Consultant in Acute Internal Medicine

Job overview

Responsibilities for a senior clinician include the full range of activities routinely undertaken in assessing and managing acutely unwell medical patients.

Alongside covering our acute medical unit, we also provide acute physician cover to our emergency department and work closely alongside our physician colleagues to manage the acute medical take.

Our well established innovative ‘Physician A & B’ model ensures that there is an acute physician working alongside our emergency medicine colleagues at the front door 14 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The requirement to be part of this team is on a 1:12 day basis.

Main duties of the job

• In conjunction with Consultant and Senior colleagues, to play a full part in the out-of-hours cover for the department.
• In conjunction with Consultant and Senior colleagues, to play a full   part in the out-of-hours On-Call service for the department.  This includes being on-call for telephone advice and major incidents.
• To provide cover for Consultant and Senior colleagues in respect of periods of leave.
• In conjunction with Consultant and Senior colleagues, to take part in medical audit and research as appropriate.
• In conjunction with Consultant and Senior colleagues, to ensure that the requirements of clinical governance are met.
• To ensure that there are adequate arrangements for hospital staff involved in the care of your patients to be able to contact you when   necessary.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to Consultant Candidate Pack

Please refer to Consultant Candidate Pack

Please refer to Consultant Candidate Pack