Consultant in General Medicine

Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in the management of all in-patients under the care of your team.

Weekly Ward Rounds and MDT's on General Medical ward

Provide consultant support to AAU 5-9pm on a rotational basis (alternate weeks)

Undertake teaching and training of intermediate, junior staff, nursing and medical students on the General Medical ward.

To actively participate in both departmental and Trust matters concerning Clinical Governance and audit

To fulfil obligations relating to continuing medical education and professional development, appraisal and revalidation

Interviews to be held on Friday the 13th of December 2024

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Applications are invited for a Consultant in General Medicine at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. This is a full time Consultant post.

At West Suffolk Hospital the appointee will be expected to provide a clinical and administrative service in General (Internal) Medicine. A specialist interest is not required although it would be welcomed and supported. This service will be based on a General Medical ward or be responsible for Medical Outliers on Surgical wards during the winter months.

The in-patient beds will be shared with other consultant colleagues on designated wards.

The weekday working pattern starts at 09.00hrs until 17.00hrs Monday to Fridays. There are protected shifts for administration and SPA time (1.5PAs). The appointee will conduct regular ward rounds including board rounds as agreed on the Job Plan. There are several doctors in training based on the ward, including juniors at all grades and levels.

The Trust delivers services to patients seven days a week and aims to provide equality of treatment and outcome regardless of the day of the week. To meet these aims and changing service requirements, the Trust may need you either to work temporarily outside of your core hours or to permanently change your core working days and hours. The Trust will give you reasonable notice, where possible, of temporary changes to your days or hours of work and will consult with you and/or your staff representatives.

Consultant in General (Internal) Medicine

This is a full-time post based at West Suffolk Hospital. The post is funded for 10 PA’s.  The post-holder will join other consultant colleagues in the Medical Division.

Duties & responsibilities of the post

At West Suffolk Hospital the appointee will be expected to provide a clinical and administrative service in and General (Internal) and Acute Medicine. A specialist interest is not required although it would be welcomed and supported.

General Medicine

The in-patient beds will be shared with other consultant colleagues on ward G10. This is the General Medicine ward. The successful post holder will manage the General Medical patients on the ward.

The weekday working pattern starts at 08:30hrs until 17.00hrs Monday to Fridays.  There are protected shifts for administration and SPA time (1.5PAs). The appointee will conduct regular ward rounds including board rounds as agreed on the Job Plan. There are several doctors in training based on the ward, including juniors at all grades and levels.

The Trust delivers services to patients seven days a week and aims to provide equality of treatment and outcome regardless of the day of the week.  To meet these aims and changing service requirements, the Trust may need you either to work temporarily outside of your core hours or to permanently change your core working days and hours.  The Trust will give you reasonable notice, where possible, of temporary changes to your days or hours of work and will consult with you and/or your staff representatives about substantial permanent changes, but ultimately, these are changes which may be required of you.

Administrative

To produce, maintain and update departmental clinical management guidelines in line with evidence based best practice on a continuing basis.

The appointee will be encouraged to take an active role in any relevant Trust committees or sub-committees.

Educational Arrangements

The University of Cambridge Medical School Graduate Course is based at the West Suffolk, which led to the development of a new teaching complex. The appointee is expected to participate in teaching and training of medical students on the Graduate Course and the traditional Cambridge course, junior staff and other clinical staff groups.  The appointee will also have supervision responsibilities for junior medical staff within the specialty.

Supervision of the training of Junior Doctors in the Department will be required in accordance with their provisions of the Royal College of Physicians.  Contribution to grand round meetings in the Education Centre is encouraged.

If appropriate, the post-holder will be named in the contract of junior staff as the person responsible for overseeing their training and as an initial source of advice to such doctors regarding their careers.