Consultant in Acute Medicine

Working Full time: 10 sessions per week We are inviting applicants to join an expanding team of Acute Medicine Consultants who are interested in progressing our journey of service development and innovative working within Acute Medicine. Acute Medicine works closely with the Emergency Medicine team and all Medical Specialities, and you will be involved in the development of clinical processes to improve patient outcomes and experience.

The successful applicant, along with the other Acute Medicine Consultants, will be responsible for the care of patients on our Acute Medicine Unit and Acute Medicine Assessment Centre (Assessment and SDEC/Ambulatory care). You will be supported by a full multi-disciplinary team, which includes a junior medical team and Advanced Nurse Practitioners. The Trust has a strong Medical Education department, and the post holder would have a significant educational role, particularly in educational supervision of our IMT doctors and students.

Applicants should be able to demonstrate extensive experience in Acute Medicine and we would entertain applicants seeking to work in Acute Medicine and another specialty.

• Leading ward rounds on the AMU, supporting junior doctors and the multidisciplinary team.
• Post taking patients within ED and SDEC.
• Supervision of patients returning to SDEC (ambulatory clinic).
• Acute Medicine outpatients.
• Educational and clinical supervision of junior doctors.
• Attendance and input into departmental and medical meetings.