Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is pleased to offer an exciting opportunity for a Consultant in Acute Medicine to join our enthusiastic, supportive, and forward-thinking team. This is an excellent time to join our service as we continue to expand, offering the successful candidate the opportunity to contribute meaningfully to the development of Acute Medicine within the Trust. You will be joining a well-established team of 12 WTE Acute Medicine Consultants delivering high-quality, patient-centred care across a 42-bedded Acute Medical Unit (AMU), a Consultant-led Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) service, and in-reach to the Emergency Department, with a rotational model across these areas.
Our service is underpinned by strong multidisciplinary working and close collaboration with specialty teams, including a 7-day cardiology chest pain in-reach service and an acute frailty service supporting referrals directly from ED and AMU. We also benefit from well-established 24/7 hyperacute stroke and primary PCI pathways with direct access, ensuring timely specialist care for our patients.
The post offers a 10 PA job plan (8 Direct Clinical Care and 2 Supporting Professional Activities) with flexibility by mutual agreement and participation in the general medicine on-call rota, incorporating a 1:8 weekend commitment with resident AMU ward rounds and non-resident on-call duties. The successful candidate will be expected to deliver high-quality, evidence-based care within a robust clinical governance framework, contribute actively to multidisciplinary team working to improve patient flow and outcomes, and support teaching, training, audit, and service development initiatives. There will also be opportunities to contribute to postgraduate education, appraisal of junior staff, and the ongoing strategic development of the service alongside clinical leadership.
We offer a supportive working environment with excellent administrative and secretarial support, dedicated office space, and a strong commitment to professional development and continuous improvement. A competitive relocation package is available for eligible candidates. Prospective applicants are warmly encouraged to visit the department to experience first-hand the collaborative culture and opportunities available within our Acute Medicine team.
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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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.
