- Full GMC Registration and Licence to Practise
- MRCP or equivalent
- On the GMC Specialist Register (including via CESR/European Community Rights) or will have a CCT or CESR date within 6 months of interview
- Valid Certified Basic Life Support Skills (or equivalent international qualification)
- Relevant Higher Degree MD; PhD; MSc
- Broad based experience GIM and relevant subspecialty.
- Knowledge of UK hospital systems (or equivalent)
- Knowledge and participation in CPD
- Safe and effective written and verbal communication
- Meet the requirement of the GMC's "Good Medical Practice"
- Evidence of participation in clinical audit and understanding role of audit in improving medical practice
- Comprehension of core philosophy and building blocks of Clinical Governance Knowledge of risk management
- Experience and knowledge of critical appraisal of evidence
- Evidence of initiating, progressing and concluding research projects with publication Research degree
- Willingness to teach medical undergraduates and postgraduates
- Evidence of organising programmes and teaching medical students and junior doctors
- Organisation of further teaching programmes in medical education "Training the Trainers" experience
- Knowledge of the management and structure of the NHS Evidence and management training
- Ability to cope with stressful situations and undertake responsibility
- Excellent interpersonal skills and team working skills
- Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary and multi-agency team
- Ability to work flexibly in response to the changing needs of the service.
- Evidence of leadership attributes. Motivational skills.
- Demonstrable skills in written and spoken English adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues Satisfactory preemployment checks compliant with National Standards
- Ability to fulfil all duties of post, including on-call commitments and travel to meet requirements of the post.
- Ability to speak Welsh or willingness to learn
Fixed Term Consultant Physician in Acute Medicine - Bodelwyddan, United Kingdom - Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Description
Job summary
These are exciting new posts supporting the expansion of the Acute Medicine Service in the Emergency Quadrant (EQ) at Glan Clwyd Hospital. The EQ consists of the Emergency Department (ED), Acute Medical Admissions Unit (AMU), Surgical Admissions Unit (SAU), Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) Unit and Acute Frailty Unit. This is an exciting opportunity to provide the vision and develop provision of acute medical services in central North Wales, one of the most beautiful areas in the country. The post holder will join a team of 4 Acute Physicians, and 15 General Physicians, each with a specialty interest and 8 cardiologists providing secondary and tertiary level cardiology services. Which are attached to the North Wales Cardiac Centre, which is located on the Glan Clwyd Site. The post is open to people who would like to consider working fulltime or part time and can be flexible both within acute medicine sub-specialties SDEC (Ambulatory medicine), acute intake or acute short stay medicine but can also accommodate other medical sub-specialty interests and qualifications including renal, diabetes, gastroenterology, geriatrics/frailty/stroke and respiratory medicine.
Main duties of the job
The vision of the acute medicine team in YGC is to provide a comprehensive acute medical service, interfacing with the specialty and GIM services in the hospital. The successful applicant will provide consultant level support to the 3 key areas of acute medicine. SDEC, medical short stay and acute medical intake. The acute medical intake team will see between 35-50 patients each day, as part of the service development we are looking to expand the senior support to the SDEC unit to allow more of these patients to be managed on an ambulatory basis. The post holder would be encouraged to develop clinical, leadership, teaching, training or academic specialist interests alongside their clinical role and each consultant role is allocated appropriate SPA in which to develop these interests. The appointee will have the option of undertaking up to 2 sessions in the medical sub-specialty of their choice. Each specialty of interest OPD activity is in line with RCP recommendations for new and review patients.
About us
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) is the largest health organisation in Wales, with a budget of £ billion and a workforce of over 19,000 staff. The Health Board providesprimary, community, mental health and acute hospital services for the population of North provides a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and specialist hospital services across 3 acute hospitals, 22 communityhospitals and a network of over 90 healthcentres, clinics, community health team bases and mental health units. BCUHB alsocoordinates or provides the work of 113 GP practices andthe NHS services provided by dentists, opticians and pharmacists across the Health Board is an integrated health system which strives to excellent compassionate care delivered in partnership with the public and other statutory and third sector organisations. BCUHB has a developed relationship with the universities in North Wales and with the University of Bangor is seeking medical school status and operates in a research-rich learning culture.
Job descriptionJob responsibilities
Candidates are encouraged to refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information
Person SpecificationQualifications
Essential
Desirable
Clinical Experience
Essential
Clinical Governance
Essential
Desirable
Research
Essential
Desirable
Teaching
Essential
Desirable
Management
Essential
Personal Qualities
Essential
Other Requirements
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Desirable