Job overview
As a member of the General Medicine consultant team you will work as part of a multi-Disciplinary ward based team overseeing the care of your patients.
Depending on your sub-specialty interests clinical and non-clinical sessions can be built into your job plan. The CBU is focused on developing the service in new and innovative ways and would support sessions to develop new services.
Admin and SPA time is allocated accordingly and you would also be part of the GIM on-call rota.
Main duties of the job
The job plan to commence will be approximately 10 programmed activities (PAs) set out as above with additional PA’s for on-call.
New consultants also attract an additional 0.5 PA SPA for their first 6 months in post.
All consultants are expected to complete a minimum of 42 of their 52 fixed sessions within a full year. Leave requests with 6 weeks’ notice (on pro-rata basis).
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full details of this role are available within the Job Description and the Person Specification.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- • Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients.
- • Experience of working within an MDT
Desirable
- • Expertise in a specialty field within Elderly Care i.e., Falls, Dementia, Frailty
Qualifications
Essential
- • MRCP or equivalent • CCT/CCST in or Geriatric Medicine
Desirable
- • PhD or MD
Skills, Knowledge & Competencies
Essential
- • Full GMC Registration
- • Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively.
- • Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GP’s nurses, other staff and agencies.
Desirable
- • Formal training in teaching
- • Knowledge and experience of the application of information technology to Medicine
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