Responsibilities
* Supervising and co‑ordinating the admitting medical team to optimise efficiency of the acute medical take in the hospital.
* Provide a prompt senior opinion/assessment of acutely ill medical patients.
* Take responsibility for ensuring that appropriate triage and management is arranged for each patient, determining whether discharge home is appropriate, and identifying seriously ill patients who need immediate medical intervention.
* Develop and embed a rapid assessment process across the floor, supporting nursing and medical coordinators throughout the day with acute take board rounds on the Acute Medical Unit to drive forward patient care and optimise patient flow through improved coordination and management of the medical take.
* Work closely with the AED team, the on‑call medical Specialist Registrars, the IMT and Consultant Physicians across the medical directorate to help support the management of the acute take.
* This post will be based within the Emergency Department.
Qualifications
* MB ChB or equivalent medical qualification.
* MRCP (UK) or equivalent.
* CCT in acute medicine or GIM (General Internal Medicine) (or within 6 months).
Desirable Criteria
* Additional post‑graduate qualifications, e.g. a CCT in acute Medicine.
* Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment.
* Appropriate knowledge base and ability to apply sound clinical judgement to problems.
* Demonstrates the necessary range, depth and breadth of competencies specified in the acute and general medicine curriculum and applying to this post, and ability to undertake robust audit / research within team structure.
* Demonstrates range of teaching techniques relevant to a variety of curricula.
* Appropriate UK professional registration.
About the Trust
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital and Royal Liverpool University Hospital. We are part of the NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 November 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Trust provides general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Our sites include: Aintree University Hospital – the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside, Broadgreen Hospital – home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, and specialist patient rehabilitation, and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital – the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatient care with 100% single bedrooms.
Equality, Diversity and Work‑Life Balance
The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from under‑represented groups (Black, Asian and minority ethnic, LGBTQ+, disabled, male and age 16‑24). We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible arrangements from day one of your employment.
Immigration and Sponsorship
Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are currently unable to offer right‑to‑work visa sponsorship for Band 2 and 3 roles with a salary of less than £25,000 pa. Applicants who meet the person specification may be shortlisted for interview.
Protected Activity and Safeguarding
We adopt the Merseyside Domestic Abuse workplace scheme to support staff who are experiencing domestic abuse or sexual violence. All staff must complete mandatory safeguarding training and adhere to the organisation’s safeguarding policies.
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