Job responsibilities
You will join the Specialty and Integrated
Medicine Clinical Service Unit (CSU) which covers General Internal Medicine,
Elderly Medicine, Diabetes & Endocrinology, and Infectious Diseases &
Travel Medicine. Most of our departments are based at St Jamess University
Hospital (SJUH), but we also provide a Surgical Liaison service to three
Orthopaedic wards (L09, L34 and L35) at Leeds General Infirmary (LGI, where
this post will be based).
The department is hard-working, friendly
and co-operative. There is a strong focus on continual improvement,
multi-disciplinary teamwork, clinical excellence, and patient safety and
quality.
Excellent training will be provided in the
management of acutely unwell and deteriorating patients, Comprehensive
Geriatric Assessment, rehabilitation, and complex discharge planning.
Opportunities will be provided to join our
audit, quality improvement, and clinical governance programme. There are
excellent training facilities at both LGI and SJUH. Across the CSU,
educational meetings are held on most days of the week.
MEDICAL STAFF IN THE
DEPARTMENT
Role
Staff member
Clinical
Director (SIM)
Dr
Morag Arundel
General
Manager (SIM)
Iain
MacBrairdy
Head
of Nursing (SIM)
Stuart
Pearson
Lead
Clinician (Elderly Medicine)
Dr
Gillian Fox
Lead
Clinician (General Internal Medicine)
Dr
Steve Parke
Service
Managers
Tracey
Scanlon (Older Peoples Medicine), Mandy Heer (General Internal Medicine)
Consultants
6
Consultants in Orthogeriatrics and General Internal Medicine
Dr Kat Astbury
Dr Claire Bainbridge
Dr Christiane Eaves
Dr Sarah Dimond
Dr Vidhya Nair
Dr Steve Parke
Doctors
Approximately
10 Foundation Year 1 and 2 resident doctors undertaking placements in
Orthopaedics and Orthogeriatrics
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS
AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
Completion of
Internal Medicine Training Year 1 and 2 competencies or equivalent.
At
least 12-months' experience working within the NHS in Acute, General or Elderly
Medicine, or Infectious Diseases, of which 6-months should ideally be at
Registrar-level.
Please see Person Specification for further details
DUTIES OF THE POST
To
ensure high quality and safe care of patients within the department resulting
in excellent clinical outcomes.
To
contribute directly to patient care by, for example, reviewing patients,
organising investigations and acting on results, initiating and changing
treatment, and speaking to patients and their relatives/carers about their
illness and clinical progress.
To
undertake essential administrative duties, including prescribing, writing
electronic discharge letters, and liaising with colleagues in primary care.
To
contribute to a multidisciplinary approach to patient care, working
collaboratively with a large team of allied healthcare professionals, including
specialist nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and discharge
coordinators.
LEVELS OF
RESPONSIBILITY
The post-holder will be expected to work at the level of
a Registrar (Internal Medicine Year 3 equivalent). They will have access to
supervision and support from a Consultant at all times.
TEACHING AND
RESEARCH/STUDY AND TRAINING
Opportunities will
be provided to join our audit, quality improvement, and clinical governance
programme, as well as our departmental educational meetings.
There will be
opportunity to participate in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
Study leave is available,
at the discretion of Educational Supervisors, for courses/training related to
Acute, General and Elderly Medicine.
THE LEEDS WAY VALUES
Our values are part of what make us different from other
trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have
been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we
work. Our five values are:
Patient-centred
Collaborative
Fair
Accountable
Empowered
All our actions and endeavours will be guided and
evaluated through these values
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is
part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative
of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working
together to provide the best possible care for our patients.
By bringing together the wide range of
skills and expertise across West Yorkshire and Harrogate we are working
differently, innovating and driving forward change to deliver the highest
quality care. By working for Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust this is
your opportunity to be a part of that change.
