Job summary
- Main area
- Acute Medicine
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 6 sessions per week (1:6 weekends)
- Job ref
- 374-EB-2191
- Employer
- East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- EDGH
- Town
- Eastbourne
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/02/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Acute Medicine Consultant
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
We provide safe, compassionate and high quality hospital and community care to over half a million people living in East Sussex and those who visit our local area.
We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex with an annual income of £650 million and we are the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex. Our extensive health services are provided by over 8,000 dedicated members of staff working from two acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites across East Sussex, and in people’s own homes.
In 2020 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated us as ‘Good’ overall, and ‘Outstanding’ for being Caring and Effective. Conquest Hospital and our Community Services were rated ‘Outstanding’ and Eastbourne DGH was rated ‘Good’.
Our two acute hospitals have emergency departments and provide 24 hour a day care, offering a comprehensive range of surgical, medical, outpatient and maternity services, supported by a full range of diagnostic and therapy services. Our centre for trauma services and obstetrics is at Conquest Hospital, while our centre for urology and stroke services is at Eastbourne DGH. At Bexhill Hospital we offer a range of outpatient, day surgery, rehabilitation and intermediate care services. At Rye, Winchelsea and District Memorial Hospital we offer outpatients, rehabilitation and intermediate services. At Uckfield Community Hospital we provide day surgery and outpatient care.
In the community, we deliver services that focus on people with long term conditions living well outside hospital, through our integrated locality teams working with district and community nursing teams. Community members of staff also provide care to patients in their homes and from a number of clinics, health centres and GP surgeries.
Job overview
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 primarily be working at EDGH across AMU 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.
Interview date: 3rd April 2025
Main duties of the job
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.
There will be a strong commitment to teaching Junior Staff the principles of acute medicine that will occur as the opportunity arises on a day-to-day basis with acute patients, as well as dedicated directorate teaching. There will be responsibility for general professional training of the junior medical members of the department and contributing to the training of nurses and other members of the multi-disciplinary team,
and participating in the activities of the Medical Education Centre including Clinical Audit and Quality improvement projects.
The post holder will be expected to undertake administrative duties associated with the care of patients and running his or her clinical department. The post holder will be expected to participate fully in the process of appraisal and revalidation including completion of mandatory training, attendance of induction meetings and attendance at Trust Clinical Governance sessions.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main 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
Values & Behaviours
Essential criteria
- Put the patient first by being Compassionate, helpful, caring, respectful and patient
- Always taking opportunities to improve, encouraging excellence
- Work as one team – communicate, collaborate and share
- Respect each other by being polite, pleasant and listening
Qualifications & Training
Essential criteria
- Wide experience in all aspects of General (Internal) Medicine.
- CCT in either General (Internal) Medicine (GIM) or Acute Internal Medicine (AIM), +/- a medical speciality
Desirable criteria
- Experience in setting up an ambulatory care service or in other relevant medical specialities
- Completion of courses relevant to chosen specialties. Such as eSCE in acute Internal Medicine
- Ability to develop a specialty or subspecialty interest within the field of Acute Internal Medicine, which complements those of the current team.
- FAMUS supervisor
- ALS instructor
Clinical Experience
Essential criteria
- High standard of clinical skill and expertise in the specialty
- Able to contribute to the full range of skills required for the on call rota for the specialty
- Comprehensive clinical experience in general medicine and geriatric medicine.
- Good working knowledge of the theory and practice of Geriatric Medicine
Desirable criteria
- Good all-round experience in General Internal Medicine/Care of the Elderly and/or other Medicine Specialties.
- Special interest and expertise in the subspecialty of geriatrics
- Experience in Frailty & Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
Management & Administrative Experience
Essential criteria
- Audit/Research
- Has attended a recognised management training event or will have such training on completion of CCT/CCST
- Supervision of post graduate trainees
- Personal time management skills
- Clinical Governance
- Ability to organise outpatient waiting lists
Desirable criteria
- • Familiarity within issues of service organisation and development
Teaching Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of teaching undergraduate and postgraduate trainees
- Ability to teach clinical skills
Desirable criteria
- Experience of supervising junior doctors
- Experience of teaching Lay groups and other staff groups
- Ability to supervise postgraduate research
Research Experience
Essential criteria
- Ability to contribute to change management
- Ability to apply research findings to clinical problems
- Ability to critically review research
Desirable criteria
- Publications in peer review journals
- Ability to lead clinical research projects
Language
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable skills in written and spoken English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfil the job requirements.
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to work in partnership to deliver a patient centred service
- Demonstrate an understanding and willingness to embrace user involvement
- Good interpersonal skills
- Enquiring, critical approach to work
- Ability to communicate with patients and relatives
- Commitment to continuing professional development
- Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities to local, regional or national levels
- Willingness to work with consultant colleagues and management to maintain and develop a comprehensive service
- Able to make own arrangements for travel between working sites
- Commitment to Specialty development
Desirable criteria
- Full driving licence
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Fiona Holter
- Job title
- Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
We would welcome anyone who would like an informal discussion or visit to the department.
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