What are the responsibilities and job description for the Fixed Term Consultant in Acute Medicine position at NHS?
Due to an increase in Acute Medicine Consultants posts at our Trust, we still have a few more roles at our sites to fill.
Are you looking for a new exciting opportunity for 2025? United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospital NHS Trust (ULTH) may have the role that you are looking for in our Acute Medicine Department.
We are looking for Acute Medicine Consultant at our 3 sites : Pilgrim Hospital Boston, Lincoln County Hospital, and Grantham and District Hospital. There is no better time to join our Trust as we have now been awarded Teaching Hospital Status.
The successful candidate must be currently working at a Specialty Doctor or equivalent with experience in Acute medicine. The successful candidate will have the opportunity for further development and be supported by a clinical supervisor as part of their career progression.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be responsible for the provision of treatment of medical patients and for referring such patients to specialist colleagues as required. The appointee will have continuing responsibility for the care of patients in their charge and for the proper functioning of the department. When the site is facing pressures, the consultant will also review medical patients still in ED awaiting transfer. Out-of-hours, the medical responsibility of patients is the responsibility of the on-call Physician. A team working approach is required, both with medical and nursing colleagues. Furthermore, the successful candidate will be expected to have a key role in shaping the service locally, to collaborate with stakeholders and to provide leadership on the shop floor.
About us
Apart from working within a talented team in a beautiful part of the country, we offer an excellent relocation package - 8% of first year's starting salary as per Relocation Policy.
The trust will fully support overseas candidates looking to attain CESR in the UK.
You can expect a warm welcome at our United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust; our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trust's values and behaviours. We appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including competitive pay rates with annual increases, annual leave of 27 days increasing to 29 days after 5 years and 33 after 10 years, access to the NHS Pension Scheme to which you and the Trust contribute. Alongside this, there are extensive training development opportunities. We promote a healthy work-life balance, provide an Occupational Health Service to support you at work, and have a number of NHS discounts available either directly through ourselves or online through NHS Discounts. As part of our recruitment process, we can tell you more about our benefits package and you will see that we offer everything you would expect and more!
Job responsibilities
What is required of the successful candidate :
- Provide strong local clinical leadership in the shop floor by collaborating, supporting, and delegating appropriately to all members of the MDT. This is of paramount importance in order to achieve the Trust vision of outstanding care, personally delivered.
- Undertake such other duties as may be identified to meet the needs of the service.
- Take part in the Consultant on-call rota at Lincoln County Hospital or Pilgrim Hospital, Boston for emergency duties and provide, on a reciprocal basis, emergency cover for colleagues during periods of absence.
- On-call duties include timely Senior Review of new admissions.
- Carry out teaching duties as required and take an active part in the Postgraduate Medical Education programme and in the teaching and assessment of junior medical staff and be involved in the education of nursing staff, General Practitioners and other clinical professions.
- Attend department team meetings.
- Have continuing responsibility for patients in their care and for the proper functioning of the department.
- Take part in team, department, regional and national audits.
- Be involved in research where appropriate.
- Participate in the management of the Acute Medicine Service.
- Continue their professional development to support annual appraisal and 5 yearly revalidation.
Person Specification
Qualifications / Clinical Skills
Clinical Experience
Teaching and Training
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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