Specialty Doctor Acute Medicine

Job overview

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a dynamic Specialty Doctor with an interest in Acute Medicine, to join our team of decision makers supporting the Acute Medicine department at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLaG), Diana Princess of Wales Hospital, Grimsby.

The aim is provide a high quality, safe and compassionate service.

If you have the necessary qualifications and attributes, come and shape the future of front line medical care at our hospital.

Main duties of the job

NLaG is developing and investing in its acute care model. Integrated Acute Assessment Units (IAAU), including Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC), have been in place since 2020.  Two purpose built Emergency Departments have recently opened, with a full refurbishment of IAAU facilities.  Information systems  have been recently modernised to improve patient care and further initiatives are progressing to deliver a full Electronic Patient Record. State of the art diagnostics are available 24/7, with new MRI and CT facilities recently opened.  This really is an exciting time to join us.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post would suit an enthusiastic team player dedicated to high quality patient care. The opportunity exists to work in a non-hierarchical setting and offer a wide range of Acute Medicine procedures in this busy General Hospital.

The post holder is expected to contribute to a service which is both Consultant-led and delivered.

• Undertake a daily ward round of the allocated bed base
• Review all new medical admissions when rostered on- call duty within the timeframe of the operational standard for the IAAU and remain responsible for the care of these patients until they are either discharged from IAAU or transferred to the specialty ward.
• Manage short stay acute medical admissions
• Assess all new admissions and refer them to appropriate specialty, with transfer of care.
• Direct and manage the team to deliver effective, safe, and timely care in line with the operating standards of the IAAU
• Ensure appropriate handover of care at the end of a shift to the next responsible clinician.
• Liaise with specialty clinicians to facilitate their early involvement
• Further develop functional links with the community to facilitate seamless transfer of patients between the community and the hospital.
• Ensure timely completion of all documentation pertinent to an admission, transfer, discharge, or death, in line with hospital standards.
• Supervise and ensure robust and effective hospital clinical handover each morning

An in-house pharmacist oversees medicine reconciliation, VTE risk assessment and antibiotic prescribing.

As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.

Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.

We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.

For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.

As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.

Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.

We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.

We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients.  We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at https://joinnlag.co.uk/

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