WYAAT is the
acute sector arm of the West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care
Partnership, one of the largest integrated care systems in the country. The
Partnerships ambition is for everyone to have the best possible health and
wellbeing, and the work of WYAAT, and each individual trust, supports that
ambition.
CONDITIONS OF
SERVICE
This post is covered by the Hospital Medical and Dental
Staff (England and Wales) Terms and Conditions of Service. These documents are
available on the Medical Staffing Intranet site.
The post holder is required to be fully registered with
the General Medical Council (GMC) and hold a licence to practice.
Standards
of Conduct and Behaviour
You are required to
work to the standards set out by the General Medical Council in Good Medical
Practice. This includes protecting
patients when you believe that a doctors or other colleagues conduct,
performance or health is a threat to them.
If, after establishing the facts, it is necessary, you must follow the
Trusts procedures in this matter and inform your Clinical Director or Medical
Director in the first instance.
The Trust has a set
of expected behaviours for all employees and additional behaviours and skills
that are expected of managers and supervisors.
Leave
Arrangements
All
leave should be applied for in accordance with the Trusts Leave Policy,
normally giving six weeks notice of any leave, other than in exceptional
circumstances.
Training
The
jobholder must take responsibility in agreement with his/her line manager for
his/her own personal development by ensuring that Continuous Professional
Development remains a priority. The
jobholder will undertake all mandatory training required for the role.
Health
& Safety
All
staff are responsible for working with their colleagues to maintain and improve
the quality of services provided to our patients and other service users. This includes complying at all times with the
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Policies, including Health and Safety
policies, in particular by following agreed safe working procedures, and
reporting incidents using the Trust Incident Reporting system.
Equality
& Diversity
The jobholder must comply with all policies and
procedures designed to ensure equality of employment and that services are
delivered in ways that meet the individual needs of patients and their
families. No person whether they are
staff, patient or visitor should receive less favourable treatment because of
their gender, ethnic origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion etc.
The
Trust's Equality and Diversity Policy ensures that barriers to employment for
disadvantaged groups are identified and removed, and that no person is treated
less favourably on the grounds of their race, ethnic group, religion,
impairment, age, gender, sexual orientation or mental health status. Reasonable
adjustments will be made for disabled applicants and post holders where
required.
Smoking Policy
The Leeds Teaching
Hospitals NHS Trust recognises the serious hazards to health caused by smoking
and has adopted a strict no smoking policy.
Under the terms of our No Smoking Policy, staff, visitors and patients
will not be permitted to smoke at any time or in any part of Trust property,
whether inside or outside the hospital buildings.
Rehabilitation of Offenders Act & DBS Disclosure
This
position involves access to patients during the normal course of duties and is
therefore subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order)
1975. As such you must reveal any
information which you may have concerning convictions which would otherwise be
considered as spent.
An offer
of appointment to this post would be subject to the express condition that the
Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust receives a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring
Service (DBS, formerly CRB) Disclosure which will check the existence and the
content of any criminal record received.
The
Trust has the right to withdraw an offer or employment if not satisfied of a
candidate's suitability for this position by reason of criminal record or
antecedents, especially in cases where no declaration of criminal proceedings
has been made on a candidates application form or DBS Form. The Trust reserves the right to determine
this issue at its sole discretion. If
you are appointed to this post you will be asked to complete a 'DBS Disclosure
Application Form' which will be submitted to the DBS.
Leeds
Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has a Policy Statement on the Recruitment of
Ex-offenders which is available on request.
Infection Control
The jobholder must comply at all times with the Leeds
Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Infection Control policies, in particular by
practicing Universal Infection Control Precautions. Hand hygiene must be
performed before and after contact with patients and their environment.
Patient and Public Involvement
The Trust has a statutory duty to involve patients and
public in evaluating and planning services.
All staff have a responsibility to listen to the views of patients and
to contribute to service improvements based on patient feedback.
Respect for Patient Confidentiality
The
jobholder should respect patient confidentiality at all times and not divulge
patient information unless sanctioned by the requirements of the role.
