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    Consultant Acute and General Physician - Maidstone, United Kingdom - Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

    Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
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    Consultant Acute and General Physician

    Employer Location Maidstone Salary £93,666 to £126,281 per annum/pro rata Closing date 18 Feb 2024

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    Profession , Grade Contract Type Hours You need to or to save a job. Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust (MTW) is undergoing a period of exciting redevelopment as it forges ahead as a regional and national pacesetter in timely assessment and management of non-elective admissions. There has been recent investment in its new same day emergency care units (Ambulatory Emergency Care and Acute Frailty Units) as well as the redevelopment of a brand-new, purpose built Acute Medical Unit. This will be part of a £6 million development on its Maidstone site, including the Acute Assessment Unit, which opened in March 2020 and the new Hyper-Acute Stroke Unit, one of 3 in Kent, which MTW is key in providing.

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    Main duties of the job

    This new appointment reflect the expansion in the non- elective services and will be based at Maidstone Hospital, with flexibility to work at both sites. Particular sub- specialty interests in any aspect of medicine will also be considered. The majority of clinical services provided by the Trust are managed on both sites and cross cover with the other hospital sites within the Trust may be required in circumstances where there is clinical need. The post is part of a General Internal Medicine on call rota. The Department of Acute Medicine is part of the Acute Medicine & Geriatrics Directorate within the Division of Medicine and Emergency Care. The appointee will work with a total of 8 other Acute Medical Consultants at MTW when fully established.

    About us

    The Trust was formed in April 2000 by the merger of the Mid Kent Healthcare Trust and the Kent & Sussex Weald NHS Trust. It provides general hospital services to a population of approximately 460,000 in West Kent and North of East Sussex, and some specialist services to a considerably larger population.

    The Trust's major hospitals are The Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury and The Maidstone Hospital in Kent's County Town. The Trust's Headquarters are at Maidstone Hospital. The Trust's Chairman is Mr David Highton, the Chief Executive is Mr Miles Scott and the Medical Director Dr Peter Maskell. The Chief of Service for Medicine and Emergency Care is Dr Laurence Maiden. The Clinical Director for Acute & Geriatric Medicine is Dr Katy Davies. The Clinical Lead for Care of the Elderly is Dr Owen Ingram.

    Job description
    Job responsibilities
  • To provide a high standard of care to any patient for whom you have clinical responsibility.
  • To participate in clinical and other service activities and developments with the aim of ensuring a high standard of patient care across the Trust.
  • To work in close co-operation with other medical, professional and managerial colleagues, both within and outside the specialty, to provide high quality health care to the Trusts patients, and to make a contribution to future thinking about the Trusts strategic direction.
  • To participate fully in clinical governance of the specialty covering its Trust-wide activities. To attend clinical governance half-days as detailed in the Trusts Guide to Job Planning unless on agreed leave or while attending emergencies.
  • To participate actively in departmental audits and QIPs, sharing co-ordination of audit activities within the department and implementation of change.
  • To engage with undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
  • To ensure at all times that you comply with the General Medical Councils published guide Good Medical Practice including the Duties of a Doctor.
  • To take personal responsibility for risk management in your work and undertake to review practices and learn from mistakes.
  • To ensure that you respond promptly and efficiently to all complaints related to any patient care you or your staff have been involved with, assisting the Trusts corporate responsibility to reply to complaints within a specified time frame.
  • To ensure that you develop and maintain effective working relationships with those agencies concerned with the provision of health and social care services and those representing the interests of patients.
  • To undertake an annual job plan review as outlined in the Trust Guide to Job Planning.
  • You are required to take reasonable care for the health and safety of yourself and others who may be affected by what you do while at work. You must adhere to Trust IRMER Regulations.
  • Involvement in the development of clinical management protocols shared with the community and other consultant colleagues.
  • To provide a high standard of care to any patient for whom you have clinical responsibility.
  • To participate in clinical and other service activities and developments with the aim of ensuring a high standard of patient care across the Trust.
  • To work in close co-operation with other medical, professional and managerial colleagues, both within and outside the specialty, to provide high quality health care to the Trusts patients, and to make a contribution to future thinking about the Trusts strategic direction.
  • To participate fully in clinical governance of the specialty covering its Trust-wide activities. To attend clinical governance half-days as detailed in the Trusts Guide to Job Planning unless on agreed leave or while attending emergencies.
  • To participate actively in departmental audits and QIPs, sharing co-ordination of audit activities within the department and implementation of change.
  • To engage with undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
  • To ensure at all times that you comply with the General Medical Councils published guide Good Medical Practice including the Duties of a Doctor.
  • To take personal responsibility for risk management in your work and undertake to review practices and learn from mistakes.
  • To ensure that you respond promptly and efficiently to all complaints related to any patient care you or your staff have been involved with, assisting the Trusts corporate responsibility to reply to complaints within a specified time frame.
  • To ensure that you develop and maintain effective working relationships with those agencies concerned with the provision of health and social care services and those representing the interests of patients.
  • To undertake an annual job plan review as outlined in the Trust Guide to Job Planning.
  • You are required to take reasonable care for the health and safety of yourself and others who may be affected by what you do while at work. You must adhere to Trust IRMER Regulations.
  • Involvement in the development of clinical management protocols shared with the community and other consultant colleagues.
  • Person Specification
    Qualifications
    Essential
  • MB BS (or equivalent)
  • Higher qualification relevant to acute medicine
  • MRCP(UK)
  • Full registration with GMC and name on Specialist Register on date of taking up appointment or within 6 months of completing CCT by interview date/CESR approval
  • Desirable
  • Academic higher degree or diploma
  • Instructor status: ALS
  • Training and Research
    Essential
  • Wide experience in all aspects of acute medicine
  • Awareness of clinical governance with particular reference to acute medicine and professional development (CPD)
  • Desirable
  • CCT in acute medicine plus a subspecialty interest
  • Administration
    Essential
  • Familiar with current structure of the health service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes
  • Desirable
  • Evidence of involvement in service delivery and strategic goal planning
  • Employer details
    Employer name

    Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

    Address

    Tunbridge Wells Hospital

    Maidstone Hospital

    Maidstone

    ME16 9QQ

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