Job summary
Employer heading
Consultant in Acute Medicine
Consultant
Job overview
Do you have what it takes to be part of our Acute Medicine team? This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a newly developed and redesigned acute assessment unit as we complete the major expansion of our urgent care facilities.
The newly designed Acute Assessment & Frailty Unit is the last element of our “Ground Floor” urgent and emergency care model, a journey that began 5 years ago with the opening of our state-of-the-art Emergency Department and has been recently complimented by a newly installed CT and MRI suite.
The unit brings together acute medicine, with a high observation facility, a frailty unit, acute surgery and ambulatory care into one expansive facility. The facility will be further supported by a short stay acute ward, as well as a new 18 cubicle acute receiving unit, which will provide appropriate isolation facilities for the acutely unwell.
Main duties of the job
You will be based in the heart of the action within our vibrant Acute Assessment Unit, using your skills, knowledge and experience to provide rapid assessment of patients, supported by a full Multidisciplinary Team.
The hospital boasts an excellent Post Graduate Education Department as well as the Hull Institute of Learning and Simulation (HILS) offering practical skills rooms, ward areas, operating theatre and simulation suite all of which can be customised to the needs of the user. The successful candidates will be supported to develop their leadership skills and research interest and the Library and Knowledge Service provides access to over 10,000 texts both online and physically. To guide you the Trust runs a new consultant programme with the aim of supporting and mentoring new colleagues to challenge their leadership skills while guiding you through the myriad of new experiences and challenges.
Your interest in pursuing and developing a specialist interest outside of acute medicine will be fully supported. The Trust is fully committed to supporting the requirements for continuing education and professional development as laid down by the Royal Colleges. A personal development review will be undertaken to discuss any needs and on-going training once you join the team.
Working for our organisation
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more information on this vacancy please see the attached Job Description and Personal Specification.
Person specification
Professional Registration
Essential criteria
- Full Registration with the GMC
- On the GMC Specialist Register (or expected inclusion within 6 months)
Qualifications & Training
Essential criteria
- MRCP(UK) or equivalent qualification
- Valid ALS certificate
- SCE in Acute Internal Medicine
Desirable criteria
- Postgraduate degree: e.g. MD, PhD.
- Postgraduate qualification in Education or significant experience in post graduate training
Clinical Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable commitment to Acute Medicine
- Ability to offer sound clinical opinion on range of acute medical conditions
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
Desirable criteria
- Experience of delivering acute medical care in large, high throughput Assessment/ Admissions Units in the UK
- Experience in Ambulatory Care
Management and Administrative
Essential criteria
- Ability to manage and lead medical teams
- Ability to lead on smooth and efficient running of the unit
- Ability to organise, prioritise and manage high intensity workload
Desirable criteria
- Ability to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/delivery
Teaching, audit and research
Essential criteria
- Experience of supervising junior medical staff
- Committed to formal and informal teaching of medical staff, AHPs and medical students
- Evidence of participation in audit
- Ability to extrapolate clinical research evidence to care of individual patients.
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of having conducted a practice-changing audit
- Experience of teaching/training in clinical courses: e.g. IMPACT Course Faculty, ALS Instructor, ALERT Instructor
- Original peer-reviewed research publications
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Kirsten Richards
- Job title
- Consultant in DME
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01482 608732
- Additional information
Dr Sofia Sofronaidou
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