Consultant Acute Medicine - Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom - Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Description

This is a substantive full time C onsultant appointment to the Older People's Medicine (OPM) department.

In the last 4 years, there has been an expansion of the department's work and involvement with frailty in the Emergency Department creating the UKs first Older Persons Emergency Department (OPED).

Applicants will be expected to take part in either the on-call rota for Acute Geriatric Medicine or for the Older Persons Emergency Department team (including weekend duties), or a mixture of both.

There are also opportunities to consider taking part in the Trusts Acute Medicine and physician of the day rota.

Job plans are flexible and include core activities such as taking responsibility for the care of inpatients under Older Peoples Medicine (OPM) in the Norfolk and Norwich University hospital.

There will be sessional work for assessing frail older patients in the Emergency Department or in the Acute Medical Unit.

There is also the opportunity to be involved in partnership working within the local community units
This includes active participation in clinical audit, quality, clinical guidelines/pathways, professional development, appraisal and risk management.

Further, the appointee will support the delivery of a high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service, whereby all staff are expected to act as a role model to others in all aspects of their work and consistently demonstrate NNUH's 'PRIDE' values of People focused, Respect, Dedication, Integrity and Excellence and demonstrate behaviours that support and encourage an inclusive culture.

As a university teaching hospital we have developed our research and development strategy with the UEA and work with partners at the Norwich Research Park.

There are numerous opportunities for the post holder to undertake teaching roles on sessional basis as well as research programmes.

The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the biggest hospitals in England with approximately 1000 beds, situated in the heart of Norfolk.

5 hours by car, and train access is also less than two hours (From London Liverpool Street, no changes).
Please see the detailed job description attached to learn about our hospital and the job's responsibilities
Training and expertise in children's safeguarding

Applicants who are Nationals from another European country or elsewhere overseas would have to show equivalence to the 5 years training period in the National Health Service required for the specialty.

Enthusiasm for service development and teaching.