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Consultant in Acute General Medicine (AGM) and Rheumatology
| Posting date: | 04 July 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £99,532 - £131,964 10 PA |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 August 2024 |
| Location: | Oxford, OX3 7LD |
| Company: | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6401937/321-MS-CON-6401937-S5 |
Summary
A Vacancy at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
CONSULTANT IN ACUTE GENERAL MEDICINE (AGM) AND RHEUMATOLOGY
Applications are invited for a consultant post in Acute General Medicine (AGM) and Rheumatology at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust (OUHFT). The OUH NHS Trust comprises four hospitals: the John Radcliffe, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Churchill Hospital and the Horton General Hospital. Applicants will be based mainly at the Horton Hospital with sessions at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre.
This is an exciting time to join AGM and Rheumatology at OUHFT and become part of a consultant workforce with a reputation for excellence. We are seeking enthusiastic colleagues who are skilled in the delivery of acute medical care and the interface with the Emergency Department and other hospital specialties. The post offers integration with a large rheumatology department which has strong academic links to the University of Oxford.
Clinical
The post-holder’s principal duties will be delivered at the Horton Hospital, but it is a condition of the appointment that the post-holder will be willing to work in any of the Trust’s locations. The post-holder willprovide consultant physician services for the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, including care of acute admissions, care of outpatients, leading ward rounds and other professional activities relating to Acute General Medicine and Rheumatology.
AGM at the Horton Hospital:
The department consists of an Emergency Assessment Unit (18 beds), short stay ward (18 beds) and 2 general medical wards (28 and 30 beds). AGM consultants also provide medical care for patients on a 4-bed critical care unit (CCU) providing level 2 care, supported by anaesthetic colleagues.
There is a team of at least 8 WTE general physicians delivering AGM at the Horton. The majority of consultants work across both JR and Horton sites which helps to maintain excellent levels of communication and cohesiveness across the sites. The current consultant body consists of general physicians with specialist interests in Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases, Diabetes, Endocrinology and Geratology. The department receives regular specialist input from Respiratory, Acute Oncology and Palliative care.
Inpatient teams are ward-based and consultants manage approximately 20 inpatients supported by a team of junior doctors comprising an ST3+, IMT/CMT/FY2/GPVTS and FY1
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here www.ouh.nhs.uk
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
COVID-19:The COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information atOxfordshire County Council Websitewhere you can also find out more about how to access vaccination.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel
Please refrain to the Job Description attached, including Personal Specification and indicative job plan.
This advert closes on Wednesday 31 Jul 2024
CONSULTANT IN ACUTE GENERAL MEDICINE (AGM) AND RHEUMATOLOGY
Applications are invited for a consultant post in Acute General Medicine (AGM) and Rheumatology at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust (OUHFT). The OUH NHS Trust comprises four hospitals: the John Radcliffe, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Churchill Hospital and the Horton General Hospital. Applicants will be based mainly at the Horton Hospital with sessions at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre.
This is an exciting time to join AGM and Rheumatology at OUHFT and become part of a consultant workforce with a reputation for excellence. We are seeking enthusiastic colleagues who are skilled in the delivery of acute medical care and the interface with the Emergency Department and other hospital specialties. The post offers integration with a large rheumatology department which has strong academic links to the University of Oxford.
Clinical
The post-holder’s principal duties will be delivered at the Horton Hospital, but it is a condition of the appointment that the post-holder will be willing to work in any of the Trust’s locations. The post-holder willprovide consultant physician services for the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, including care of acute admissions, care of outpatients, leading ward rounds and other professional activities relating to Acute General Medicine and Rheumatology.
AGM at the Horton Hospital:
The department consists of an Emergency Assessment Unit (18 beds), short stay ward (18 beds) and 2 general medical wards (28 and 30 beds). AGM consultants also provide medical care for patients on a 4-bed critical care unit (CCU) providing level 2 care, supported by anaesthetic colleagues.
There is a team of at least 8 WTE general physicians delivering AGM at the Horton. The majority of consultants work across both JR and Horton sites which helps to maintain excellent levels of communication and cohesiveness across the sites. The current consultant body consists of general physicians with specialist interests in Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases, Diabetes, Endocrinology and Geratology. The department receives regular specialist input from Respiratory, Acute Oncology and Palliative care.
Inpatient teams are ward-based and consultants manage approximately 20 inpatients supported by a team of junior doctors comprising an ST3+, IMT/CMT/FY2/GPVTS and FY1
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here www.ouh.nhs.uk
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
COVID-19:The COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information atOxfordshire County Council Websitewhere you can also find out more about how to access vaccination.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel
Please refrain to the Job Description attached, including Personal Specification and indicative job plan.
This advert closes on Wednesday 31 Jul 2024