Consultant Physician in Acute Medicine; AAU

Overview

AAU Consultant
Discover Island Life: AAU Consultant, Isle of Wight NHS Trust
Ready for an exciting and fulfilling AAU Consultant role within a dynamic and developing Acute Medicine team, set against the backdrop of a beautiful island? St. Mary s NHS Trust on the Isle of Wight offers an exceptional opportunity for an enthusiastic Consultant to contribute to our high-quality Acute Medicine and Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) services, working towards enhancing patient safety, continuity of care, and positive clinical outcomes.

We are a supportive team dedicated to best practice in emergency medical admissions, discharges, and admission avoidance. Flexible working to support your work-life balance is strongly encouraged. Please note Job Description is pending Royal College Approval.

• Shape Acute Medicine Services: Play a key role in developing and delivering acute care provisions, including ongoing development of SDEC and Acute Medical Unit re-design.
• Develop Your Interests: Opportunities to take on a clinical leadership role or develop specialty interests as part of the acute job role.
• Progress Service Development: Join a team expanding Acute Medicine and SDEC across the emergency floor, working towards a seven-day acute medical model.
• Flexible Working: Flexible working options, annualised job plans, and recruitment and retention arrangements to support lifestyle.
• Make a Real Impact: Contribute to excellent patient care within a Trust that values inclusion and diversity, proactively recruiting and retaining high-quality talent.
• Island Life Benefits: Enjoy the Isle of Wight lifestyle, with stunning scenery, mainland access, and employee benefits.

Island Life:
More Than Just a Job
The Isle of Wight offers a unique and enriching lifestyle:

• Stunning Natural Beauty: Explore coastlines and countryside near your doorstep.
• Convenient Mainland Access: Quick ferry links to Portsmouth and Southampton (short journey);
  London reachable in 90 minutes by rail.
• Excellent Benefits: Employee benefits including onsite day nursery, cycle-to-work scheme, local discounts, and more.

Ready to combine a rewarding career with an exceptional island lifestyle? We welcome your application and the opportunity to discuss this exciting role further!

Your Contribution:

• Provide comprehensive consultant/specialist led care for patients on the Acute Assessment Unit (AAU), a modern 24-bed ward close to the Emergency Department.
• Participate in daily consultant ward rounds (morning and afternoon) and twice-daily multi-disciplinary board rounds with specialty in-reach.
• Supervise and lead the SDEC service, accepting direct referrals from GPs, Urgent Care, and the Emergency Department, and managing step-down patients.
• Contribute to the Medicine on-call rota (currently 1 in 11 weekday nights and Saturday on-call), and the Acute Medicine 1 in 7 weekends on AAU.
• Engage in education, mentoring, and supervision of junior medical staff and development of Advanced Nurse Practitioner roles.
• Work with Emergency Care providing responsive in-reach, rolling reviews of medical patients, and early senior clinical decision-making.

Essential

• MBBS or equivalent MRCP or equivalent
• GMC Specialist Register for General Internal Medicine eligible for entry or within 6 months of receipt of CCT at interview
• Completed recognised training in Acute or General Internal Medicine (GIM)
• High level of clinical experience and competence in GIM and Acute Medicine
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care
• Experience in postgraduate teaching
• IT skills
• Evidence of participation in clinical audit relevant to specialty
• Commitment to development of high-quality, cost-effective service to Acute and General Internal Medicine
• Knowledge of current NHS issues
• Ability to develop services
• Willingness and ability to work collaboratively as part of a clinical and non-clinical team
• Excellent communication skills
• Full GMC registration and licence to practise by date of appointment
• Available on Isle of Wight when on call
• Appropriate immigration status

Desirable

• Higher degree e.g. MD, PhD
• CCT in Acute Internal Medicine
• Experience of running a Medical Assessment Unit
• Experience of Acute Medical Service development
• Knowledge of the Enhanced Recovery Programme
• Published audits or publications in journals
• Attendance at management and communications training
• Current driving licence