Freeman Hospital

Employer heading

Consultant in Acute Medicine

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS hospital trusts in the country. We have around 16,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.7 billion.

With strong history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation regionally, nationally and internationally, we’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country.

As well as providing a wide range of hospital and community services, we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.

Job Overview

The role will be a full-time 10 PA post on Assessment Suite and the Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) unit at the Royal Victoria Infirmary as an Acute and General Medicine Consultant.

The successful applicant will join a team providing care to medical patients during their admission and managing others as out-patients through SDEC. The applicant will need to be to work in a fast-paced environment as part of a multi-disciplinary team. They will be part of an on-call team to provide care for our patients across a 7-day service. There will also be an opportunity to practice sub-specialty interest within the job plan. In addition to the challenges of the role, we can offer you a commitment to teaching, education, research and audit. Candidates for the post must be registered medical practitioners and on, or eligible to join, the Specialist Register within six months of the date of the Appointments Committee.

Main duties of the job

This successful candidate will join the current Acute Medicine consultant team in the day to day running the Assessment Suite and Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC). This will involve providing senior clinical decision-making early in patient pathways and supporting junior clinicians both in the acute setting and on a general medical ward. The role also involves supporting educational activities for the undergraduate and postgraduate trainees within the acute medicine department.

Working for our organisation

For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact: Dr Steve Parry on 07768554886, or via email at steve.parry1@nhs.net

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

• Clinical shifts will be split between Assessment Suite (a 50 bed acute medical admissions area) and Same Day Emergency Care (dedicated area proving same day care to around 60 patients a day) with additional ad hoc working into the Emergency Department.
• Morning shifts entail a ward round on Assessment Suite, and afternoon and on-call shifts involve working on Assessment Suite and SDEC with a constant review of new patients as they arrive on AS/SDEC as a senior clinical decision maker.
• AS/SDEC routine work is until 20.00 on some days, the successful applicant will be expected to work these pro rata to their clinical PAs.
• Sub-specialty interest work will be supported if practicable by mutual agreement
  
  

Person specification

Education, Qualifications And Specialist Skills

Essential criteria

• Primary Medical Qualification.
• Full GMC Registration.
• Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from the date of the AAC).
• CCT in Acute or General Internal Medicine
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Higher Degree.
• Special skills training in the specialty.
  
  

Clinical Experience

Essential criteria

• Evidence of experience in the specialty.
• Evidence of a substantial commitment to the specialty.
• Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion within the speciality.
• Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary centre.
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Experience in point of care ultrasound
  
  

Management and Administration Experience

Essential criteria

• Involvement with management and project leadership within the specialty.
• Evidence of involvement in authoring or reviewing clinical guidelines.
• An understanding of Clinical Governance.
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Proven management and administrative experience and understanding of management goals.
• Evidence of leadership / project management.
• Evidence of having implemented change.
• Experience in developing and implementing new technologies.
  
  

Teaching

Essential criteria

• Experience of supervising junior medical staff.
• Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
• Ability to teach clinical / technical / practical skills.
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills.
• Postgraduate qualification in medical education.
  
  

Research

Essential criteria

• Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology and publication of findings.
• Research/critical review of literature.
• Publications in the last five years.
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Higher degree.
  
  

Audit

Essential criteria

• Evidence of participation in audit.
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit.
• Evidence of having revisited the audit to assess improvement.
  
  

Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form

All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.

Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.

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Applicant requirements

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.

Documents to download

• Job Description (PDF, 679.9KB)
• Newcastle Staff Benefits (PDF, 274.4KB)
• Behaviour and Civility Charter (PDF, 93.8KB)
  
  

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name Victoria Cowan Job title HR Advisor Email address victoria.cowan2@nhs.net