Consultant in Acute Medicine - 28/04/2020

Consultant in Acute Medicine

Grade: Consultant

Contract: Permanent, 10PAs Salary £ 84,559 - 114,003

Please apply via NHS Jobs, attaching your CV.

https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/xi/vacancy/917157184

The role of Acute Medicine within University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust (UHP) is fundamentally important – facilitating excellent care of acute medical emergencies with the patient’s needs at front and centre, coordinating with multiple other medical specialities to provide streamlined senior review and avoiding admissions when safe to do so by employing our well-established Acute Assessment Unit and Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) pathways.

We are looking for talented and aspiring individuals to join our energetic team of 8 Consultants in Acute Medicine currently involved in this important work. We would like to invite dynamic and forward-thinking individuals to apply for this substantive Consultant in Acute Medicine post. It is a fantastic time to join UHP; as part of the first phase of our New Hospital programme, we have plans for a new Urgent and Emergency Care Centre incorporating a purpose built SDEC facility on our current site in the next 2-3 years.

The post will be for a maximum of 10PA. We are happy to fully support dual speciality interests, and up to 2PAs can be allocated to a second speciality interest. We also warmly welcome applicants who wish to work less than full time.

We recognise that as a Consultant Physician there are a number of demands that are expected of you. We believe in providing time to grow and develop your specialist clinical, interpersonal, managerial and leadership skills.

For this reason, we are delighted to be able to provide outstanding development opportunities for the successful candidates in the potential following areas:

Excellent opportunity to run outpatient clinics in your specialist area
Active role in Simulation Training; both in-situ and aligned to our state-of- the-art fully staffed Simulation Suite for postgraduate and undergraduate training Opportunity to enrol in highly regarded MSc
Healthcare Management, Leadership and Innovation at University of Plymouth (part time course over a 3 year tenure)

Dedicated sessions to provide Quality Improvement Leadership within Acute Medicine and Clinical Research A period of sabbatical leave after 3 years in post Ability to practice Acute Medicine at Masanga Hospital, Sierra Leone to enrich experience for individuals interested in global medicine – consolidating the excellent links already established between Masanga UK and Peninsula Medical School.

For further information, please contact:

Rochelle Bettinson – Service Line Support Manager – Rochelle.bettinson@nhs.net

Undergraduate Medical Education

Plymouth University Peninsula School of Medicine and Dentistry (PUPSMD) has been praised by the GMC for its innovative approach to undergraduate medical education. The curriculum is based around problem based learning and has
been highly ranked by our graduates in how they felt prepared for postgraduate medicine. Your role will include important opportunities to engage with undergraduate education, in both the hospital environment and the school itself, to continue this vital job of producing tomorrow’s doctors and allied health care professionals.