Locum Consultant Acute Physicians

• Supervising the medical admissions ensuring timely junior team assessment and Consultant post take review of all new patients referred to acute medicine throughout the acute medical floor.
• Leading and supporting the medical handover every morning including focusing on learning opportunities.
• Driving the acute medical take and making sure patients are seen and dealt with efficiently and timely manner.
• Ensuring national and hospital target of care and assessment of patients are complied with in a timely manner.
• Provide advice and when appropriate review of patients when requested by the medical and nursing staff on the acute medical floor.
• Engaging in timely discussions with subspecialties such as ITU/Cardiology/Renal (to name a few) in the care management of unwell acute medical admissions.

• Prompt assessment of patients seen in this area including early senior reviews to initiate investigations required for rapid turnaround of these patients.
• Facilitating 'PULL' and 'PUSH' of patients from the emergency department based on SDEC criteria.
• Support the work of medical team and nurses in this clinical space.
• Referral to the appropriate discharge support services where needed e.g. OPAT and Virtual ward.
• Liaise with other specialties as required.
• Good communication with Primary Care Colleagues to ensure smooth transition of care of patients once discharge.

Essential

• Full Registration and a licence to practise with the General Medical Council (GMC) or eligible for full registration and in the process of applying for this (eg completed a post graduate qualification such as MRCP that makes one eligible for registration with the GMC.)
• Broad exposure to medical diseases and their comprehensive management (acute and long-term conditions).
• Magement of patients with multi-morbidity.
• Skills in cross-speciality collaboration and/or liaison working.