Locum Acute Medicine Consultant

Job overview

The department of Acute Medicine at New Cross Hospital has a longstanding reputation for delivering high quality patient centred care alongside training and education to create an environment that thrives on innovation, teamwork and compassion.

We are looking to further expand our consultant workforce to enable us to strengthen our team to meet the ever-increasing demands on our service and to allow further growth and development.

Main duties of the job

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

General

1. In conjunction with Consultant and Senior colleagues, to provide a service in Acute Internal Medicine.

2. To provide cover for Consultant and Senior colleagues in respect of periods of leave.

3. In conjunction with Consultant and Senior colleagues, to take part in medical audit and research as appropriate.

4. In conjunction with Consultant and Senior colleagues, to ensure that the requirements of clinical governance are met.

5. 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.