AAU Consultant
Discover Island Life: AAU Consultant, Isle of Wight NHS Trust
Ready for an exciting and fulfilling AAU Consultant role within a dynamic and developing Acute Medicine team, set against the backdrop of a beautiful island?
St. Mary's NHS Trust on the Isle of Wight offers an exceptional opportunity for an enthusiastic Consultant to contribute to our high-quality Acute Medicine and Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) services, working towards enhancing patient safety, continuity of care, and positive clinical outcomes. We are a supportive team dedicated to best practice in emergency medical admissions, discharges, and admission avoidance. Flexible working to support your work-life balance is strongly encouraged.
Please note Job Description is pending Royal College Approval.
Main duties of the job
Why Choose a Career with Us?
- Shape Acute Medicine Services: Play a key role in developing and delivering acute care provisions, including the ongoing development of SDEC and Acute Medical Unit re-design.
- Develop Your Interests: Opportunities for prospective candidates to take on a clinical leadership role or develop their specialty interest as part of their acute job role.
- Progress Service Development: Join a team expanding Acute Medicine and SDEC across the emergency floor, working towards a seven-day acute medical model.
- Flexible Working: We are open to discussion regarding flexible working, annualised job plans, and recruitment and retention arrangements to support your lifestyle.
- Make a Real Impact: Contribute to excellent patient care within a Trust that values inclusion and diversity, proactively recruiting and retaining the highest quality of talent.
- Benefit from Island Life: Enjoy the unique charm of the Isle of Wight with its stunning scenery, easy mainland access, and excellent employee benefits.
About us
Island Life: More Than Just a Job
- Stunning Natural Beauty: Explore breathtaking coastlines and picturesque countryside right outside your door.
- Convenient Mainland Access: Enjoy quick ferry links to Portsmouth and Southampton (a short journey), with London reachable in 90 minutes by rail.
- Excellent Benefits: Take advantage of our comprehensive employee benefits, including an onsite day nursery, cycle-to-work scheme, local discounts at businesses and gyms, and the chance to hire our Trust's beach hut in Ryde.
Ready to combine a rewarding career with an exceptional island lifestyle? We welcome your application and the opportunity to discuss this exciting role further!
Job description
Job responsibilities
Your Contribution:
- Provide comprehensive consultant/specialist led care for patients on the Acute Assessment Unit (AAU), a modern 24-bed ward located close to the Emergency Department.
- Participate in daily consultant ward rounds (morning and afternoon) and twice-daily multi-disciplinary board rounds with specialty in-reach.
- Supervise and lead the SDEC service, which accepts direct referrals from GPs, Urgent Care, and the Emergency Department, and manages step-down patients.
- Contribute to the Medicine on-call rota (currently 1 in 11 weekday nights and Saturday on-call), and the Acute Medicine 1 in 7 weekends on AAU.
- Engage in the education, mentoring, and supervision of junior medical staff and the development of Advanced Nurse Practitioner roles.
- Work seamlessly with Emergency Care, providing responsive in-reach, rolling reviews of medical patients, and early senior clinical decision‑making.
Person Specification
Essential
- MBBS or equivalent MRCP or equivalent
- Entry on the GMC Specialist Register for General Internal Medicine eligible for entry on the Register or within 6 months of the receipt of Certificate of Completed Training (CCT) at the time of interview.
- Should have completed a recognised training programme in Acute or General Internal Medicine (GIM)
- Must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in GIM and Acute Medicine
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
- Experience in Postgraduate teaching
- IT skills
- Evidence of participation in clinical audit relevant to specialty
- Commitment to the development of a high-quality, cost‑effective service to Acute and General Internal Medicine
- Knowledge and understanding of current NHS issues
- Ability to develop services
- Willingness and ability to work collaboratively as part of a clinical and non‑clinical team
- Excellent communication skills
- Full registration with General Medical Council and licence to practise by date of appointment
- Available on Isle of Wight when on call
- Appropriate immigration status
Desirable
- Higher degree e.g. MD, PhD
- CCT in Acute Internal Medicine
- Experience of running a Medical Assessment Unit
- Experience of Acute Medical Service development
- Knowledge of the Enhanced Recovery Programme
- Published audits
- Publication in reviewed journals
- Attendance at recognised management course
- Attendance at communications workshop/courses
- Current driving licence
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