Job overview
We are looking to recruit a Locum Consultant in General Medicine at St Helier Hospital to work with our General Medicine team and engage closely as a downstream component of our Acute Medicine Department. Under close management and leadership of the Clinical Director, the general medicine service is undergoing development, and an additional appointee will play a crucial role in ensuring the continued success we have enjoyed over recent months in keeping with these developments.
The role is designed to provide a key interface with the Acute Medical Team with the potential to become an active component of the acute admissions pathway, helping to streamline patient flow through the AMU ward and onto specialty inpatient areas. This will help to maintain excellent patient care pathways with a focus on safe and effective high patient turnover.
These services represent a modernisation of our acute medical pathways, and the participating consultant should work closely with our speciality physicians to strive for excellent patient care. We recognise the importance of bringing specialty excellence into this service and as such wish to attract candidates looking to also maintain a specialty skill base.
Main duties of the job
Principle Duties of the Post
The principal duty of this post is to provide a comprehensive clinical service to patients.
1.To at all times, comply with the GMC’s guidance on ‘Good Medical Practice’ as amended or substituted from time to time.
2.To ensure that patient confidentiality is maintained at all times.
3.To undertake duties as defined within the attached job plan in so far as practicable and in agreement with your Clinical Director.
4.To be responsible and managerially accountable for the reasonable and effective use of Trust resources that you use and influence, and professionally accountable to the Medical Director.
5.On commencement to ensure personal attendance at the Trust’s corporate Induction (or arranged Consultant Induction).
6.To participate in the Trust’s Statutory & Mandatory training programme.
7.To be responsible for the Clinical Management of in and out patients under your care.
8.Review ward referrals either in person or to give advice to resident doctor members of the team
Working for our organisation
St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
On Call Arrangements
The post holder will be required to participate in the on call rota on a 1:16 basis
The on call rota is currently defined as Category B
Category A: this applies where the consultant is typically required to return immediately to site when called or has to undertake interventions with a similar level of complexity to those that would normally be carried out on site, such as telemedicine or complex telephone consultations;
Category B: this applies where the consultant can typically respond by giving telephone advice and by returning to work later, except in an unforeseen emergency.
Person specification
Values and Behaviours
Essential criteria
1. Put the patient first by being happy, helpful, caring, respectful and patient
2. Always taking opportunities to improve, encouraging excellence
3. Work as one team – communicate, collaborate and share
4. Respect each other by being polite, pleasant and listening
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
5. Hold a medical qualification or qualification registered with the GMC
6. Entry on to the Specialist Register or be within 6 months of obtaining CCT in geriatric medicine and general internal medicine
7. Appropriate higher medical qualification i.e. MRCP
Desirable criteria
8. MD or equivalent higher degree or evidence or relevant research
Clinical, Management & Administrative Experience
Essential criteria
9. High standard of clinical skill and expertise in General Medicine
10. Able to contribute to the full range of skills required for the on call rota for General Medicine
11. Audit/Research experience
12. Has attended a recognised management training event or will have such training on completion of CCT/CESR
13. Supervision of post-graduate trainees
14. Personal time management skills
15. Clinical Governance
16. Ability to organise inpatient and outpatient waiting lists
Desirable criteria
17. Familiarity within issues of service organisation and development
Teaching & Research Experience
Essential criteria
18. Experience of teaching undergraduate and post graduate trainees
19. Ability to teach clinical skills
20. Ability to contribute to change management
21. Ability to apply research findings to clinical problems
22. Ability to critically review research
Desirable criteria
23. Experience of teaching basic clinical skills to undergraduates/postgraduates
24. Experience of supervising junior doctors
25. Experience of teaching lay groups and other staff groups
26. Ability to supervise postgraduate research
Your recruitment team
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Your application
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Closing date
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Shortlisting
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Application feedback
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Safeguarding and DBS Checks
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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.
Application numbers
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Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
NameDr Mark Sutton-SmithJob titleClinical Director for Inpatient MedicineEmail addresson-Telephone number07501 048411