Trust Doctor in Acute General Medicine

Job overview

THE ROLE

The successful candidate will be assigned a clinical supervisor and will receive experience in Acute General Medicine during a two-year period. Candidates may also have the opportunity to engage in rotations in Geriatric Medicine, Ambulatory care and Intensive care at the John Radcliffe Hospital.

The appointee will be expected to undertake audit and quality improvement projects, as well as to attend clinical governance meetings, mortality and morbidity meetings, regional and national educational meetings. Research activity is encouraged. The close links with the University of Oxford and Oxford Brookes University will further enhance research engagement.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will join a group of residents and consultants who lead one of the eight Medical Firms, all of which are well staffed with a core team of 3 residents at any one time. The resident rotas support 7 day working including Bank Holidays.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical: The appointee will be responsible, together with other residents, for both inpatient and outpatient work.

• Inpatient: The in – patient arrangement in acute general medicine will be based on a firm system. Each medical firm comprises of a consultant, SpR, SHO and a F1 doctor. The rota cycle for each firm is 8 weeks. The consultants in charge of the firms in acute general medicine have a wide range of special interests including geriatrics, endocrinology, infectious disease, nephrology, and peri-operative medicine.
• Outpatient: The post holder will do also be expected to review outpatients referred to the daily diagnostic unit (DDU), under each medical firm and discuss with the allocated consultant.
• On call rota: The post holder will be on call based on the allocated rota. This includes blocks of 3-4 nights/8 weeks, where they will be responsible for night admissions and emergencies/referrals from in patient units at the John Radcliffe Hospital. On these nights the trainee will also be expected to answer calls for medical opinions and SpR triage from other hospitals within the trust, out of hours GPs and paramedics. Decisions on admission will also be considered by the trainee at these times.
• The post holder will also be on – call for medical referrals and cardiac arrest calls within the hospital based on rota allocations on take days.

Administration Duties: These include responsibility for inpatient discharge summaries, outpatient letters etc and the management of other resident staff on the team.