About this role
Job summary
At Wexham Park Hospital, our Acute Medicine service is entering an exciting new phase of growth and development. Guided by our new Clinical Strategy, we are reshaping how we deliver acute and urgent care, creating more responsive pathways, strengthening our Acute Medical Unit (AMU) and Medical SDEC, and expanding consultant leadership across the front door.
We would be delighted to welcome a new Consultant in Acute Medicine to join our supportive and forward-thinking team of Acute Physicians - a group that values collaboration and takes pride in caring for both our patients and each other. Our 74-bedded AMU and dynamic Medical SDEC provide a strong foundation for high-quality care, and together we are committed to building on this success.
We are now looking for committed Acute Physicians to join us, bringing ideas and leadership as we continue to develop and expand our service.
Main duties of the job
The expansion will allow a restructure of the current working pattern below and therefore is subject to change, but the current roles and PA allocation is noted below.
The appointees will be provided with office space and excellent secretarial support.
The job plan will be offered as 10 PAs although there may be opportunities to increase or decrease the number of PAs by discussion and mutual agreement.
The 10 PAs will comprise follows:
Direct Clinical Care 8 PAs incl. weekend rota
Supporting Professional Activities 2 PAs
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 description 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).
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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 Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address Wexham Park Hospital
Wexham Street
Slough
SL2 4HL
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)