Locum Consultant Acute Medicine

This post will help with the further development of the Acute Medicine service, as we are working towards being an outstanding trust, the CQC awarded one of our sites, Conquest Hospital Outstanding in 2020, and Eastbourne District General Hospital was awarded Good. The existing Acute Medicine team are committed to delivering a high quality service and an enthusiastic individual is required to help take these plans forward. This appointment will help to drive forward the development of the SDEC service and ensure that high quality safe care facilitates early discharge, reduce patient length of stay and ensure the transfer of appropriate patients to the sub-specialities.

Main duties of the job

Acute medicine at East Sussex healthcare Trust is an innovative service with a strong ethos of collaborative multidisciplinary team working. Our Acute Assessment Unit and Same day Emergency Care are co-located in close proximity to the Emergency Department. Considerable investment supports the progress and development of acute medicine, including 7 day working.

The successful applicant would be working across both acute sites within the acute medical ward and SDEC in collaboration with colleagues from the Emergency Department, Frailty and other medical specialties. We would support candidates with a special interest, or indeed to develop one.

About us

We are proud to provide 'Outstanding' care and be a great place to work

We provide safe, compassionate and high quality care to half a million people living or visiting East Sussex. We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex, the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex. Our extensive services are provided by 7000 + members of staff working from acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites and in people's own homes.

In 2020 the Care Quality Commission rated us as 'Good' overall, and 'Outstanding' for being caring and effective. The Conquest Hospital and our Community Services are rated 'Outstanding'. Eastbourne DGH rated 'Good'.

In 2020, the Trust launched its ambitious 'Building for our Future' programme. This once in a lifetime programme aims to repair, redevelop and expand our hospitals, transforming the environment in which we provide care for generations to come.

In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme which is available to staff 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Onsite parking is available for a small administration fee.

There has never been a better time to join East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, submit your application today.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the job description attached.

If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact us.

Person Specification Qualification, Higher Qualifications & Registration

• MB BS or equivalent
• Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians
• Full Registration with GMC with a licence to practice.
• MD or equivalent
• eSCE in acute Internal Medicine

Training & Experience

• Wide experience in all aspects of General (Internal) Medicine.
• Experience in setting up an ambulatory care service or in other relevant medical specialities
• Completion of courses relevant to chosen specialties.
• Ability to develop a specialty or subspecialty interest within the field of Acute Internal Medicine, which complements those of the current team.

Administration & Management

• Evidence of participation in management
• Understanding of recent initiatives and changes, including Clinical Governance and Appraisal
• Management and / or leadership experience

Audit, Research & Publications

• Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit and quality improvement
• Understanding of the role of research
• Publication of audit projects
• Experience of clinical research culminating in presentation and publication of original studies, review articles, etc, relevant to speciality
• Ability to lead clinical research projects

Personal Skills & Personal Attributes

• Effective communicator, able to work in a multi-disciplinary team
• Familiarity with information technology and ability to use the Microsoft office package.
• Ability to work with colleagues in other specialities to develop local services.
• Professional attitude towards work Good record of attendance
• Advanced presentation skills
• Demonstration of initiated projects
• UK Driving Licence

Teaching

• Experience in teaching medical students, nursing staff and other professional groups

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.