Specialist Grade/GP with special interest in Acute Medicine
| Posting date: | 08 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £83,945 - £95,275 pa |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 May 2024 |
| Location: | Derby, DE22 3NE |
| Company: | University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6208671/320-MDR-5829217-KAA |
Summary
A Vacancy at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust.
We are looking for a motivated and innovative Specialist Grade / GP Practitioner with an interest in Emergency Medicine and Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) to work in the medical SDEC unit at Royal Derby Hospital, this role may suit a General Practitioner looking for a new challenge
The successful applicant will work as an integral member of our multidisciplinary team, comprising of nursing staff, advanced clinical practitioners, junior and senior clinical fellows and IMT doctors along with our substantive Consultant Physicians in Acute Medicine.
SDEC is the provision of same day care for patients who would otherwise be admitted to hospital. Under this care model, patients presenting at hospital with relevant conditions can be rapidly assessed, diagnosed and treated without being admitted to a ward, and if clinically safe to do so will go home the same day their care is provided.
You will have the opportunity to manage a range of acute medical problems and to develop your clinical leadership within these areas. This includes developing medical SDEC specific clinical pathways to complement those already in operation and play a key role in the interface between Acute Medicine and primary care.
The major roles of the successful candidate will include (but not be limited to):
• Working alongside other members of the Acute Medicine multi-disciplinary team to deliver high quality healthcare in medical SDEC
• An Interface role between primary care and secondary care looking at how we can move towards frictionless care
• Developing clinical pathways which span the primary care/secondary care interface
• Contributing to clinical governance and quality improvement within medical SDEC
• Contributing to the ongoing education of the multidisciplinary team within medical SDEC
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer:
• Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
• On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts about our Trust:
• We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
• We are the 4thbusiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in assessment, diagnosis and management of medical patients presenting to Medical Same Day Emergency Care
• Development of services and pathways across the primary and secondary care interface and between UTC and acute medicine
• Provide senior support to medical trainees and advanced clinical practitioners
• To actively participate in continuing professional development (CPD) and departmental meetings
• Provide teaching and education for medical and nursing staff on Medical Same Day Emergency Care
This advert closes on Monday 22 Apr 2024
We are looking for a motivated and innovative Specialist Grade / GP Practitioner with an interest in Emergency Medicine and Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) to work in the medical SDEC unit at Royal Derby Hospital, this role may suit a General Practitioner looking for a new challenge
The successful applicant will work as an integral member of our multidisciplinary team, comprising of nursing staff, advanced clinical practitioners, junior and senior clinical fellows and IMT doctors along with our substantive Consultant Physicians in Acute Medicine.
SDEC is the provision of same day care for patients who would otherwise be admitted to hospital. Under this care model, patients presenting at hospital with relevant conditions can be rapidly assessed, diagnosed and treated without being admitted to a ward, and if clinically safe to do so will go home the same day their care is provided.
You will have the opportunity to manage a range of acute medical problems and to develop your clinical leadership within these areas. This includes developing medical SDEC specific clinical pathways to complement those already in operation and play a key role in the interface between Acute Medicine and primary care.
The major roles of the successful candidate will include (but not be limited to):
• Working alongside other members of the Acute Medicine multi-disciplinary team to deliver high quality healthcare in medical SDEC
• An Interface role between primary care and secondary care looking at how we can move towards frictionless care
• Developing clinical pathways which span the primary care/secondary care interface
• Contributing to clinical governance and quality improvement within medical SDEC
• Contributing to the ongoing education of the multidisciplinary team within medical SDEC
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer:
• Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
• On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts about our Trust:
• We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
• We are the 4thbusiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in assessment, diagnosis and management of medical patients presenting to Medical Same Day Emergency Care
• Development of services and pathways across the primary and secondary care interface and between UTC and acute medicine
• Provide senior support to medical trainees and advanced clinical practitioners
• To actively participate in continuing professional development (CPD) and departmental meetings
• Provide teaching and education for medical and nursing staff on Medical Same Day Emergency Care
This advert closes on Monday 22 Apr 2024