Job summary
We have an opportunity for an Acute Medicine Trust Doctor, based at Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital (NSECH).
This role will balance your clinical time between our busy Acute Medicine inpatient unit (AMU) and our Medical Ambulatory Care (MAC) unit (which delivers same-day emergency care or SDEC). Your training needs will be discussed with a Clinical Supervisor during an initial meeting, to take full advantage of the opportunities highlighted below. Our team of Acute Medicine Consultant Physicians come from a diverse range of clinical backgrounds, including Clinical Infection, Elderly Medicine and Critical Care.
Main duties of the job
The type of clinical work and learning opportunities to expect:
working on busy AMU and Medical Ambulatory Care unit
contributing to our "Hospital at Night" team, including covering Gastroenterology ward admissions overnight
Educational opportunities
Enhance your skills in taking a targeted medical history
Understand how ambulatory care can contribute to safe admission-avoidance
Gain confidence with communication skills with both patients and their families
Understand team-working and leadership, and the roles of all members of the team
Understand the role of imaging and investigations, and how urgently these investigations may be needed.
Learn to work and lead a multidisciplinary team
Gain confidence with paracentesis, lumbar punctures and other procedures, and training junior trainees in these where appropriate.
Development of diagnostic, management and communication skills
Attend / present interesting or challenging cases at our departmental meetings
consider Quality Improvement / Clinical Audit opportunities within our department
Working pattern:
To be confirmed at interview, but likely to be full-shift, including day shifts and twilight shifts in SDEC and AMU, with overall 1:13 cover as part of Hospital at Night team. During shifts in AMU and overnight, part of the hospital's cardiac arrest team.
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Our Acute Medicine inpatient ward works in parallel alongside the other NSECH specialty admission wards (e.g. respiratory, cardiology, gastroenterology and elderly medicine).
The AMU is our specialist in-patient ward for:
Diabetic emergencies
Toxicology
Acute oncology and complications of radiotherapy / chemotherapy
Undifferentiated sepsis
Neurology
acute Rheumatology
Acute Kidney Injury
Headache
We also look after our share of acute General Medical admissions. Every day there is shop-floor presence of Consultant Physician(s) from 8am-8pm.
Training needs will be discussed with an educational supervisor during an initial meeting, to take full advantage of the opportunities highlighted in the job description.
Person Specification
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of some aspects of Clinical Governance
Teaching
Essential
- Experience of, and commitment to, teaching undergraduate and postgraduate medical staff.
Desirable
- Experience of teaching basic medicine to undergraduates
Research, Audit and Clinical Governance
Desirable
- Evidence of experience of Clinical Research in Medicine
Communication, Skills and Abilities
Desirable
- IT Skills
- Presentation skills
Continued Professional / Personal Development
Desirable
- Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) relevant to Acute General Medicine
Qualifications
Essential
- MBBS or MBChB or equivalent
- Fully registered with the UK General Medical Council
- Completion of 2-year Foundation training programme or equivalent
- Paid UK NHS experience working as a doctor
- Valid Advanced Life Support (ALS) certificate (or equivalent)
Experience
Essential
- Paid experience of working as a doctor in UK NHS
- High standard of clinical skill and expertise in general medicine.
- Able to assess and review acutely unwell medical patients
Desirable
- Experience of some aspects of Clinical Governance
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital
Northumbria Way
Cramlington
NE23 6NZ