Job summary
Have you got a passion for delivering high-standard patient care? Are you able to set strategy and direction to ensure that the acute medical services that we provide to our people (staff and patients) is exceptional? The Trust has recently put significant investment into Acute Medicine and so we are looking for at least four Consultants to join our team and help to transform our Acute Medicine services. Surrey is a wonderful place to live and work and the job pack describes why this could be an attractive option for you.
Our Acute Medicine service is based in some new outstanding facilities in the on-site SDEC and Clinical Assessment Unit, adjacent to our Emergency Department, Older Person's Assessment Unit and on-site Urgent Treatment Centre.
You will benefit from a 7.5DDC / 2.5SPA job plan and will self-roster in consultation with colleagues to fill the agreed rota template. If you have a particular area of specialist interest that you are keen to develop which supports our strategy then we will be happy to work with you to facilitate this.
Applications will be considered from colleagues interested in either full time or part time job plans and Consultant or Specialist roles.
Main duties of the job
Deliver Clinical, Educational and Managerial Services of the highest professional standard at Consultant Level to the Department
- Work with existing consultants and the multi-disciplinary team to provide a high quality well-led service for patients of Ashford & St Peter's, including the diagnosis, investigations, treatment, and management of patients, in accordance with Trust policies and practices.
- Deliver Direct Clinical Care to patients, through all parts of the Department assisting clinical decision-making and sharing equally in the workload.
- The Consultant team will provide comprehensive senior clinical cover to the Department.
- Assessment of patients
- Provide consultant cover in ward rounds, oversight of assessment areas, and multi-disciplinary team meetings.
- Consultants will be expected to review all potential admissions and develop rapid assessment triage strategies to ensure early investigations and disposition of patients is achieved.
- Have a continuing responsibility for the care of patients in his/her charge, ensuring safe handover as appropriate.
- Engage fully with the care of patients outside the department and provide a prompt opinion on request from consultant colleagues in other specialties.
- Engage with medical, nursing, management, and all relevant co-workers in the delivery of department objectives: to provide clinical leadership, improve the patient experience; ensure the highest quality clinical care.
About us
Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.
Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.
We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.
Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at ASPH. We are committed to providing continuous professional development and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.
We are expanding our theatres at Ashford Hospital and moving towards this becoming our dedicated elective centre. We want to create a state-of-the-art centre for excellence for planned surgical procedures.
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
- Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
- On-site Nurseries
- On-site staff cafes
- On-site parking
- Support in career development
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including wage stream, lease cars, Cycle to Work schemes and home electronics
Adverts may close early, so applicants are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
For more information about a career at ASPH please visit:www.asph-careers.org
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Deliver Clinical, Educational, Managerial Services of the highest professional standard at Consultant Level to the Department
- Work with existing consultants and the multi-disciplinary team to provide a high quality well-led service for patients of Ashford & St Peters, including the diagnosis, investigations, treatment and management of patients, in accordance with Trust policies and practices.
- Deliver Direct Clinical Care to patients, through all parts of the Department assisting clinical decision-making and sharing equally in the workload.
- The Consultant team will provide comprehensive senior clinical cover to the Department.
- Prioritising timely assessment of patients
- Consultant cover time required, Consultants will be expected to review all potential admissions and develop rapid assessment triage strategies to ensure early investigations and disposition of patients is achieved.
- To take responsibility during the day for all patients admitted to CAU and/or SDEC.
- To provide CAU and/or SDEC Consultant cover 7 days per week on a rota basis
- To supervise middle grade and resident doctor teams including Qualified Education Supervisor Programme (QESP) participation
- Any changes will be by negotiation and will be reflected in the job plans of the team.
- Have a continuing responsibility for the care of patients in his/her charge, ensuring safe handover as appropriate.
- Engage fully with the care of patients outside the department and provide a prompt opinion on request from consultant colleagues in other specialties.
- Engage with medical, nursing, management and all relevant co-workers in the delivery of department objectives: to provide clinical leadership, improve the patient experience; ensure the highest quality clinical care.
- Actively participate in and support other staff with education, research, audit and clinical governance activities involving a multi-disciplinary workforce across the department
- Participate in the professional training of the staff in the department, both medical and non-medical, and contribute as required to teaching sessions for other hospital staff as well as undergraduate and postgraduate staff, including supervision of junior medical staff. Teaching and training will require verification of teaching certification
- Support recruitment, appraisal, development and mentoring activities to a multi-disciplinary, multi-professional team.
- Undertake any other duties appropriate for a consultant.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Deliver Clinical, Educational, Managerial Services of the highest professional standard at Consultant Level to the Department
- Work with existing consultants and the multi-disciplinary team to provide a high quality well-led service for patients of Ashford & St Peters, including the diagnosis, investigations, treatment and management of patients, in accordance with Trust policies and practices.
