Fixed Term Appointment in General Medicine/Care of the Elderly

Job overview

The post involves working at the Nevill Hall Hospital site and providing active medical input to patients admitted through the Acute Medical Unit (AMU) to one of the in-patient wards. The post holder will be trained in the assessment and management of medical, psychological and social health of patients presenting to a General Internal Medical Intake.

The appointee will be responsible to the Assistant Medical Director who will be the post holders overall named Clinical Supervisor (CS) and will be expected to work closely with other medical teams based at Nevill Hall Hospital.

The expectation of the role is to provide junior grade support as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a 28-32 bedded sub-speciality ward. The post holder will participate in consultant led ward rounds as part of the MDT. You will also take part in multidisciplinary clinical work and research activities within the unit. There is an active postgraduate teaching programme and clinical audit is a priority for the department/unit.

The post holder will be expected to participate in the junior on call rota which is currently 1:20 working both days and nights. On average there are about 30-40 acute admissions per day through the AMU with a well-established front door model for Acute Medicine. The AMU is comprised of approx. 21 trolleys /beds, which the post holder will be covering when on-call.

Main duties of the job

The appointee will become a valuable member of the acute medical directorate and will be responsible to the consultant physician for whom he/she is working. The principal regular duties include: -

The main responsibilities are for the effective and appropriate medical care of inpatients admitted under the care of the Consultant Physician

The duties and responsibilities will be appropriate to the grade and speciality with appropriate consultant supervision

This will include the assessment, monitoring and initiating treatment, with colleagues and under consultant supervision

Attend consultant and multidisciplinary ward rounds, and supervise relevant junior medical students who may rotate through the directorate

Undertake regular unsupervised ward rounds on the relevant ward to ensure patients are making satisfactory progress

Complete discharge summaries in a timely fashion

Attend clinic as part of continuing professional development

Research and service outcome evaluation will be the key part of this job

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification which details the full details of the role.