Locum Consultant in Acute and General MedicineNHS

Job summary

Consultant Physician in Acute and General Medicine

Newham University Hospital Barts Health NHS Trust

Fixed term - 12 months | Full time (10 PAs) | With a view to substantive appointment

Newham University Hospital, part of Barts Health NHS Trust, is seeking a Consultant Physician in Acute and General (Internal) Medicine to join our growing Acute Medicine team on a 12-month fixed-term, full-time basis (10 PAs). The post has been created to strengthen consultant staffing at the hospital's front door and comes at an exciting time: the Division of Medicine has adopted a newly agreed two-directorate operating model, with Acute Medicine now sitting within the new Urgent & Emergency Care (UEC) Directorate alongside the Emergency Department and Same Day Emergency Care. Substantive recruitment to this and further Acute Medicine consultant posts is expected within the next few months, and the post-holder would be warmly encouraged to apply.

Main duties of the job

Continuing responsibility for the care of patients in their charge, including all administrative dutiesassociated with patient care. To oversee the Acute Medical take, performing mid and post-take wardrounds, facilitating specialty referrals and triage. To provide an immediate medical opinion forseriously ill patients at the request of junior medical staff.2. Leadership, development and organisation of the services in their charge in line with the Trusts'business plans. Liaison and communication with the Lead Clinician and Clinical Director for AcuteMedicine and the General Manager for Medicine3. Development of their own interests and sub-specialties within the specialty, including activeparticipation in Research, Audit and Quality Improvement Programmes.4. Corporate and individual responsibility for the professional management of doctors in training.5. To provide evidence-based care.6. To have regard at all times to the clinical and quality standards set out within the site and Trustguidelines.7. To liaise effectively and on a timely basis with colleagues within the department, other clinicalspecialties within the Trust, General Practitioners, community services, and all healthcare agencies.8. To maintain and promote team and multi-disciplinary work, working closely and regularly with theconsultant medical staff.9. To provide cover for annual and study leave colleagues so far as is practicable.

Job description

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.