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Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity, following investment, to grow our General Medicine Department team, to offer enthusiastic, dynamic and friendly colleagues a chance to help develop new models of care and services that support all patients attending the hospital and within the local community in various specialties. 

These roles will undertake general outpatient clinics, perform inpatient in-reach and liaison work on the wards, contribute to advice and guidance and triaging of referrals from the primary care sector, as well as supervising the Speciality Registrars and Clinical Nurse Specialists.

You will be welcomed into an inclusive, supportive and forward thinking Trust whose core values focus on both patient care and staff well being and be given encouragement to get involved in other areas of special interest with the opportunity for teaching and part time work available.

You have an idea, we listen, support, nurture and make these visions into reality.

Come and join our team!

Main duties of the job

Your role will be to provide expert opinion on and treatment of our patients, sharing in the leadership of the multidisciplinary team and be dedicated to developing sustainable departments that delivers high quality care to all our patients whilst allowing for great work life balance.

You will be expected to work alongside experienced dynamic colleagues with a variety of specialist interests, to develop clinical services, local pathways and to teach Primary Care and Junior Medical colleagues through a mixture of case-based review and formal teaching activity.

As one of our valued Consultants, you will engage with and contribute to Safety and National Clinical Data Collection systems as required, helping and supporting the promotion of a friendly, team based working environment in line with Trust Values and undertake managerial and budgetary responsibilities as required with mandatory involvement in appraisals on an annual basis.

We will not only offer you a good working environment with flexible working opportunities, but also the opportunity to develop your career with access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed and progress.

Working for our organisation

With a workforce of approximately 15,000 staff, we can now do more and go further in delivering health services to our local communities.  

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

Patients will experience improved care as well as fewer delays and cancellations.  We are able to provide more once-in-a-lifetime specialist care region-wide. With our new trust size will come more opportunities for development, research, networking and innovation.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.