Consultant in Acute Medicine

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Main area: Acute Medicine Grade: Consultant Contract: Permanent Hours: Full time - 10 sessions per week (+ 1 PA On call) Job ref: 426-628-25MG

Site: The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Town: King's Lynn Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 per annum pro rata Salary period: Yearly Closing: 28/02/:59

Job overview

To ensure the continued delivery of high-quality care to patients within the trust and to contribute to the further development of the Acute Medicine service. To provide support and leadership to the Acute Medicine department nursing and medical staff.

The Acute Physicians are responsible for the areas listed below, will supervise junior staff and provide post take for patients on AMU and senior review for patients in Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) and Windsor Short Stay (WSS).

Main duties of the job

The appointed consultant would be expected to contribute to the ongoing service improvement programme developing:

• Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT)
• Implementing evidence based new ways of working when necessary

Working for our organisation

There's never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH. We're working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art hospital to open in 2030 and we are also carrying out one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we've ever undertaken.

At the QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across West and North Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs.

We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as 'Good', and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical
• To provide rapid assessment of acute medical patients.
• To stabilise and manage patients admitted with medical emergencies.
• To carry out post-take ward rounds during the week.
• To maintain effective communication and handover to the on-call team.
• To develop emergency services, liaising with other departments including Accident & Emergency, Psychiatry, Rehabilitation and Community Care, and developing specialty teams and fast-track services.
• To work in the Ambulatory Emergency Care unit to avoid admissions.
• To take part in the weekend General Medical on-call rota with colleagues, currently 1 in 18, as first on-call 8:30 till 20:30 and a second on call covers the wards from 9:00 till 14:30 at weekends.
Organisational
• Teaching and training of junior staff, medical students and other healthcare professionals.
• To act as clinical/educational supervisor to locally employed doctors and doctors in training programmes of a variety of grades and experience as appropriate.
• To actively participate in both departmental and Trust matters concerning Clinical Governance and audit.
• To provide leadership and support for the effective development of the service.
• To have responsibility for ensuring active participation in Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
• To further develop clinical protocols, guidelines, and concise care bundles.
• To carry out responsibilities with due regard to the Trust's Equal Opportunities Policy.
• To be aware of the responsibility of all employees to maintain a safe and healthy environment for patients, visitors and staff and attend all relevant health and safety training.
• To ensure that all duties are carried out to the highest possible standard.
• To carry out annual performance reviews with each member of their staff.
• To agree annual personal development plans with their staff and support them with any training or development requirements to fulfil their role.
• To attend all relevant management training in health and safety, risk assessment etc.
• To participate in personal objective setting and review, including the creation of a personal development plan and the Trust's appraisal process.
Additional Duties
This job description is not intended to be exhaustive but provide an indication of the range and complexity of the work to be undertaken.

Person specification Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification.
• MRCP Part 1 and Part 2 or equivalent experience.
• MD or PhD.

Experience

• Full Registration and a licence to practise with the General Medical Council.
• Entry on GMC Specialist Register; eligible for entry on Register or within six months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) at time of interview.
• Evidence of specific and broad training in Acute medicine and/or General medicine.
• Competence and expertise in Acute and General medicine.

Skills and Knowledge

• Clinically evaluates and manages a patient, formulating a prioritised differential diagnosis, initiating an appropriate management plan, and reviewing and adjusting this depending on the outcomes of treatment.
• Manages the difficulties of dealing with complexity and uncertainty in the care of patients; employing expertise and clinical decision-making skills of a senior and independent/ autonomous practitioner.
• Demonstrates key generic clinical skills around the areas of consent; ensuring humane interventions, prescribing medicines safely and using medical devices safely.

Applications are welcome from anyone who meets the criteria specified in the person specification regardless of age, gender, disability, race, ethnicity, religion, belief, sexual orientation or other personal circumstances. Only those applicants who demonstrate in the application form how they meet the criteria in the person specification will be shortlisted for interview. We not only recruit employees based on their qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who possess and can demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our core values (attached).

We offer our staff a wide range of benefits and support including:

• Flexible working opportunities
• Free counselling service
• Access to Wagestream - an app-based service that provides instant earned wage access
• Support and advice for staff affected by either Peri-Menopause or Menopause

Opportunity to join our Staff Networks which include: Armed Forces, REACH (Race, Ethnicity and Culture Heritage), Disability and LGBTQ+ networks.

We are committed to being a menopause friendly employer.

Please note due to high volume of applications for some posts, this post may close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.

Everyone within the Trust has or will shortly need to have a minimum level of skill for computer literacy for their day-to-day work as we become more digitally mature. Therefore all staff should be computer literate.

Team QEH are one of the most research-active organisations for our size in the UK, recruiting 2,188 in 20/21 and ranked 10/16 in the Eastern Region. We have a wide-ranging and diverse portfolio of clinical studies and also recognised as one of the fastest trusts in the country from set up to recruitment.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name: Dr Manoj Thomas Job title: Clinical Director - Acute Medicine Email address: Additional information: The hospital may be visited by arrangement with Dr Manoj Thomas telephone: