Locum Consultant Physician in General Internal Medicine

Job description

Job overview

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is seeking to appoint a Locum Consultant Physician in General Internal Medicine to join the Trust's General Internal Medicine (GIM) Directorate at New Cross Hospital. This is a locum consultant post created to strengthen consultant-delivered inpatient care for the acute medical take and its downstream GIM bed base.

The post is a dedicated General Internal Medicine appointment. The successful candidate will hold a base GIM ward, deliver daily consultant-led board rounds and ward rounds, and contribute to the acute medical take through the consultant GIM on-call rota. The post carries no subspecialty outpatient commitment: the design deliberately separates generalist inpatient care from specialty activity so that GIM inpatients receive continuous, named consultant care that is not interrupted by competing specialty sessions.

The job plan comprises 10.0 programmed activities: 8.5 PAs of direct clinical care and 1.5 PAs of supporting professional activities. The 1.5 SPA allocation is required for continuing professional development, appraisal, audit and revalidation.

The appointee will join a consultant GIM on-call rota at an expected frequency of 1 in 8, Category A, attracting an availability supplement of 5% of full-time basic salary.

Main duties of the job

To provide consultant-delivered care to general internal medicine inpatients on an allocated base ward at New Cross Hospital, acting as the named responsible consultant for those patients.

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Working for our organisation

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is seeking to appoint a Locum Consultant Physician in General Internal Medicine to join the Trust's General Internal Medicine (GIM) Directorate at New Cross Hospital. This is a locum consultant post created to strengthen consultant-delivered inpatient care for the acute medical take and its downstream GIM bed base.

Applications are welcomed from candidates who wish to work less than full time or as part of a job share. The Trust will construct a proportionate job plan on the same principles, retaining the full 1.5 core SPA allocation and a minimum of 2.0 SPAs for any post of 6 PAs or more, in line with RCP guidance.

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Person specification

Registration

Essential criteria

• Full registration with the General Medical Council with a licence to practise, and evidence of continued registration
• Specialist Registration: Entry on the GMC Specialist Register in General (Internal) Medicine, or eligibility for entry within six months of the date of interview, via CCT, the Portfolio Pathway (formerly CESR), or a relevant European or recognised specialist qualification
• Qualification: MRCP(UK) or an equivalent qualification recognised as such
• Clinical experience: Broad training and experience in general internal medicine sufficient to take independent consultant responsibility for the acute medical take and for general medical inpatients; competence in the management of the acutely unwell medical patient; competence in the practical procedures expected of a general physician

Desirable criteria

• Dual accreditation in General (Internal) Medicine and a medical specialty
• FRCP; an appropriate higher degree (MD, PhD or equivalent); postgraduate qualification in medical education, quality improvement, patient safety or leadership
• Experience of a consultant-of-the-week or continuity-of-care inpatient model; experience of same day emergency care, frailty or ambulatory pathways; experience of virtual ward or hospital at home care

Flexible Working - As a major employer in the Black Country and West Birmingham region we are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance. We want the Black Country and West Birmingham region to be the best place to work and as such will consider all requests to work flexibly taking into account personal and individual circumstances alongside the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the Recruiting Manager as part of the on-boarding process.

Qualifications - Please be advised that if the post that you are applying for requires any level of qualification (e.g. A-Levels, Degree etc) or Professional Registration (e.g. Nursing and Midwifery Council, General Medical Council etc) you will be required to provide proof as part of the pre-employment process. By submitting your application you are giving the Trust permission to check the qualification certificates provided back to the source provider. Please note that a sample of all applicant's qualifications will be checked with the educational institution or provider. Furthermore, a sample of all applicants' qualifications will be checked back to the educational institution or provider to interview letters to further deter fraud.

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