Consultant in Acute Medicine
| Posting date: | 04 September 2024 |
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| Salary: | £105,504 to £139,882 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £105504 - £139882 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 October 2024 |
| Location: | Plymouth, PL6 8DH |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9216-24-1692 |
Summary
There are currently 6 Acute Medicine Consultants with a major commitment to acute medicine and further 4 Physicians with part time commitment to acute medicine. The Medical Take on-call rota comprises General Medicine consultants from various medical specialties. The successful applicants for these posts will commit to the full take rota and acute medicine weekend working. The post holder will also be contributing to medical take on call (weekends only). Acute Physicians roles: The Acute Physician of the day (APOD) Supervises the medical take from 0800-1800 and is clinician in charge of the AMU shop floor during this period. The APOD will see approximately 1/3 of the AMU patients between 0800 and 1300 hours. The afternoon session is given to further review of sick patients identified on the post take ward round and timely review of new admissions. The APOD runs the 0800 and 1700 twice daily safety briefs and the daily 1100 board round. Take assist Reviews new medical admissions between 0800-1300 hours. This includes patients for post take ward round and those who have been on the unit for more than 24 hours. Medical SDEC consultant: The Medical SDEC is covered from 1000-1800 from Mondays to Fridays, with a plan to extending the operating hours to 2000 by the beginning of August 2024 to coincide with the move to the new purpose built SDEC area. Weekend duties: Acute Medicine Consultants will be expected to work no more than one in seven weekends, in line with other medical specialties. This will usually involve one long day (0800 to 2000 with a break in the middle) and one short day (0800 to 1300), or Saturday Take Assist (1100 to 1800) and Sunday SDEC shift (1000 to 1700).