Job overview

The role of this post is to support the North Manchester Hospital Acute Medical Team. The clinical level is expected to be at IMT3 or equivalent, although this role is not recognised as an official training post by the JRCPTB or Royal College of Physicians.

The Acute Medicine department is looking to appoint enthusiastic, highly motivated and dynamic candidate to join our team in Acute Medicine at North Manchester Hospital. We are supported by a large multidisciplinary. The candidate must have a desire to work in the field of general and acute internal medicine, The candidate should have a good experience, competencies and background of this area and be prepared to work independently with the support of consultants.

This truly is an exciting time to join North Manchester General Hospital. A once-in-a-generation opportunity will see our hospital rebuilt and the creation of a health hub within our grounds. We are an EIPC enabled hospital with a huge emphasis on post graduate education, with plans in place to become one of the most digitally enhanced hospitals in the UK. This creates a rare opportunity to become involved with these changes and part of the new future of the site. We are part of Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust which unites multiple hospitals and providers of community services. MFT delivers care to approximately 750,000 people across 10 hospital sites. 

Main duties of the job

Provide supervision, assistance and instruction to the junior medical staff e.g. Foundation trainees.

Maintain the highest clinical standards at all times and in accordance with accepted good medical practice and the various clinical policies of the Service.

Transmit relevant clinical information to other medical, technical and nursing staff both within and external to the department, regarding patients referred to other places for further treatment of follow-up.

Supervise nursing staff in matters relating to the treatment of patients.

Teaching and supervision of medical students, nurses and junior hospital at home team members.

Occasional duties may arise at the acute trust, e.g. major incidents, ensuring adequate ward staffing.

The post holder accepts that they will also perform duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances at the request of the appropriate Consultants.

The post holder is expected to provide cover for the occasional absences of colleagues as far as practicable.

The post will consist of a basic working week of 40 hours plus on call

Working for our organisation

MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we’ve launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.