Consultant in Acute Medicine

at  George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

The following is not an exhaustive or exclusive list of the duties of a consultant. The appointee to this post is required to: Deliver day-to-day clinical care and leadership on the Acute Medical. Support the Same Day Emergency Care and Ambulatory Care Unit (ACU) carrying out review of ACU patients and helping to develop and expand patient pathways to deliver high quality clinical care in the right environment. Look at current acute medicine practice and patient pathways within George Eliot Hospital and in conjunction with Clinical lead and Clinical Director further develop the service in line with best practice.
Participate in ongoing development of clinical guidelines in acute medicine, audit and other key aspects of clinical governance agenda. Show flexibility and undertake different appropriate clinical tasks at the request of the Clinical Lead, as the need arises. Actively participate in the teaching programme and undertake supervision, teaching and training of medical trainees and other multi-professional staff, in line with guidance from the relevant Royal Colleges or specialty bodies. There will be the potential to continue to develop your specialty interest within or outside of Acute Medicine if the post holder has an area of expertise and it is a service requirement of the.
Develop and maintain good communications with General Practitioners and appropriate external. Comply with all relevant Trust Policies and Procedures. Ensure that all trust wide standards are maintained to improve the quality of total care to all who come in contact with services provided by. Ensure compliance with all appropriate legal and statutory requirements, including Health and Safety, Standing financial Instructions and Incident.
Share responsibility for data protection arising out of the use of computers. Demonstrate a firm involvement in Clinical Governance, Risk Management and Clinical Audit this will include the development and maintenance of appropriate systems and practices to ensure continued safe clinical. Take responsibility for the professional supervision and development of trainee doctors and other staff within the specialty. This will include the appraisal of doctors in training, and the Certificates of Satisfaction in respect of foundation year.
Ensure own practice is up-to-date which will include taking responsibility for own Continuous Professional Development and participating in the Trusts Performance and Annual Review. Participate in the continuing professional development scheme of an appropriate medical college and the Trust & University Joint Appraisal scheme. The Trust supports the requirements for Continuing Medical Education as laid down by the Royal College of Physicians and is committed to providing time and financial support for these. For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached

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