Consultant for Urgent and Emergency Care

Consultant for Urgent and Emergency Care

We are seeking to appoint 1.00 WTE Consultant Physician with an interest in Geriatrics within the division of Urgent Community Services to join our expanding team and department. We are expanding our clinical expertise to meet the demands of the Virtual Ward, Urgent Community Response Team, and Community Services including intermediate care beds.

We invite candidates who have a passion for leadership and want to be part of a dynamic team and are willing to work in a fast-paced and busy growing Community NHS Trust. You will join at a time as we grow our thriving specialist teams who have a special interest in development.

Main duties of the job

A key aim of this role is to provide consultant cover across our community services. This will include the provision of senior clinical oversight to the Urgent Community Response Team and the Virtual Ward services which are embedded within our Urgent and Emergency Care Community Service Division. This is a key leadership role to support the ongoing transformation of our admission avoidance and step-down service offer to the system, whilst working in key collaboration with our acute trust. This division of care also includes Integrated Discharge team, Minor Injury Units, Community Hospitals, and DAART (Diagnosis, Assessment and Rehab Team) services which enable integrated services to support patients' journeys.

About us

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford, and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting, and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.

Patients, carers, and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients, and the public to innovate and improve.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work-life/home life balance.

Job responsibilities

For further information on the role, please see the attached document entitled Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Full Registration with GMC.
• MRCP UK or equivalent.
• Specialist registration in Geriatric Medicine and General Internal Medicine or within 6 months of CCT.
• Eligibility for entry on General Medical Council (GMC) Specialist Register or entry within six months of interview.

Experience

• Familiarity with models of care delivery in community settings.
• Knowledge or experience in service redesign or development.

Skills / Knowledge

• Evidence of experience in providing clinical input into the administration of a department.
• Evidence of ability to lead within multi-disciplinary teams, ensuring high-quality care and colleague morale.
• Familiar with the current structure of the Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes.
• Organisational ability.
• Able to take responsibility and cope with stressful situations.
• Credibility and integrity.
• Ability to establish good professional relationships with others.
• Management experience and/or qualification in Clinical Leadership courses.
• Experience in service redesign.

Personal Skills

• Effective communicator, excellent presentation skills, able to work in a close-knit team and cooperate with all medical and paramedical staff.
• Ability to problem solve and manage workload and adapt and manage own stress in a rapidly changing NHS environment.
• Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit. Must have undertaken and completed audit projects or service evaluations.

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.