Consultant - Acute Medicine

• To provide a high quality service in Acute Care with appropriate evidence based guidelines and clinical governance structure • To contribute to the multi-disciplinary team working especially on the Acute Medical Unit to drive flow and enhance efficient acute medical care. • To carry out medical teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required; • To participate in the formal appraisal of junior medical staff in accordance with guidelines from the Royal College of Physicians and the Regional Postgraduate Dean; • To contribute to postgraduate and continuing medical education activity including Continuing Professional Development • To participate in medical audit on a regular basis and to help develop it; • To provide information as required from time to time for legitimate management purposes, for example to support job planning, service development etc. • To support the Chief of Service and the Associate Director for Acute and Emergency Medicine appropriate advice with regard to the development of services. • To work within the framework of policies and procedures relevant to Medical and Dental staff. • To participate fully in mandatory training as required and modified by the Trust from time to time and also in annual appraisal, job planning and revalidation procedures. • The duties will be reflected in the job plan, which will be subject to review at least once a year. Job description Job responsibilities • To provide a high quality service in Acute Care with appropriate evidence based guidelines and clinical governance structure • To contribute to the multi-disciplinary team working especially on the Acute Medical Unit to drive flow and enhance efficient acute medical care. • To carry out medical teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required; • To participate in the formal appraisal of junior medical staff in accordance with guidelines from the Royal College of Physicians and the Regional Postgraduate Dean; • To contribute to postgraduate and continuing medical education activity including Continuing Professional Development • To participate in medical audit on a regular basis and to help develop it; • To provide information as required from time to time for legitimate management purposes, for example to support job planning, service development etc. • To support the Chief of Service and the Associate Director for Acute and Emergency Medicine appropriate advice with regard to the development of services. • To work within the framework of policies and procedures relevant to Medical and Dental staff. • To participate fully in mandatory training as required and modified by the Trust from time to time and also in annual appraisal, job planning and revalidation procedures. • The duties will be reflected in the job plan, which will be subject to review at least once a year.