Locum Consultant Acute Medicine

Job description

Locum Consultants - in Acute Medicine – East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

BASED AT EASTBOURNE GENERAL HOSPITAL WITH CROSS SITE WORKING AT CONQUEST HOSPITAL.

We are looking to appoint 2 dynamic forward-thinking Locum Consultants in Acute Medicine to join our current team. These new posts will support our expansion of the Acute Medical Unit, and our new purpose-built Ambulatory Emergency Care Unit with 8 trolleys and 2 dedicated treatment rooms.

Candidates with a background in Acute Medicine, or those dual trained in General Internal Medicine and a medical specialty would be welcome to apply, and specialty sessions are strongly encouraged and would be accommodated where possible. Our dynamic team is passionate about delivering safe and considerate care to a high standard. You will be working with an experienced team of nurses, advanced nurse practitioners and designated discharge support services including nurses, therapists and adult social care.

We believe Acute Medicine to be hard but rewarding work that requires a balanced job plan allowing time for reflection and education, away from direct clinical care. This is essential for sustainability and to ensure we have the best diagnostic physicians working at the front door to ensure high quality patient care, junior doctor supervision and excellent service delivery. The successful applicant will have a role in teaching both under- and postgraduate students and will also support colleagues doing these activities as part of his or her agreed job plan. There is scope for undertaking sessions in a medical specialty and candidates with a specialty interest are encouraged to contactDr Simon Merritt – details below - to discuss how the proposed job plans could be adapted to be mutually beneficial to the Trust and the candidate.

We value our staff and wherever possible we offer flexible hours, a full range of benefits, on-site nursery facilities and restaurant as well as a wide range of training and career development opportunities. We are proud to say that our staff survey results show that our employees look forward to coming to work here. We welcome informal visits.

Come and join us on our journey to be OUTSTANDING by 2020!

For further details / informal visits contact:

Simon Merritt, Chief of Medicine on 01424 758191 or simon.merritt@nhs.net

Company Description

 East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust provides acute hospital and community health services for people living in East Sussex and surrounding areas.

Our services are mainly provided from two district general hospitals, Conquest Hospital and Eastbourne DGH both of which have Emergency Departments and provide care 24 hours a day. They offer a comprehensive range of surgical, medical and maternity services supported by a full range of diagnostic and therapy services.

At Bexhill Hospital we provide outpatients, ophthalmology, rehabilitation and intermediate care services. At Rye, Winchelsea and District Memorial Hospital we provide Outpatient and inpatient intermediate care services. At Firwood House we jointly provide, with Adult Social Care, inpatient intermediate care services. We also provide some services at Uckfield Community Hospital and Lewes Victoria Hospital. Our community staff also provide care in the patient’s own home and from a number of clinics and GP surgeries.

The role of East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust is to provide the best possible healthcare service to patients, who come first in everything the organisation does.

There are around 525,000 people who live in East Sussex and the Trust is one of the largest organisations in the county. We employ over 6,000 dedicated staff with an annual turnover of £380 million.