Consultant in Acute Medicine | Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Overview

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Acute services are looking for forward-thinking and dynamic individuals to join our established Consultant team. Supported by doctors in training and our skilled nursing team, we provide excellent care across acute areas including the Acute Medical Unit, Acute Assessment Unit, Same Day Emergency Care Unit, and Virtual Wards. We are recruiting highly motivated Consultants to join our expanding Acute Medical Team and deliver a high quality 7-day medical consultant cover, including out of hours work.

The successful candidate will contribute towards the continuous improvement of medical services within our Trust and be committed to delivering high standards of care.

• The post holder will provide direct input into the care of patients referred to Acute Medicine from all sources including GPs and our Emergency Departments.
• Ensure a real emphasis on maximal ambulatory management to reduce time spent by individual patients in acute beds.
• Contribute to multidisciplinary teams and lead the coordination of patient care.
• Teach, train and supervise our medical students and postgraduate doctors in training.
• Assume continuous commitment for the care of patients and help to ensure that adequate arrangements are made for leave and off-duty periods.
• Promote high professional standards of clinical care for patients, through direct patient care and by maintaining continuing professional development.
• Develop close links with General Practitioners, other primary care colleagues and community services operating in the region.
• Work on the acute medical units (AMUs) across both sites, the Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) unit and the Acute Assessment Unit (AAU) at Royal Preston hospital.

The department of Acute Medicine at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (LTHTR) comprises a medical admissions unit (MAU) at Royal Preston Hospital and one at Chorley & South Ribble Hospital (MAU-CDH). Also at Preston we have SDEC – Same Day Emergency Unit and Acute Assessment Unit plus an Acute Frailty Unit. In summer 2024 there is a plan to open a new 42-bedded AMU at the Preston site.

Acute Medicine now benefits from in-reach services from specialties including Nephrology, Neurology, Palliative Care, Cardiology, Respiratory, Acute Oncology and Elderly Care.

With a team of dedicated consultants, trainee doctors, Advanced Clinical Practitioners, nurse practitioners, nurses, pharmacists and allied health professionals, we are committed to providing high quality care to the patients admitted with acute medical conditions. The successful candidate will share our organisation’s aim to provide excellent clinical care with compassion and will work in partnership with patients and their families to deliver timely, safe and effective care in a friendly environment.

Please refer to the attached Job description, Person specification and Specialty/Trust Brochure for further details on:

• What we can offer
• Job Plan/On-call Requirements
• The Team

Informal enquiries and requests to visit the hospitals are welcome after shortlisting, to be made with Dr Geraldine Skailes, Medical Director and Silas Nicholls, Chief Executive (01772) 522692.