive experience of other long term health conditions Leading service re-design
Knowledge and Skills Essential
Cancer and other long term health conditions, their presentation and initial management National and local cancer strategy Audit and research methodology Effective communication skills with patients, colleagues, managers and all staff
Desirable
QI methodology
Teaching and Training Essential
Ability to teach clinical skills
Management & Audit Training Essential
Ability to organise and manage day to day service delivery e.g. out-patient priorities Ability to manage and lead strategic developments in service delivery Experience of audit management Ability and willingness to work within the Trust and NHS performance framework and targets
Personal Skills and Qualities Essential
Good personal interactive communications skills: clarity of expression and purpose The ability to work as a team member Acceptance of management and administrative duties by working within a structured hospital team for the greater good Enquiring, critical approach to work Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies Commitment to Continuing Medical Education and the requirements of Clinical Governance The ability to communicate with clarity and intelligibility in written and spoken English; ability to build rapport, listen, persuade, negotiate. All applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English that are adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues which could be demonstrated by one of the following:- - PLAB 1 - PLAB 2 If applicants believe that they have adequate communication skills, but do not fit into one of the examples they need to provide evidence
Desirable
Has ability to travel to rural locations
Appraisal Desirable
To have training and experience in appraisal systems
Research & Publications Essential
Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
Clinical Governance Essential
To have a broad understanding of all elements of, and a commitment to the principles of Clinical Governance
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.
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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 West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
Address West Suffolk Hospital
Hardwick Lane
Bury St. Edmunds
IP33 2QZ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.wsh.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)