Locum Consultant - General Medicine

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post-holder will be managerially accountable to the Chief of Service, and professionally accountable to the Chief Medical Officer. The successful candidate will be expected to agree a formal job plan with the Chief of Medicine indicating the number of programmed activities, within 1 month of taking up post.

The post-holder will be expected to cross-cover essential services when his/her consultant colleagues are on leave.

The successful candidate will be expected to agree a formal job plan with the Chief of Medicine indicating the number of fixed sessions, within 1 month of taking up post.

Any consultant who is unable, for personal reasons, to work full-time will be eligible to be considered for this post. If such a person is appointed, modification of the job plan will be discussed on a personal basis in consultation with consultant colleagues.

The appointment is subject to a satisfactory medical report from the Trusts Occupational Health department.

You will be paid in accordance with the Terms and Conditions for Consultant Medical Staff and assimilated to the salary scale taking account of all relevant Consultant service.

Annual Leave must be applied for at least six weeks in advance and approved by the Clinical Unit Lead, with cross cover consideration from the other Consultant covering this unit. The annual entitlement is thirty days per year.

All medical staff under contract to Frimley Health NHS Trust will be expected to comply with local policies and procedures, copies of which are available on the Trusts Intranet site, from the Human Resources Department or from the Clinical Unit General Manager and will be expected to attend Mandatory training sessions.

Person Specification

Other

Essential

• Experience - Leading an MDT team

Desirable

• Involvement in the design or delivery of medicine, discharge pathways

Experience

Essential

• NHS experience, able to provide expert clinical opinion, experience in managing acute medical patients on AMU setting e.g. SDEC.

Desirable

• Business planning, management or experience in training

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualifications - MRCP, CCT or equivalent. Full GMC Registration

Desirable

• Post graduate degree, MD/PhD

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Frimley Park Hospital

Portsmouth Road

Camberley

GU16 7UJ

Employer's website

https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)