Job summary
The new appointment will be expected to work with the Head of Service for Acute Medicine and the Clinical Chair for Emergency Medicine and Acute Medicine to improve patient management in the Emergency Admission Unit (EAU), Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) and the Short Stay Unit (SSU).

The Acute Physician's timetable and job plan will include leading the multi-disciplinary board rounds and ward rounds, daytime on calls, covering the Same Day Emergency Care and Short Stay Unit, direct input into the Emergency Department and specialist interests if relevant.

During their non-clinical sessions, the Acute Physicians will be expected to be active and contribute implementation and lead the service improvements.

Main duties of the job

• Leading post take ward rounds
• Consultant ward rounds on EAU/SSU
• Give advice to GP's
• Consultant cover in SDEC
• Provide weekend consultant cover
• Participate with General Internal Medicine (GIM) rota
• Contribution to service improvements
• Closely cooperate with ED and all specialities
• Support trainees / clinical development fellows
• Active participation in audit and clinical governance

About us
Thank you for your interest in this role.

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journal's Trust of the Year in 2020.

The Care Quality Commission rated King's Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.

For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.

Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.

We would love you to join us.

Job responsibilities
The over-riding purpose is to support the provision of the highest quality patient care through personal actions and continuous improvement.

To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Full Registration with the GMC (with a licence to practice)
• MRCP or equivalent
• Entry on the GMC Specialist Register in Acute or General Medicine or within 6 months of CCT. Portfolio Pathway (formerly CESR) candidates must be on the specialist register at the time of application.

Desirable

• Postgraduate thesis
• Completed fellowship programme
• Higher degree

Clinical experience
Essential

• Experience requisite to meeting all aspects of the job plan

Desirable

• Five years supervised training in an appropriate SpR equivalent training programme
• Experience at locum consultant level

Teaching
Desirable

• Demonstrable ability as a teacher with evidence of training for the role

Research
Desirable

• Publications in peer-reviewed journals

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.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).