Locum Consultant Physician in Acute Medicine
- Employer
- Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Location
- Basingstoke, Hampshire
- Salary
- Salary Scale YC73 - £79,860 - £107,668
- Closing date
- 30 Aug 2020
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- Profession
- Specialist doctor, Acute internal medicine
- Grade
- Consultant
- Contract Type
- Fixed Contract
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Details
We are looking to appoint a Locum Acute Physician to help consolidate our existing service for 12 months.
The Trust sees this appointment as a key part of an exciting opportunity to develop an innovative approach to acute medical care that places unscheduled care as the central function of the Trust in collaboration with local community partners.
This post will support the 3 existing Consultants in Acute Medicine at Basingstoke and will be pivotal in delivering a consultant lead service for our Emergency Medical Assessment Units. It will bolster the current model of care provided by Acute Medicine specialists and increase the scope and the quality of our front line service.
This is a 10 PA post
The successful applicant will be expected to:
- Join the Acute General Medicine team and deliver the Trusts urgent care strategy .This will mean working in close co-operation with Emergency and Specialist Physicians, Older persons services and Primary care, to build an efficient and seamless system of care.
- Provide Consultant service on the Acute Medical Assessment Unit and in reach to the Emergency Department. Rapid Ambulatory Assessment services and direct GP admission services are active. The post holder would be supported in further developing pathways of care for ambulatory patients.
- On-going Consultant support to short stay patients, general medical patients remaining on the assessment units.
- To participate in teaching and training of junior staff.
- Participate in audit and responsibility for clinical governance.
Company
About Us
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (HHFT) is an NHS provider providing wide acute health services for a population of over 600,000 across Hampshire and parts of Berkshire.
Hampshire Hospitals, which came into being in January 2012 as a result of the integration of Basingstoke and North Hampshire NHS Foundation Trust – which achieved Foundation Trust status in 2006 – and Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare Trust.
The trust’s vision is to provide outstanding care for each and every patient, ensuring our patients are well-cared for across the boundaries between our organisation and other providers. In order to provide this, it’s vital that we focus on the care that we provide to the staff who care for our patients, and we need to do all this within our inclusive CARE values, treating patients, colleagues and partners with compassion and respect.
Working for HHFT offers a rewarding career, nationally agreed employment terms and conditions and a range of additional benefits as part of our extensive reward package.
We aim to ensure staff have training and development opportunities to enable them to provide safe, effective, high quality care to our patients, whilst also creating an environment of health and wellbeing. In addition to this, all staff members are able to access a range of benefits and discount services.
Being a part of the Hampshire Hospitals family is also an opportunity to experience what Hampshire has to offer. Hampshire lies between England’s south-central coastline and the North Wessex Downs and is well-equipped and well-connected to meet the needs of everyone. You will also be spoilt for choice by the wealth of parks and woods, historical attractions, cultural landmarks, modern shopping centres, cosmopolitan restaurants and sports facilities, all in easy reach.
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