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Job overview

To provide safe, high-quality care for acute unscheduled medical admissions within the Medical Admissions Unit, and Same Day Emergency Care Unit (SDEC).

Working alongside current four Consultant Acute Physicians at East Cheshire, this post will have management and clinical responsibility for the patients on the Medical Admissions Unit (MAU). The acute medical number of admissions ranges between 25 - 30 per day. The Acute Physician sees new admissions until 8pm (Monday to Friday), and each acute physician covers Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) on a rota basis until 8pm (Monday to Friday).

This will include overseeing the medical take, performing post-take ward rounds, making specialty referrals, caring for short-stay in patients for up to 48 hours on the MAU, facilitating timely discharge and follow up plans.

The newly appointed Acute Physician will be required to cover SDEC also. On Fridays, the on-call physician will then cover SDEC from 5-8pm. The on-call physician also does post-take ward rounds during the weekend, except on Mondays when this is undertaken by the Acute Physicians. With the appointment of a new fifth Acute Physician, all post take ward rounds, including outliers, will be done by the Acute Physician.

Hours per week: 11 PA's

Main duties of the job

The post holder will have clinical and managerial responsibility, along with the other Consultant Acute Physicians, for the Medical Admissions Unit (MAU). 

The successful candidate will have a regular commitment to leading the ‘on-take’ medical team based in the MAU and Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC). In addition, he/she will support the A&E department with the assessment of patients with acute medical problems. He/she will play a key role in co-ordinating and supporting the junior medical staff to ensure that patients are assessed and either admitted or discharged in line with 4-hour A&E targets.

The successful candidate will be encouraged to pursue an interest in any medical subspecialty including potentially frailty.

The post holder will have an important role in the training of junior medical staff in the assessment and management of the acutely ill medical patients as well contributing to MRCP PACES teaching and postgraduate medical training of foundation year doctors and speciality trainees.

Working for our organisation

NHS Medical and Dental salaries are set at a national level.  For new starters not already working to UK Medical and Dental terms and conditions of service will be appointed to the minimum paypoint.  The starting salary paypoint can only be increased when there is evidence of relevant, completed year’s experience in terms of nature, type and level of role.  The evidence required to increase a starting salary would be Payslips and details noted in the application form i.e. complete employment history

Please be aware that this post requires an Enhanced with Barred list Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, the cost of which is payable by the successful candidate.

If you have lived or worked abroad for 6 months or more in the last 5 years you will need to obtain an overseas police clearance. Further information can be found on the additional information links at the bottom of the advert.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters as part of ongoing monitoring.