Consultant in Acute Medicine - Guildford, United Kingdom - Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
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Guildford, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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The Royal Surrey Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has opportunities within our Acute Medicine service.

Join an innovative and dynamic team at Royal Surrey, providing nationally celebrated, collaborative care. We are clinically led and provide joined-up care through our hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care.

With our main acute hospital site in Guildford and community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere, and Cranleigh, we are committed to transforming Acute Medicine across our hospitals and raising our profile nationally.


As an Acute Physician, you will be responsible for providing Consultant cover for medical patients on our Acute Medical Unit (AMU), Emergency Department (ED) in-reach, and Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) unit, while also participating in the General Internal Medicine (GIM) on-call rota.

Clinical and administrative responsibility for patients in AMU & SDEC
Consultant level input to deliver early and appropriate clinical decision making for emergency admissions
Care for patients requiring Non-Invasive Ventilation (NIV) and high dependency care
Supervision of medical admissions through the emergency assessment unit, including flow-through from the Emergency Department
Rapid assessment of suspected infectious disease patients and appropriate transfer to designated wards
Assessing and assigning patients for ongoing inpatient care, short stay inpatient care in the unit, ambulatory care, or discharge
Supervision and training of junior medical staff and allied health professionals working in the units
Supervision and assessment of junior staff performing ward-based invasive procedures for patients in the units
Ensuring that resuscitation and end-of-life care issues are addressed
Review and revision of joint protocols for the management of emergency admissions with clinical colleagues and the nursing team
Development of Ambulatory Emergency Medicine Pathways
Delivery of ambulatory medicine clinics
Delivery of clinical audits relevant to the needs of the Units

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust.

Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career.

Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.


We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care.

Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.

Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on.

We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years.

There has never been a better time to join us.

See attached Job Description for further information.
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