Consultant in Acute Medicine

Requirements the employer expects applicants to meet.

• Research

  Participating in high quality, nationally recognised clinical research trials and other well-designed studies, with a particular emphasis on work supported by the National Institute for Health Research.

• Health and Wellbeing

  Familiarising with the Trust’s health and wellbeing support offer, including financial advice and support and mental health support.

• Teaching and Training

  Participating in undergraduate medical teaching as agreed within the service.

• Teaching and Training

  Acting as a clinical supervisor for junior doctors.

• Teaching and Training

  Undergoing clinical/educational supervisor training (renewal every 5 years).

• Equality and Diversity

  Ensuring compliance with the Trust’s Equality and Diversity Policy, including making reasonable adjustments for disabled applicants and post holders where required.

• Mentoring and Appraisal

  Participating in the Trust’s new consultant mentoring programme.

• Mentoring and Appraisal

  Maintaining specialist registration with the GMC and complying with the standards expected by their Royal College (or equivalent) to remain professionally 'in good standing'.

• Mentoring and Appraisal

  Undertaking regular appraisal as decided by the Clinical Director of the service.

• Residency and Contactability

  Residing within a distance of 30 minutes or 10 miles by road from their principal place of work unless an employing organisation agrees that they may reside at a greater distance.

• Residency and Contactability

  Being contactable by telephone in contracted work time.

• On-call and Emergency Response

  Being able to respond promptly to emergency calls from the Hospital.

• On-call and Emergency Response

  Ensuring clear and effective arrangements so that the employing organisation can contact the postholder immediately at any time during a period when they are on call.

• Patient Experience and Complaints

  Implementing service improvements based on individual or service feedback from patients or carers.

• Patient Experience and Complaints

  Raising the profile and impact of patient participation in decisions about their own care.

• Patient Experience and Complaints

  Involvement in understanding and improving the ethical basis of care provided, utilising where necessary the trust's clinical ethics committee.

• Patient Experience and Complaints

  Responding to complaints in a timely and open manner and ensuring lessons are learned for future patient care.

• Leadership and Service Improvement

  Leading on specific areas of priority for the service (e.g., clinical governance, quality improvement, appraisal, research, teaching) as part of normal job plan commitments.

• Service Effectiveness and Efficiency

  Conducting service or system improvement projects, including small scale change, lean or other recognised improvement methods.

• Service Effectiveness and Efficiency

  Conducting or considering reviews of the evidence to plan better service delivery.

• Service Effectiveness and Efficiency

  Where agreed, working with commissioners to match service delivery with requirements of relevant populations.

• Essential Qualifications and Training

  Holding accreditation in the Royal College of Physician or equivalent.

• Essential Qualifications and Training

  Having completed higher specialist training (or equivalent) if currently in a training programme within the UK.

• Infection Control and Health & Safety

  Complying with the Trust’s Infection Control policies, including practising Universal Infection Control Precautions and performing hand hygiene before and after contact with patients and their environment.

• Infection Control and Health & Safety

  Complying with the Trust’s arrangements for Health & Safety and Risk Management, following agreed safe working procedures, and reporting incidents using the Trust Incident Reporting system.

• Clinical Audit and Quality Improvement

  Participating in clinical audit projects.

• Clinical Audit and Quality Improvement

  Development and application of agreed clinical guidelines.

• Clinical Audit and Quality Improvement

  Ensuring compliance against relevant national specifications (e.g. NICE guidelines).

• Clinical Audit and Quality Improvement

  Participation in external peer review and relevant national audits.

• Clinical Audit and Quality Improvement

  Implementing improvements identified in GIRFT reviews.

• Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

  Maintaining and updating skills and knowledge through appropriate continuing professional development, supported by the Trust.

• Clinical Outcome Review and Patient Safety

  Conducting mortality and morbidity reviews.

• Clinical Outcome Review and Patient Safety

  Participation in structured judgement reviews.

• Clinical Outcome Review and Patient Safety

  Monitoring of outcomes reflected in routinely collected data.

• Clinical Outcome Review and Patient Safety

  Participation in clinical coding review and improvement.

• Clinical Outcome Review and Patient Safety

  Participation in Trust-wide programmes, including mandatory learning.

• Clinical Outcome Review and Patient Safety

  Responding to national patient safety alerts.

• Clinical Outcome Review and Patient Safety

  Implementation of local improvements, including actions from serious incident investigation reports.

• Clinical Outcome Review and Patient Safety

  Promptly recording patient safety incidents on Datix.

• Clinical Outcome Review and Patient Safety

  Immediately escalating potential serious incidents to the CSU management team.

• Clinical Outcome Review and Patient Safety

  Ensuring Duty of Candour requirements are met.

• Patient Confidentiality and Public Involvement

  Respecting patient confidentiality and not divulging patient information unless sanctioned by the requirements of the role.

• Patient Confidentiality and Public Involvement

  Contributing to the Trust’s statutory duty to involve patients and public in evaluating and planning services.