- Deliver Direct Clinical Care to patients, through all parts of the Department assisting clinical decision-making and sharing equally in the workload.
- The Consultant team will provide comprehensive senior clinical cover to the Department.
- Prioritising timely assessment of patients
- Consultant cover time required, Consultants will be expected to review all potential admissions and develop rapid assessment triage strategies to ensure early investigations and disposition of patients is achieved.
- To take responsibility during the day for all patients admitted to CAU and/or SDEC.
- To provide CAU and/or SDEC Consultant cover 7 days per week on a rota basis
- To supervise middle grade and resident doctor teams including Qualified Education Supervisor Programme (QESP) participation
- Any changes will be by negotiation and will be reflected in the job plans of the team.
- Have a continuing responsibility for the care of patients in his/her charge, ensuring safe handover as appropriate.
- Engage fully with the care of patients outside the department and provide a prompt opinion on request from consultant colleagues in other specialties.
- Engage with medical, nursing, management and all relevant co-workers in the delivery of department objectives: to provide clinical leadership, improve the patient experience; ensure the highest quality clinical care.
- Actively participate in and support other staff with education, research, audit and clinical governance activities involving a multi-disciplinary workforce across the department
- Participate in the professional training of the staff in the department, both medical and non-medical, and contribute as required to teaching sessions for other hospital staff as well as undergraduate and postgraduate staff, including supervision of junior medical staff. Teaching and training will require verification of teaching certification
- Support recruitment, appraisal, development and mentoring activities to a multi-disciplinary, multi-professional team.
- Undertake any other duties appropriate for a consultant.
Person Specification
Shortlisting
Essential
- oCertificate of Completion of Specialist Training (or CCT) by the time of taking up the post or be accredited for inclusion on the General Medical Council's Specialist Register.
- oFully registered with the General Medical Council.
As per Person Specificat;ion Criteria
Essential
- oFully registered with the General Medical Council.
- oCertificate of Completion of Specialist Training (or CCT) by the time of taking up the post or be accredited for inclusion on the General Medical Council's Specialist Register.
- oProviding direct clinical care and experience in developing effective and collaborative working relationships
- oExcellent written and verbal communication skills
- oAbility to work constructively in a multidisciplinary team, be flexible and responsive to the needs of colleagues
- oHighly skilled in the management and treatment of patients admitted to the specialty.
- -Ability to empathise with patients and their families and to treat them with compassion and sensitivity
- oAbility to manage competing demands in a busy acute environment and cope and manage own emotions under stress
- -Knowledge & awareness of diversity and human rights and the competencies appropriate to your role to support their diverse needs and human rights.
- oMedical and non-medical undergraduate and postgraduate teaching experience including postgraduate certificate in education
- oEvidence of research, particularly in collaboration with other clinicians and willingness to continue participate in research
- oEvidence of previous active participation in leadership and management activities
Desirable
- oLeading a change or innovation in the workplace with a multi-disciplinary team
- oEvidence of ability to continuously improve patient and staff experience, also demonstrate the Trust Values Based Behaviours at Exemplary level
- oPostgraduate certificate in education
- oExperience of managing budgets and staff oChange management techniques oManagement qualification
- oAbility to supervise postgraduate research oPublication in peer reviewed journals
Person Specification
Shortlisting
Essential
- oCertificate of Completion of Specialist Training (or CCT) by the time of taking up the post or be accredited for inclusion on the General Medical Council's Specialist Register.
- oFully registered with the General Medical Council.
As per Person Specificat;ion Criteria
Essential
- oFully registered with the General Medical Council.
- oCertificate of Completion of Specialist Training (or CCT) by the time of taking up the post or be accredited for inclusion on the General Medical Council's Specialist Register.
- oProviding direct clinical care and experience in developing effective and collaborative working relationships
- oExcellent written and verbal communication skills
- oAbility to work constructively in a multidisciplinary team, be flexible and responsive to the needs of colleagues
- oHighly skilled in the management and treatment of patients admitted to the specialty.
- -Ability to empathise with patients and their families and to treat them with compassion and sensitivity
- oAbility to manage competing demands in a busy acute environment and cope and manage own emotions under stress
- -Knowledge & awareness of diversity and human rights and the competencies appropriate to your role to support their diverse needs and human rights.
- oMedical and non-medical undergraduate and postgraduate teaching experience including postgraduate certificate in education
- oEvidence of research, particularly in collaboration with other clinicians and willingness to continue participate in research
- oEvidence of previous active participation in leadership and management activities
Desirable
- oLeading a change or innovation in the workplace with a multi-disciplinary team
- oEvidence of ability to continuously improve patient and staff experience, also demonstrate the Trust Values Based Behaviours at Exemplary level
- oPostgraduate certificate in education
- oExperience of managing budgets and staff oChange management techniques oManagement qualification
- oAbility to supervise postgraduate research oPublication in peer reviewed journals
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
