Locum Consultant in Acute Medicine (EH)

Job overview

Locum Consultant in Acute Medicine (EH)

This is an exciting opportunity to join one of the largest and most successful integrated care NHS Trust’s in the UK, with a team of 9,000 dedicated staff. We serve a wonderfully diverse population of over a million people in North west London and across the boroughs of Brent, Harrow, and Ealing.

As part of the restructuring of acute medical services at Ealing we are looking for candidates to join our team. Acute Medicine has a dynamic and enthusiastic team of acute physicians based at Ealing. The department has a well-deserved reputation for excellence in teaching and training.

The Acute Medical Unit is a 30-bedded ward. Two acute consultants are based on the ward during normal working hours. This post holder, as well as colleagues from acute medicine and the Integrated Medicine Division support the team by supervising the acute medical take, The Ealing medical take is approximately 35-40 per day. This postholder will have a two PA commitment to the on-call acute medical take.

The Ealing Medical SDEC unit is co-located with the Acute Frailty Service. The department is now seeing upwards of 200 patients per week, approximately 40% of the medical take.

We recognize that our Acute Medicine Service must continue to evolve to meet the needs of our local community. We welcome applications from individuals who seek to innovate and introduce best practice.

Main duties of the job

As an Acute Consultant you will be expected to participate fully in the provision of acute medicine services, including clinical governance, service development, teaching, and research. You should have experience in Acute/General Medicine and are required to be on the Specialist Register (AIM or GIM) within 6 months of confirmed entry from the date of interview.

This is a full-time 10 PA post with two DCC to the acute on-call rota, however applications from candidates wishing to work less than full time are also welcomed. The post is predominately based at Ealing with cross site working at Northwick Park as part of the role at a future date.

All newly appointed consultants will be offered to join the Trust’s consultant induction programme.

More details in the Job Description.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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