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Junior Specialist Doctors - Lowers in Elderly Care
| Posting date: | 22 March 2024 |
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| Salary: | £43,923.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £43923.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 27 March 2024 |
| Location: | Birmingham, B18 7QH |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9381-24-0280 |
Summary
The successful candidates will have at least 2 years experience post qualification, full GMC Registration with a license to practice and up to date ALS certification. Recent acute hospital experience at ST1 level or equivalent (within the last 12 months) of at least 6 months duration is essential. Previous General Medicine experience would be desirable and knowledge of the workings of the NHS is preferable. The Trust is building the 670 bed Midland Metropolitan University Hospital. It will be worth the wait. Its opening will be the beginning of a fresh chapter in our ambitious journey to be the nations leading provider of integrated care. The single-site Acute Hospital will benefit from co-located specialist services which will support the new Emergency Department with dedicated imaging facility and Assessment Units. It will provide state-of-the-art treatment and care for patients from Sandwell and across the region and will become the civic heart of the area and a point of pride for the community. The Trust is a key partner with the local commissioning group and the local authorities in the Right Care Right Here programme which seeks to deliver a redevelopment of local health services. The programme includes one of the largest investments in the UK with new facilities in both the acute and community sectors. Included within this is the new Midland Metropolitan University Hospital. The Trust has a very good reputation for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching with strong links to the University of Birmingham and Health Education West Midlands. The Trust is home to a number of University departments and we are now looking to develop research capacity in a number of specialties in the Trust including Emergency Medicine so there is likely to be opportunities to become involved in research activities. There is a clinical skills laboratory on the Acute Medical Unit which is the first in the UK. Birmingham is a vibrant, multi-cultural city and it is a very exciting place to live and work. It has a population of 1.1 million, the youngest in Europe. Its residents speak over 140 languages and blend different cultures and nationalities with history that is rich in industrial heritage. The area boasts affordable housing with popular residential districts such as Harborne and Sutton Coldfield an easy commute to either of the main hospital sites. There are a number of very good schools and colleges locally (including a number of independent and grammar schools such as the King Edwards Schools). Birmingham is a very green city with more than 8,000 acres of green space including impressive parks around the city. Due to our central location and good motorway connections we are in easy reach of a number of beautiful rural locations including the Peak District, Cannock Chase, the Lickey Hills and the Cotswolds. Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to equality of opportunity and is a no smoking organisation.