Consultant in Acute Medicine - Stockport, United Kingdom - Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

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Stockport, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Consultant Physician in Acute Medicine

Our team of acute physicians describe themselves as a passionate team; because of their fantastic progress the last 5 years we are looking to further expand our acute medical workforce and portfolio of acute services.

We are looking for a proactive, forward thinking and dynamic individual to join our expanding team.

The acute medicine team is located in a purpose built 59 bed acute medical unit, adjacent to the ambulatory care unit and emergency department, and in close proximity to the surgical assessment unit and critical care units.

We are actively recruiting substantive posts to establish an acute physician consultant model of 12 consultants; and concurrently to an acute frailty/geriatrician consultant model of 5 consultants.

The role involves working alongside a multi-disciplinary team covering key service areas such as the Emergency Department, SDEC areas, and our inpatient acute assessment areas.

Our strategy for Acute Medicine involves:
ü investing in people

ü investing in equipment

ü investing in the estate

ü investing in clinical pathways

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

Our mission is to make a difference every day. Our values are that we care, we respect, and we listen

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve.

We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We recognise that flexible working is important.

We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

The salary for the role is only one part of the excellent package of benefits we offer to you:

Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
NHS pension scheme membership
Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
NHS Staff discounts
Cycle to work scheme
Salary finance for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
Stockport Credit Union

- for local financial advice

If you are enthusiastic about Acute Medicine and delivering quality care, then you should join our team.

If you desire a flexible job plan which offer a favourable work-life balance in the face of changes in clinical activities & demands, then you should join our team.

If you are seeking opportunities to lead on clinical service developments, then you should join our team.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust's policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.

If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £38. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary

In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £13.