Consultant in Acute Medicine

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	11 Awst 2025
Cyflog:	£109,725.00 i £145,478.00 bob blwyddyn
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	£109725.00 - £145478.00 a year
Oriau:	Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau:	27 Awst 2025
Lleoliad:	Bury St. Edmunds, IP33 2QZ
Cwmni:	NHS Jobs
Math o swydd:	Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd:	C9179-25-0381

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The AMU assesses around approximately 1,000 medical patients per month. There is provision for single-sex accommodation. The AMU comprises of AAU and a Short Stay Ward. AAU includes a dedicated assessment area and Ambulatory Emergency Care. Within the AAU there is 5 monitored trollies where we provide level 2 care. Recently, we have established a Cardiology Clinic within our Ambulatory Care where the Cardiologist provides a review clinic for AMU patients. Short stay wardis currently located in F7 which admits patients whose length of stay is less than 72 hours. There is a regular monthly AMU operational meeting, attended by all members of the multidisciplinary team. The operational policy has been agreed by the Trust. The AMU is working with other members of the trust to increase the number of ambulatory care pathways. This will be supported by the assimilation of community services under the umbrella of the acute trust. The unit works closely with the existing community services, including the Early Intervention Team, rapid response team and Suffolk COPD services to avoid unnecessary admissions wherever possible. The team have also worked with the local practice-based commissioning group to redesign the pathway for patients with suspected DVT, which was launched in early July 2010. The new pathway means that the GP performs the initial clinicalassessment and gives the first dose of anticoagulation, so that the patient has to attend DVT clinic the following day for a booked assessment and ultrasound scan. This is currently under review with an intention to run the service with a specialist nurse. Please See Full Job Description attached for details