Specialty Doctor -Acute medicine

This post aims to support senior clinical decision-making and same-day emergency care predominantly on the Acute Medical Unit (AMU). Reporting to the consultants, the post holder will be crucial to the day-to-day management of the service. Responsibility for named inpatient care and post-take ward round review will remain with the consultant team.

• To provide senior-level, high quality care to patients requiring our service, ensuring the highest standards of clinical care are met
• To provide teaching and training at undergraduate and postgraduate level, and to supervise and train the junior clinical team
• To be proactive in the Departments clinical governance agenda and take on roles to support continuous learning and improvement, thereby abiding by the clinical and corporate governance policies of the Trust
• To participate in relevant audit and quality assurance processes.

• Providing clinical advice over the phone
• Suggesting alternatives to admission where appropriate
• Directing caller to specialist teams if available
• Deciding appropriate admission destination (ED or AMU)
• Identifying and seeing patients from the take that could be rapidly seen and discharged
• Reviewing patients seen by junior clinicians
• Opportunistic bedside teaching and assessments for resident doctors/medical students
• Providing support to nursing staff on the unit with clinical or management queries
• Managing flow through the unit by monitoring the O drive and admissions board
• Ensuring effective handover between medical and nursing teams and evening clerking doctors
• Supporting junior clinicians in ensuring effective communication with Primary Care colleagues
• Seeking opportunities to make changes to improve the efficacy of the unit and patient experience
• Working alongside consultant colleagues as senior decision makers and to oversee the running of the unit.

Acute Medicine benefits from an experienced and knowledgeable leadership team that has a strong working relationship with the Trust senior leadership and executive team through its work in development of our acute services.

Acute Medicine is well known as a nurturing and supportive department both for senior medical staff and for doctors in training. We work collaboratively with the well-established multidisciplinary teams of nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and discharge co‑ordinators on our Emergency Assessment Unit and Acute Medical Unit, all of which maintain a strong culture of safety and professionalism.

• Taking part in activities for improving quality such as Valuing Everyones Experience training or clinical audit;
• Identifying and managing risks through incident and near miss reporting and undertaking risk assessments;
• Following Trust polices, guidelines and procedures;
• Maintaining and improving your skills through continued professional development/your personal development plan agreed annually with your line manager.