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Job summary

Main area
Acute Medicine
Grade
YM72
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref
220-034-AAC-EIM
Employer
Whittington Health NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Whittington Hospital
Town
London
Salary
£93,666 - £126,281 (per annum)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
12/05/2024 23:59

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Consultant in Acute & General Medicine

YM72

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We encourage and support  staff to get  COVID-19 vaccine and a booster dose as and when they are eligible. 

Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3rd party recruitment providers – North London Partners Shared Service, who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of Whittington Health NHS Trust.

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By applying for this role, you accept in the event you are successful that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which is aimed at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers.

 


 

Job overview

“Best of both” at the Whittington – The Whittington Hospital is a unique place. It combines the academic ethos of a University Hospital with the friendliness of a Rural DGH. The number of students and junior doctors who return as registrars and consultants is testament to the positive working environment and the collegiate atmosphere that has been created. Add in the lowest Standardised Mortality Ratio in the country and you have hospital that is a great place to work.

The Acute Medicine Team is at the heart of daily life at the Whittington and we are now looking for an enthusiastic and committed substantive consultant to join our team.

Our acute medical unit consists of 2 admission/ short stay wards with a total of 34 beds and a flagship award winning ambulatory care unit and the post has commitments to both.

The successful candidate as well as having an absorbing job will have numerous opportunities to continue to develop their career.

For those with an educational interest, the Whittington is one of the three UCL medical school campuses (along with UCL, Barnet and Royal Free) so there are huge opportunities for teaching. Consultants at the Whittington have become sub-deans and directors of UCL medical school and a number of consultants have formal educational roles as a part of their job plans.

Interview date: 6th June 2024.

 

 

Main duties of the job

Please see the full Job Description and the Person Specification for further details about the job role.

Working for our organisation

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff.  We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief.  The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

AAU shifts for this post will comprise working part or whole weeks on a frequency of 1:3 weeks (5 out of every 15 days). Shifts 08.00 – 14.00.  The morning of an AAU day is spent conducting a ward round (16-18 patients) on one of the AAU wards.  The consultant will supervise the team, teach and perform work-based assessments for the junior doctors.

There are 2 acute medicine wards, each has an acute medical consultant working Mondays to Fridays.

The 2 wards have a minimum staffing of at least 5 healthcare professionals, which consists of a team of IMT/ACCS/SHO equivalent, 1 registrar, FY2 equivalent/clinical fellow and advanced clinical practitioners. They work between 0800-1800.

The Medical Take Period

One acute medicine consultant reviews the medical patient admitted through the medical take, from 14.00 until 20.00 on weekdays.  After 20.00, there will be a different general medical consultant on call from home, until 0800 the following day. The general medical consultant reviews patients admitted after 2000.

The Acute Take Team admits 20-30 medical patients over a 24 hour period. It is supported by:

Day – 1 medical registrar, 1 SHO, 1 late SHO (from 1400), 1 FY1

Night – 1 medical registrar, 1 SHO for the medical take, 1 SHO for ward cover.

At weekends and bank holidays, there is a larger pool of medical consultants who cover the medical take from 08.00 – 20.00, and then on call from home, from 20.00 to 08.00 the following morning.  This is currently a 1:17 rota. The appointee will be expected join the general medical consultants rota.

Time in Lieu

Following a weekend, there is an entitlement to a week off. Working a bank holiday will attract a day in lieu. These arrangements are by local negotiation and will be revised if the national consultant contract is changed.

Ambulatory Emergency Care (AEC)

The appointee will work in the ambulatory care centre (on rota basis) reviewing recent AAU discharges and seeing new patients referred to the service from GPs and ED. Ambulatory care sessions will take place during the 2 weeks when not working an AAU week and the commitment will be between 4-5 DCC for each of these 2 weeks. Ambulatory Emergency Care team will see approximately 30-40 patients’ per day, with consultant oversight via twice daily board round.

AEC is supported daily by a minimum staffing of at least 5 healthcare professionals, which consists of a team of IMT/ACCS/SHO equivalent, 1 registrar, FY2 equivalent/clinical fellow and advanced clinical practitioners. Their work patterns mirror Emergency Department’s activity; 0800-1400, 1000-1800, 1200-2000.

In future, consultants may be required to adjust their job plans, including working out of hours in AEC or work short days at weekends, as part of our Pan London acute medicine commitment to deliver 7 day working.  Any changes to our jobs will be discussed at future job plannings to we meet contractual requirements.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full and further details and a sample timetable.

Person specification

Qualifications/Training

Essential criteria
  • Full GMC Registration
  • MBBS, MRCP or equivalent
  • Entry on Specialist Register in Acute Medicine or General (Internal) Medicine (or entry expected within 6 months from the date of interview)
Desirable criteria
  • MSc, PhD
  • CCT in Acute Medicine
  • Consideration will also be given to applicants with Specialty Training in General (Internal) Medicine who have demonstrated a firm commitment to a career in Acute Medicine

Relevant Experience

Essential criteria
  • Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively.
  • Ability to organise research and work within research governance procedures
  • Ability to plan strategically and to exercise sound judgements when faced with conflicting pressures.
  • Ability to motivate and develop the multi-disciplinary team, balancing departmental and personal objectives
Desirable criteria
  • Formal training in educational and clinical supervision of junior Drs

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Ability to offer expert clinical opinion in a range of problems within speciality.
  • Ability to take full and independent responsibility for the care of patients.

Management, resource use and audit

Essential criteria
  • Ability to use the evidence base and clinical audit to support decision-making.
  • Experience of conducting clinical audit.
Desirable criteria
  • Formal training in management and administration
  • Guideline and pathway development

Academic Achievements/Research/ Publications

Essential criteria
  • Participated in research
Desirable criteria
  • Experience in organising educational activities
  • Published papers in peer reviewed journals

Other Requirements

Essential criteria
  • Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, and an ability to relate to staff and patients.
  • Be able to work in a multi-professional and multi-disciplinary framework.
  • Knowledge of resource management issues.
  • Ability to stay calm under pressure.
  • Team Player
Desirable criteria
  • Ability to support and motivate staff during periods of pressure
  • Previous participation in quality initiatives
  • Computer literate

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Ashling Lillis
Job title
Consultant & Clinical Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Additional information

Dr Dorothy Ip, Consultant & Clinical Lead - [email protected].  

If you have problems applying, contact

Address
Whittington Health NHS Trust
Magdala Avenue
London
N19 5NF
Telephone
020 7288 5286
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