Fixed Term Internal Medicine Training IMT 1/2 General Medicine
| Posting date: | 23 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £49,909.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £49909.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 July 2025 |
| Location: | Bury St. Edmunds, IP33 2QZ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9179-25-0289 |
Summary
The department of Medicine is run on an integrated acute medicine and care of the elderly ward-based system, with most wards having at least three consultants, two Specialty Registrars, three Specialty Registrars/F2 trainees and three F1 trainees. F1 trainees are regularly rostered to clerking shifts on AAU under the supervision of the physician of the day. In the evenings and at weekends medical wards are covered by two F1 trainees, with support from the rest of the on-call team. At night the hospital is covered by a hospital at night team run by the specialist registrar and including F2 trainees and enhanced trained nurses. F1 trainees no longer work at night within the hospital. Formal handover to the hospital at night time is an important component of the post for the on call F1 trainees. Each ward has their own ward-based team of juniors including combinations of FY1, FY2, ST1 and ST2 trainees. Each ward also has ward based StR(s) and a combination of medical and COE consultants. The division runs a physician of the day system, to cover the acute on call and provide a daily post take ward round of those admissions not retained in AAU or the short stay facilities. Each ward operates a daily consultant multidisciplinary red to green board round to facilitate early discharge and to ensure all patients have daily consultant input. Our Acute Admissions Unit (AAU) is in operation and comprises of short stay trolleys and a dedicated Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) area. Please see Job Description and Person Specification attached for full details.