Locum Acute Consultant

at  Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

This is a new role created to combine activity within acute medicine as well as help develop the role of acute medicine within the Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC). The successful applicant will contribute to the acute medical take and Acute Medicine services and work within the SDEC at Charing Cross Hospital.
We are looking for a Consultant with sound experience and training in General Internal Medicine to join the Acute Medical team to support existing colleagues in a busy service. The role holder will work within the Division of Medicine and Integrated Care and will be expected to participate in the management of the patients under the care of the Acute Medicine team in accordance with local and national clinical guidelines and will rotate through these parts of the service.
The appointee will work closely and in partnership with the rest of Specialty Medicine and Emergency Medicine. They will also be expected to contribute to the Acute Medicine rota. This is a new post with great potential for Leadership development within the Acute Medicine team and SDEC team.
The Acute Medicine service at Charing Cross hospital provides a consultant lead service for all patients admitted under Acute Medicine 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The ward areas covered by Acute Medicine are an Acute Medicine Unit (AMU) and an Acute Assessment Unit (AAU).
The Acute Medicine service at Charing Cross Hospital works closely with the Emergency Department and with Specialty Medicine services. The AAU has a fast turnover of patients; our usual length of stay is around 1.5 days. This is due to a consultant lead service with twice daily consultant input into patient care, great support from imaging and diagnostics, multidisciplinary approach to patient care (delivered by the OPAL team) and an excellent pharmacy team across Acute Medicine. In addition there is daily input from a consultant lead cardiology team and in reach from other specialties (gastroenterology, neurology, infectious diseases, endocrinology, psychiatry, etc) for patients who require specialist input.
Admission rates to Medicine from the Emergency Department can vary quite significantly with the seasons. The post holder is expected to help deliver consultant lead care to all patients managed by the Acute Medicine team regardless of their location. The care of medical patients outlying on non-medical wards during the winter months is shared between Acute and Specialist Medicine.
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
The statutory requirement to be fully Covid-19 vaccinated as a condition of employment from April 2022 is subject to legislative review. At Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19. The successful applicant may have contact with patients and service users and as part of our pre-employment checks and risk assessments, we will ask all candidates to confirm whether or not they have been fully vaccinated or have a medical exemption.
As part of our continued response to Covid19 we are still conducting the majority of our interviews virtually. We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
The Acute Medical team holds regular morbidity and mortality meetings as well as quality and safety meetings. The post holder is expected to contribute to these meetings and to an open atmosphere of learning and excellence on the AAU/AMU.
Acute medicine at Charing Cross hospital has a diverse workforce with 21 juniors doctors as well as one physicians associate (PA). The workforce includes 2 registrars, 9 FY1s 4 IMTs, 2 ACCSs, 3 FY2 and 1 GP trainee. Each consultant ward round will have at least two junior doctors or PA.
A formal job plan will be agreed between the appointee and divisional director, on behalf of the medical Director, this is not designed to be exhaustive.
The post holder and divisional director/ chief of service will review the job plan annually in line with the provisions in schedule 3 of the terms and conditions. Either may propose amendment of the job plan.
Programmed activities (PA’s)
For a whole-time contract: A total of 6 PAs
Clinical Activities: 4 PAs per week (including clinical activity, clinically related activity, predictable and unpredictable emergency work).
Supporting Professional Activities: 1 PA per week (including audit, clinical governance, CPD, teaching, research, educational supervision of junior staff and CPD). The successful applicants will be support by the Head of speciality to achieve CPD goals. One PA will be for revalidation

Please refer the Job description for details