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.

• 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.
• Care of patients on our Acute Medicine Unit and Acute Medicine Assessment Centre.
• Support from a full multi-disciplinary team, including a junior medical team and Advanced Nurse Practitioners.
• 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.
• Applicants should be able to work flexibly or on a less than full time basis.

• The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 473 general and acute beds.
• Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 60 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility.
• Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

Applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs will be deducted from their salary over the first three months of employment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.

Applicants are advised to apply early, as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application.