Locum Consultant Physician in Acute Medicine

The Acute Medicine department is looking to appoint enthusiastic, highly motivated and dynamic Consultant colleagues to join our team in Acute Medicine at North Manchester Hospital. The consultants in our current team have varied sub-specialty interests including rheumatology, infectious diseases, respiratory, gastroenterology and emergency medicine. We are supported by a large multidisciplinary team of junior trainees, clinical fellows, ACPs and a dedicated physiotherapy, occupational therapy and NMP pharmacy team for our unit. We have excellent record of developing and retaining senior nursing colleagues for our unit.

This truly is an exciting time to join North Manchester General Hospital. A once-in-a-generation opportunity will see our hospital rebuilt and the creation of a health hub within our grounds. This creates a rare opportunity to become involved with these changes and part of the new future of the site. We are part of Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust which unites multiple hospitals and providers of community services. MFT delivers care to approximately 750,000 people across 10 hospital sites. We are changing the way care is delivered to address health inequalities in our region. We are proud of our history, serving North Manchester communities since 1876. One of the first things you will realise when you join us is the community feel and the supportive and nurturing culture.

Main duties of the job

We are constantly developing the acute medical unit and expanding Consultant support to ensure Consultant delivered care is available 7 days a week. North Manchester has successfully achieved and demonstrated an appetite for service development. We welcome imaginative and innovative ways of addressing the demands in acute medical care. The post will include weekend daytime sessions 1:8. The posts are based at North Manchester General Hospital and provide senior medical support to our 53 Medical Assessment Units bed split across 2 wards and our Ambulatory Care Unit.

The post is offered at 10 PAs however the service actively encourages 1.5 PAs of sessions in other specialties such as:

Respiratory Medicine

Care of the Elderly - Frailty sessions

Diabetes and Endocrine

Infectious Diseases

Other specialty sessions at MFT can also be explored.

We are looking for clinicians who may wish to take up roles in the following areas as part of their job plans to facilitate their further development:

Medical leadership (clinical lead)

Medical education

Service improvement

Incidents & governance

Trust Values

Everyone Matters

Working Together

Dignity and Care

Open and Honest

Primary medical qualification (e.g., MBChB)

Full registration with the GMC with a Licence to practice

On the Specialist Register, holding CCT or expect to do within 6 months of interview

The appointee will hold the MRCP or show evidence of equivalent training and experience

Desirable

A higher degree e.g., MD is desirable

Attendance at Advanced communication skills or similar course

Experience
Essential

Appropriate Home Office status to undertake a career post in the UK

Clinical expertise in Acute Medicine and broad knowledge of general medicine

Publication of research articles, demonstrating understanding of research methodology and commitments (desirable)

Evidence of teaching and training experience to support clinical supervisor status

Skills & Knowledge
Essential

Evidence of organisational and clinical leadership skills

Good verbal and written communication skills.

Ability to work well within a team

Clinical Governance understanding

Clinical expertise in a specialist area of Acute Medicine

Desirable

Experience in leading service change or improvement