Acute medicine at East Sussex healthcare Trust is an innovative service with a strong ethos of collaborative multidisciplinary team working. Our Acute Assessment Unit and Same day Emergency Care are co-located in close proximity to the Emergency Department. Considerable investment supports the progress and development of acute medicine, including 7 day working. We would support candidates with a special interest, or indeed to develop one.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant would primarily be working across the Acute Medical Unit and Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) in collaboration with colleagues from the Emergency Department, Frailty and other medical specialties. DCC will comprise of ward rounds of all patients in the acute medical unit and continuous post take ward round during the working day. The on- call physician performs a mid-take ward round, and post take in the emergency department as required. Our SDEC currently supports around 35% of the non-elective take and operates during the hours of 8-8pm 7days per week.
About us
A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto-enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to nurseries at EDGH and Conquest, staff restaurants and on-site staff accommodation.
In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme which is available to staff 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Onsite parking is available from around £30 a year.
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Job responsibilities
Please refer to the job description attached.
If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact us.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* MB BS or equivalent
* Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians
* MD or equivalent
* eSCE in acute Internal Medicine
Registration
* Full Registration with GMC
Training and experience
* Wide experience in all aspects of General (Internal) Medicine.
* Experience in setting up an ambulatory care service or in other relevant medical specialities
* Completion of courses relevant to chosen specialties.
* Ability to develop a specialty or subspecialty interest within the field of Acute Internal Medicine, which complements those of the current team.
Administration & Management
* Evidence of participation in management
* Understanding of recent initiatives and changes, including Clinical Governance and Appraisal
* Management and / or leadership experience
Audit & Research and Publications
* Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit and quality improvement
* Understanding of the role of research
* Publication of audit projects
* Experience of clinical research culminating in presentation and publication of original studies, review articles, etc, relevant to speciality
* Ability to lead clinical research projects
Personal skills and personal attributes
* Effective communicator, able to work in a multi-disciplinary team
* Familiarity with information technology and ability to use the Microsoft office package.
* Ability to work with colleagues in other specialities to develop local services.
* Professional attitude towards work and good record of attendance
* Advanced presentation skills
* Demonstration of initiated projects
* Driving Licence
Teaching
* Experience in teaching medical students, nursing staff and other professional groups
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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